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Install the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers

IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers allows IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub users to display events for monitoring agents, managed system groups, and key Linux OS agent, UNIX OS agent, and Windows OS agent health metrics.

For information about the software that install before you can install the infrastructure management dashboards application, see Requirements for a dashboard environment.

IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers supports only managed system groups and managed systems from a single Hub monitoring server. If you have multiple Hub monitoring servers, install an instance of IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub and IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers for each IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment. See Multi-hub environments.

The IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package has two features: Installation and Configuration that you can select during installation and updates. When you choose the Installation feature, the infrastructure management dashboards files are copied from the installation media or repository to the file system. When you choose the Configuration feature, the infrastructure management dashboards application is deployed into IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub using the scripts that were installed by the Installation feature. Normally you should select both features during installation. However, if you want to view the deployment scripts before they are executed, you can just choose the Installation feature during installation. After reviewing the deployment scripts, you use the Modify operation of IBM Installation Manager to select the Configuration feature and deploy the infrastructure management dashboards application into IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub.

Although you could use the WebSphere Application Server wsadmin command-line interface to run the Infrastructure Management Dashboard for Servers deployment scripts, this method is not supported. IBM Installation Manager must be used to track which features are installed and configured.

See the following table for tasks that you perform to install, update, and configure Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers:


Installation, update, and configuration topics

Task Where to find detailed information
Install and configure using the IBM Tivoli Monitoring installation launchpad or the IBM Installation Manager graphical user interface.

  1. The Tivoli Monitoring installation launchpad is the recommended approach if you are not familiar with IBM Installation Manager and you have a supported browser on the computer system where you are installing.

  2. You can install one or more of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring packages for a dashboard environment at the same time.

If you are using IBM Installation Manager to perform the installation and configuration, first install IBM Installation Manager and setup a repository. See Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update components from a local repository or Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update components from a network repository.

If you are using the Tivoli Monitoring installation launchpad, see Supported browser versions.

To perform the installation of the dashboard application, see Install the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers using the graphical user interface.

To install the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server or tivcmd CLI at the same time, see also Install the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server and tivcmd Command-Line Interface for Authorization Policy.

Install, update, and configure by using IBM Installation Manager silent installation mode. Perform a silent installation of software packages using IBM Installation Manager
Install, update, and configure by using IBM Installation Manager console mode.

You can install IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers and the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server at the same time.

Install IBM Installation Manager and setup a repository using the instructions in one of the following sections:Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update components from a local repository or Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update components from a network repository.

To perform the installation of the dashboard application, see Install or update the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers using console mode.

Configure the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package after installation or update. Configure the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package after installation
Update the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package using a graphical user interface Update the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers using the graphical user interface
Rollback the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers to a previously installed version. Rollback of the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers
Verify that the dashboard data provider is enabled in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server. Verify the dashboard data provider is enabled
Complete the setup and configuration of the dashboard environment. Prepare your dashboard environment in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Administrator's Guide
Uninstall the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package. Uninstall IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment


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