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Install the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers using the graphical user interface

Use the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation Launchpad or IBM Installation Manager with a local or network repository to install the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers using a graphical user interface. Using both of these methods, you can also install the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server and tivcmd CLI for Authorization Server at the same time.

IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub must be installed before you can install Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers.

If IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub is not already installed, you have two options:

  1. Use the Jazz for Service Management launchpad application to install IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub and its prerequisites. Then, use the IBM Tivoli Monitoring installation launchpad to install the IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment. This is the recommended approach if you are not familiar with IBM Installation Manager.

  2. Ensure that IBM Installation Manager is installed and then set up a local or network repository that contains the Jazz for Service Management components. Also set up a repository with the IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment. Then, use IBM Installation Manager to install IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub, its prerequisites, and the IBM Tivoli Monitoring components at the same time. IBM Installation Manager ensures that components are installed in the correct order.

If Dashboard Application Services Hub is already installed, you have two options for installing Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers:

  1. Use the IBM Tivoli Monitoring installation launchpad. This is the recommended approach if you are not familiar with IBM Installation Manager.

  2. Set up a local or network repository with the Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment and then use IBM Installation Manager to perform the installation.

If you are using an IBM Installation Manager repository to perform the installation, you must ensure that IBM Installation Manager is installed and then set up a local or network repository with the packages to be installed. 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 select the Configuration feature in this procedure, the installer will restart the IBM WebSphere Application Server as part of the installation process.


Complete the following procedure to install and configure the infrastructure management dashboards on the computer where the Dashboard Application Services Hub is installed. (Or where the Dashboard Application Services Hub will be installed at the same time as the infrastructure management dashboards.)

  1. If you are using the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation Launchpad, perform the following steps to start the installation:

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

    2. Execute the launchpad command or script for your operating system. The launchpad commands and scripts are located in the root directory of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Dashboards for Servers and Authorization Policy Components DVD or DVD image.

      • 32 bit system launchpad.exe

      • 64 bit system launchpad64.exe

      • launchpad.sh

    3. On the main launchpad panel, select one of the following links under the Product Overview category:

      • Install as administrative user: Select this link if you installed IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub as an administrative user on Windows or as root on Linux/UNIX.

      • Install as non-administrative user: Select this link if you did not install IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub as an administrative user on Windows or as root on Linux/UNIX.

    4. In the Installation Manager main window, click Install to see the available packages in the repositories that are configured for IBM Installation Manager.

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

  2. If you are using IBM Installation Manager, perform these steps to start the installation:

    1. Log in as the user who installed IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub if it is already installed.

    2. Start the IBM Installation Manager:

      • Double-click the IBMIM.exe file located 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. In the Installation Manager main window, click Install to see the available packages in the repositories that are configured for IBM Installation Manager.

  3. Select the Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package and click Next.

  4. If you are installing Jazz for Service Management, accept the license agreement for each package and click Next.

  5. If you are using IBM Installation Manager to perform the installation, specify the location of the Shared Resources Directory and click Next.

    The first time that you install a package on a computer you are asked to specify a shared resources directory. The shared resources directory is where IBM Installation Manager stores installation artifacts that can be used by one or more package groups. Choose a directory on your largest drive. You cannot change the shared resources directory location until you uninstall all packages.

  6. On the panel for configuring package groups, you cannot specify an installation directory for the Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package because it is installed using the package group definition for IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub: Core services in Jazz for Service Management.

    • If you are using IBM Installation Manager to install IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub at the same time, you should confirm the package group location for its package group and its prerequisite package groups.

    • If you are also installing the tivcmd CLI for Authorization Policy package on the computer, you should select its package directory and either use the default installation directory location or enter a custom installation directory location. On a 64 bit machine, the 64 bit architecture of the tivcmd Command Line Interface for Authorization Policy is installed by default. You can select to switch to the 32 bit architecture. However, on zSeries systems with Linux, you can only install the 32 bit architecture of the CLI.

      The tivcmd CLI cannot be installed under the same installation directory as Jazz for Service Management or the monitoring server, portal server, portal client, monitoring agents, and tacmd CLI components of IBM Tivoli Monitoring.

  7. If you are using IBM Installation Manager to perform the installation for Jazz for Service Management, you might be asked to specify the translation packages to install. After making your selection, click Next.

    The language files for all supported languages are always installed with the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers, Tivoli Authorization Policy Server, and tivcmd CLI for Authorization Policy packages.

  8. Select the Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers feature and click Next.

    • If you are using the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation Launchpad, this feature is preselected.

    • It is recommended to select the Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers Installation features together (which is the default behavior). However, you can clear the Configuration feature if you did not select the Configuration feature when IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub was installed. Or likewise, if you want to review the deployment scripts for the Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers before they are used to deploy the infrastructure management dashboards application into IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub. If you select the Installation feature on its own, only the dashboard application binaries and install scripts are laid down in the installation directory (on Windows this location is usually C:\Program Files\IBM\JazzSM\installedDashboards\com.ibm.tivoli.itmosd and on Linux/UNIX this location is usually /opt/IBM/JazzSM/installedDashboards/com.ibm.tivoli.itmosd). If you select the Configuration feature on its own, the Installation feature is selected as well.

    • If you are using IBM Installation Manager to install IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub at the same time, you must also select the IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub features and its prerequisite features.

    • You can also select the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server feature and tivcmd CLI for Authorization Policy feature if you want to install those features on the same system.

  9. On the next window, specify the configuration parameters for each package where you selected the Configuration feature. Select each package on the left to see the set of configuration parameters. Specify the configuration parameters and click Next.

    • The Next button is not enabled until all required configuration parameters are completed.

    • If you are using IBM Installation Manager to install IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub at the same time as the infrastructure management dashboards, see the Jazz for Service Management Installation Guide at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v3r1/topic/com.ibm.psc.doc_1.1.0/install/psc_c_install.html for details when you are asked to provide information specific to these packages.

    • If IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub is already installed, specify an IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub administrative user name 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.

    • If you are also installing the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server and tivcmd CLI for Authorization Policies at the same time, see step 9 in Install the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server using the graphical user interface for more details on the configuration parameters for these components.

  10. Click Next to review the target location and a summary of packages to install. This is your opportunity to click Back and make any changes before proceeding.

  11. Click Install to begin installing.

    The progress of the installation is reported in the progress bar and accompanying text. In some instances, the text might be truncated. If this happens, you can hover the mouse over the area to see the full text in a tool tip.

    After installation is complete, the packages are shown in a panel with a message confirming they have been installed. At this point, you can review the log files.

  12. Click Finish to finalize the installation.


What to do next

If you selected the Installation features of the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers, perform the following tasks:

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

  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.

If you only selected the Installation feature of the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers, review the dashboard application's deployment scripts and then use the Modify operation of IBM Installation Manager to deploy the dashboard application into IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub. See Configure the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package after installation.


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Install the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers

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