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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Determine where to place the Tivoli Monitoring components
There are a few factors to consider when determining the location of the Tivoli Monitoring components. The primary factors are firewalls and slow network connections. Before discussing the locations of these components in the data center, you must understand these components, the roles that they play, and what affects the load on these components.
The specific hardware and software prerequisites for each of these components are listed in Hardware and software requirements.
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- Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server
- Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server
- Tivoli Enterprise Portal client
- tacmd Command Line Interface
- Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agents
- Warehouse Proxy Agent
- Warehouse Summarization and Pruning Agent
- Tivoli Data Warehouse
- Dashboard Application Services Hub with Tivoli Common Reporting
- Netcool/OMNIbus integration
- Tivoli Enterprise Console integration
- Dashboard Application Services Hub with dashboard applications and Authorization Policy Server
- tivcmd Command Line Interface for Authorization Policy
- Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Automation Server, Performance Monitoring service provider, Registry Services, and Security Services
- IBM Tivoli Agent Builder
- Firewall gateway
- Tivoli Performance Analyzer
- Monitor agent for IBM Tivoli Monitoring 5.x Endpoint
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Understanding Tivoli Monitoring and your network