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Configure the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package after installation

If you chose the Installation feature alone for the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers at installation or update time, use the Modify option in IBM Installation Manager for configuration after you have reviewed the deployment scripts of the dashboard application. When you configure the dashboard application, it is deployed to IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub.

Ensure that the configuration feature for IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub is already selected. IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboard for Servers is an extension offering of the Dashboard Application Services Hub. As a result, an error message is displayed if you attempt to select the infrastructure management dashboard configuration feature when Dashboard Application Servers Hub is not configured.

The installer will restart the IBM WebSphere Application Server as part of the installation or update process.

  1. Log in as the user who installed IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub.

  2. On the system where the Dashboard Application Services Hub and Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers are installed, start the IBM Installation Manager:

    • Double-click the IBMIM.exe file in the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where IBM Installation Manager was installed. The default path for IBM Installation Manager on Windows is C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager.

    • Execute the IBMIM binary under /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse.

    The IBM Installation Manager window opens with several choices for managing the IBM software installations.

  3. Click Modify to see the available features for configuring.

  4. Select Core services in Jazz for Service Management. This option contains the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package. Click Next to continue.

  5. Expand the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers node and select the Configuration check box. Click Next to continue.

  6. Click Next. The common configuration information for the Dashboard Application Services Hub is shown in the fields.

  7. Specify an IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub administrative username and password, such as smadmin and its password for the Common Configurations for Core services in Jazz for Service Management feature, and click Validate. These credentials are used to deploy the Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers application into the WebSphere Application Server for IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub.

    After your credentials are successfully validated, the Next button is enabled.

  8. Click Next to see and review the summary information. This is your opportunity to click Back and make any changes before proceeding.

  9. Click Modify to deploy the infrastructure management dashboards to the Dashboard Application Services Hub. After configuration is complete, the packages are shown in a panel with a message confirming the deployment.

  10. Click Finish to finalize the configuration.


What to do next

If you are installing IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers for the first time, perform the following additional tasks:

  1. Verify the dashboard data provider is enabled in the portal server configuration.

  2. Then, see Preparing your dashboard environment in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Administrator's Guide for additional configuration steps that are required to set up authentication and authorization for dashboard users. This topic also contains information about creating a data provider connection from IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub to the IBM Tivoli Monitoring dashboard data provider component of the portal server.

  3. If a HTTP server is being used with Dashboard Application Services Hub for load balancing, regenerate the web server plug-in by following the steps in the Generating the plugin-cfg.xml file topic in Configuring Jazz for Service Management. See the Jazz for Service Management Information Center.

  4. For more information about launching and using IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboard for Servers, see the Windows OS Agent User's Guide, the Linux OS Agent User's Guide, or the UNIX OS Agent User's Guide.


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