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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2


Configure AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, and Linux monitoring components for IPv6 communication

This section provides instructions for configuring AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, and Linux components for IP version 6 (IPv6) communication.


Configure the hub monitoring server

On Solaris only, the hub can be configured either for IPv4 or IPv6 but not both. For IPv4, no action is required. For IPv6, the following must be added to the configuration file for the hub in the $CANDLEHOME/config directory:


Configure the monitoring agents

On Solaris only, the agent can be configured either for IPv4 or IPv6, but not for both. For IPv4, no action is required. For IPv6, the following line must be added to the configuration file for the agent:

On HP-UX on HP 9000 (PA-RISC) only, the agent can be configured either for IPv4 or IPv6, but not for both. For IPv4, no action is required. For IPv6, the following line must be added:

  1. Open the xx.ini file in the $CANDLEHOME/config directory for editing, where xx is the product code for the agent, such as lz.

  2. Add the following line as the last line in the file (note that the line begins with a dot followed by a space):

      . $CANDLEHOME$/config/xx.ipv6config

  3. Repeat Steps 1 and 2 for the xx.config file in the same directory.

  4. Create the xx.ipv6config file in the $CANDLEHOME/config directory.

  5. Add the following line to the xx.ipv6config file:


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