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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Install your first 50 agents
You can install agents locally on the server or through the remote deployment mechanism
Use the installation method of your choice, install several OS monitoring agents. These agents can be installed locally on the server or through the remote deployment mechanism. Because the remote deployment of application agents depends on having an OS agent running on the server, always deploy the OS agents first.
- Remote deployment of OS agents
Tivoli Monitoring provides default CreateNode and AddSystem flags using the tacmd command to deploy OS agents as well as application agents remotely from a central location. It is very important that the depots be created on each monitoring server (hub and remote), and that you make sure the level of code, bundles, and packages in those installation depots is consistent. You can also use the shared depot. If a shared directory is accessible to all monitoring servers, it can be mounted across the monitoring server environment. This reduces the maintenance workload, since you have only one directory to maintain in a shared location, rather than maintaining depot directories on each monitoring server.
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Deployment phase