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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
tivcmd Command Line Interface for Authorization Policy
The tivcmd CLI for Authorization Policy has a similar look and feel to the existing tacmd Command Line Interface. An ITM administrator uses the tivcmd CLI to log in to the Authorization Policy Server and then uses the set of tivcmd commands such as createrole, grant, exclude, and addtorole to construct authorization policies that consist of roles and permissions that control which job functions have access to which IBM Tivoli Monitoring resources.
The authorization policies are saved in a master policy file store that is maintained on the Authorization Policy Server system. The tivcmd CLI can be located on the same system as the Authorization Policy Server, or it can be installed on a separate system and communicate via HTTP or HTTPS to the Authorization Policy Server.
For the full syntax of tivcmd CLI commands and parameter descriptions, see the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Command Reference.
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Components of the monitoring architecture