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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2

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High-level installation steps - Tivoli Monitoring Server

1. Install the hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

2. Install any remote monitoring servers.

3. If you plan to use the OSLC Performance Monitoring service provider component to integrate with the Jazz for Service Management Registry Services component and other products using OSLC linked data interfaces, install the monitoring automation server with your hub monitoring server. You can install and configure the automation server either at the same time as the monitoring server or it can be installed and configured later if you do not have the prerequisite software setup.

4. Install the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.

5. Install monitoring agents.

6. Configure the remote deployment function to install distributed monitoring agents across your environment (optional).

7. Install self-describing agents (optional).

8. Install non-agent bundles (optional).

9. Install the portal desktop client (optional).

   To use only the portal browser client or the portal Java WebStart client, you do not need to install the desktop client.

10. Install required application support on the monitoring server, portal server, and portal desktop client.

11. If you are setting up a monitoring dashboard environment, install the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers with the IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub component of Jazz for Service Management
    • Requirements for a dashboard environment.
    • Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment.
    • Install the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers.

12. If you are setting up a monitoring dashboard environment and plan to use authorization policies to control what managed systems and managed system groups users can access from the dashboards, install the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server and tivcmd Command Line Interface for Authorization Policy with the IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub component of Jazz for Service Management
    • Requirements for a dashboard environment.
    • Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment.
    • Install the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server and tivcmd Command-Line Interface for Authorization Policy.

13. Install domain definitions for Tivoli Performance Analyzer if you are using the Tivoli Performance Analyzer monitoring agent.

14. Install the language packs for all languages other than English.

15. Configure the clients, browser and Java runtime environment.
    • Configure clients, browsers, and JREs
    • Install IBM Java 7

16. Specify what browser to use to display the online help.

17. Start the Tivoli Enterprise Portal to verify your installation.

18. Use Web Start to download the run the desktop client.

19. Enable user authentication and authorization for the Tivoli Enterprise Portal.

    See the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Administrator's Guide

20. Set up your dashboard environment which includes configuring a data provider connection from the Dashboard Application Services Hub to the portal server and enabling user authentication and authorization.

    See Preparing your Dashboard Environment in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Administrator's Guide.

Parent topic:

Install IBM Tivoli Monitoring

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