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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2

Update the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server using the graphical user interface

Use the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation Launchpad or IBM Installation Manager with a local or network repository to update an existing installation of Tivoli Authorization Policy Server to a later version such as a Fix Pack version.

See Requirements for a dashboard environment to determine if you need to update any of the prerequisite software before updating Tivoli Authorization Policy Server.

If you are not using the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation Launchpad, set up a local or network repository that contains the IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment. See Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update components from a local repository and Use IBM Installation Manager to install or update components from a network repository.


To update the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server using a graphical user interface.

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

    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.

    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 update:

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

    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. On the main Installation Manager window, click Update.

  4. Select the Core services in Jazz for Service Management package and click Next.

  5. Installation Manager displays the version of the updated Tivoli Authorization Policy Server package. Click Next to continue.

  6. Select the Installation features of the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server package and click Next.

    It is recommended to select the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server Installation features together (which is the default behavior). You should not select the Configuration feature if you want to review the deployment scripts before they are used to update the authorization policy server in IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub. If you select the Installation feature on its own, only the updated authorization policy server binaries and install scripts are laid down in the installation directory (on Windows this location is usually C:\Program Files\IBM\JazzSM\AuthPolicyServer and on Linux/UNIX this location is usually /opt/IBM/JazzSM/AuthPolicyServer) and you are not prompted for the configuration parameters in the steps that follow. If you select the Configuration feature on its own, the Installation is also selected.

  7. The WebSphere configuration panel is displayed. Enter your administrator-level user credentials, such as smadmin and its password in the User name and Password fields, and click Validate. These credentials are used to update the authorization policy server application in the WebSphere Application Server for IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub. After your credentials are validated, the Next button is enabled. Click Next.

  8. The Tivoli Authorization Policy Server periodically compresses a file of the current set of authorization policies that is available for distribution. On a periodic interval, the dashboard data provider component of the portal server makes a request to the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server for the latest compressed file of policies. If there is a new file, it is obtained and extracted and this set of policies becomes the current set of policies that are used by the dashboard data provider.

    Configure the advanced Tivoli Authorization Policy Server parameters for audit logging and policy distribution. Each property has the following default value and range:

    Audit log file count

    The maximum number of audit log files to keep at one time.

    Default value is 5. Range is greater than 1 and less than 99999.

    Audit log file size (megabytes)

    The maximum size of each log file in megabytes.

    Default size is 10. Range is greater than 1 and less than 99999.

    Audit log file directory

    The directory into which the log files are stored.

    Default value is <JAZZSM_INSTALL_DIR>\AuthPolicyServer\PolicyServer\audit

    Policy-distribution Polling interval (minutes)

    This property specifies how often the Authorization Policy Server updates the compressed file containing the authorization policies that is downloaded by the dashboard data provider.

    Default value is 5. Range is 1 - 1440 minutes.

    Policy-distribution Polling directory

    The directory into which the latest version of the policies for distribution is stored.

    Default value is <JAZZSM_INSTALL_DIR>\AuthPolicyServer\PolicyServer\dist

  9. You must restart the Dashboard Application Services Hub after the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server update is complete. Select either an automatic or manual restart of the Dashboard Application Services Hub and click Confirm. Click OK when prompted and Next to continue.

  10. Click Update to update the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server.


What to do next

If you only selected the Installation feature of the updated Tivoli Authorization Policy Server package, review the authorization policy server's deployment scripts and then use the Modify operation of IBM Installation Manager to deploy the updated authorization policy server into IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub. See Configure the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server feature after installation.

If you selected both the installation and configuration features of Authorization Policy Server together with the option for a manual restart of Dashboard Application Services Hub in step 9, you must restart the application server for Dashboard Application Services Hub. You must do this before you can use the updated Authorization Policy Server with the tivcmd CLI to create authorization policies.


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Install the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server and tivcmd Command-Line Interface for Authorization Policy

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