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Configure the monitoring agent

Use the following steps to configure your monitoring agent.

  1. Run the following command:

    where pc is the product code for your agent. For the UNIX agent, use the product code "ux"; for Linux, use "lz". See IBM Tivoli product, platform, and component codes for a list of agent product codes.

  2. Press Enter when you are asked if the agent connects to a monitoring server.

  3. Type the host name for the monitoring server.

  4. Type the protocol that you want to use to communicate with the monitoring server.

    You have seven choices: ip, ip.pipe, ip.spipe, ip6, ip6.pipe, ip6.spipe, or sna. Press Enter to accept the default protocol (IP.PIPE).

  5. To set up a backup protocol, enter that protocol and press Enter. If you do not want to use backup protocol, press Enter without specifying a protocol.

  6. Depending on the type of protocol you specified, provide the following information when prompted:


    UNIX monitoring server protocols and values

    Protocol Value Definition
    ip and ip6 ip and ip6 port number Port number for the monitoring server. The default is 1918.
    sna Net Name SNA network identifier for your location.
    LU Name LU name for the monitoring server. This LU name corresponds to the Local LU Alias in your SNA communications software.
    Log Mode Name of the LU6.2 LOGMODE. The default value is "CANCTDCS."
    ip.pipe and ip6.pipe ip.pipe and ip6.pipe port number Port number for the monitoring server. The default is 1918.
    ip.spipe and ip6.spipe ip.spipe and ip6.spipe port number Port number for the monitoring server. The default is 3660.

  7. Press Enter to not specify the name of the KDC_PARTITION.

  8. Press Enter when you are asked if you want to configure the connection to a secondary monitoring server. The default value is no.

  9. Press Enter to accept the default for the Optional Primary Network Name (none).


What to do next

You must complete the configuration of the Warehouse Proxy Agent using the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services graphical user interface (GUI), which requires an X11 GUI interface. See the instructions for configuring the Warehouse Proxy for the appropriate Data Warehouse:

If you used a non-root user to install a monitoring agent on a UNIX computer, the file permissions are initially set to a low level. Use the procedure in Postinstallation steps for nonroot installations to change these file permissions:


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