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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Install monitoring agents
To install a distributed monitoring agent, use the appropriate installation media, use the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Agent DVD or DVD image to install the agents in the following list...
- Linux OS
- UNIX OS
- Windows OS
- Agentless OS
You can use the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Base DVD to install application support for any IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.x-based distributed monitoring agent. Installing and configuring application support on base components...
- monitoring servers
- portal server
- desktop clients
...when you install them, means that you do not have to stop and restart those base components later when you install the agent and its application support.
Use the agent product DVDs to install distributed monitoring agents that are delivered separately from the IBM Tivoli Monitoring base installation package. For example, use the IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Databases product DVDs to install a monitoring agent for DB2 Database for Linux, UNIX, and Windows or for Oracle. Depending on the agent that you are installing, there might be additional configuration steps required. See the agent documentation for more information.
There are a set of best practice situations for the version 6.2.3 or later UNIX OS agent, Linux OS agent, and Windows OS agent. These situations are automatically installed, but not automatically distributed, during installation to the default managed system group or managed system. The best practice situations can be recognized by the _BP_ string in the situation name.
If you upgrade any OS agent to V6.3 you must also separately upgrade the Tivoli Enterprise Services User Interface Extensions (tacmd CLI) on the same machine to V6.3. If tacmd CLI (component code ue) is not upgraded, commands run from this machine will fail.
All monitoring agents require that agent-specific application support be installed on the monitoring servers, portal server, and portal desktop clients.
The following sections provide instructions for installing a monitoring agent:
- Windows: Installing a monitoring agent
- Linux or UNIX: Installing a monitoring agent
- Populate the data warehouse's ManagedSystem table
Parent topic:
Install IBM Tivoli Monitoring