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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Install the System Monitor Agent on Linux or UNIX systems
The System Monitor Agent packages provide IBM Tivoli Monitoring operating-system agents whose reduced footprint makes them ideal for customers who need fully autonomous OS agent monitoring in environments where disk space or image transmission bandwidth is in short supply. These System Monitor Agent packages offer a significantly reduced bundle size and installed footprint.
The System Monitor Agents support direct Netcool/OMNIbus integration without a connection to a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server. The System Monitor Agent instead sends SNMP alerts directly to an SNMP Event Collector such as Netcool/OMNIbus.
Installation times are significantly reduced due to the small size of the agents. System monitor agents use simplified flat-file, machine-independent configuration. Configuration files no longer contain references to the host name or system where the file is located; with this change, you can share and transport common configuration files across your network.
A System Monitor Agent must not be installed into a system where existing IBM Tivoli Monitoring components (including other monitoring agents) are already installed, with this exception: Agent Builder agents built with Agent Builder V6.2.2 or subsequent may be installed alongside a System Monitor Agent.
There is a silent installation procedure that you must invoke to install these autonomous agents that monitor the Linux and UNIX operating systems:
silentInstall.sh -h installation_dir -p response_filewhere:
- installation_dir
- is the directory on the target machine where the System Monitor Agent is to be installed.
- response_file
- is the name of the response file you created that names the components to be installed and where.
Do not specify the path of the directory containing ./install.sh as the IBM Tivoli Monitoring home directory. On certain platforms, this can cause the plug-in JAR files to overwrite themselves and become zero length files. The installation will fail as a result.
In addition, do not use the number sign (#) or exclamation mark (!) characters anywhere in your installation directory path.
To verify the installation, enter this command:
InstDir/bin/cinfo -iwhere InstDir is the directory where you installed the System Monitor Agent. The list of installed agent components is displayed, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Output of the cinfo command
If no agents are listed, check the installation logs for more information.
- Contents of the silent response file
This section explains the contents of the silent response file.
- Configure the System Monitor Agents on Linux or UNIX
The autonomous OS agents do not use the pc.ini files (where pc is the product code) for configuration. Instead these System Monitor Agents follow a configuration model based on flat files. These files are designed to segregate and preserve your user configuration, which simplifies agent upgrade. They also allow redistribution of a configured agent to other systems while ensuring the original configuration is exactly duplicated.
- Uninstall the Linux or UNIX System Monitor Agent
This section outlines the procedure for uninstalling the System Monitor Agent on Linux or UNIX.
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