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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Self-describing agent requirements
To take advantage of self-describing agent capability, the Tivoli Management Services server components must be at Version 6.2.3 or higher.
By default, the self-describing agent capability is disabled at the hub monitoring server. Self-describing agent environment variables are enabled by default for remote monitoring servers, portal servers, and self-describing agent enabled agents. However, these components disable self-describing agent capability if connected to a hub monitoring server that has the self-describing agent capability disabled.
Enable the self-describing agent capability at the hub monitoring server controls the capability across all components. You can disable the capability individually at a remote monitoring server, portal server, or agent, as described in Enable or disable self-describing agent capability.
After installing and configuring the hub monitoring server, start the hub monitoring server if not already running in order to specify the default self-describing agent seeding options. Set the KMS_SDA environment variable to enable self-describing agent capability. Then recycle the hub monitoring server.
Beginning with V6.2.3 fix pack 1, self-describing agent application support installation is supported in Hot-Standby configuration. The KMS_SDA settings should match on the acting and standby hub monitoring servers. An error message will report a discrepancy if the acting and standby monitoring servers have different KMS_SDA settings.
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Enable self-describing agent capability at the hub monitoring server