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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Create and deploying Agent Builder Agents
Install Agent Builder agents is almost impossible to estimate because of the varied nature of what the Agent Builder agents can monitor. If you are using user-provided scripts, for instance, then you can create an application in half an hour. If you have to create your own scripts then that can take days depending on your skill level with scripting and the complexity of the script. Likewise, log file monitoring can be straightforward or complex depending on the format of the log file. Building an SNMP based agent can take a few minutes, building one that uses the Java Custom API to interact with custom applications can take days or even longer. A single agent can include any combination of providers and between one and more than one hundred attribute groups.
Adjust the time estimates on a case-by-case basis. Be very careful to commit the agents before installing them into production environments. This tells the Agent Builder to enforce the rules that allow a clean upgrade path between agent versions.
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Estimate deployment tasks