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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Agent installation and configuration
Agent installation and configuration requires the use of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation and Setup Guide and agent-specific installation and configuration information.
To install and configure the monitoring agent, use the "Installing monitoring agents" procedures in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation and Setup Guide.
If you are installing silently by using a response file, see "Performing a silent installation of IBM Tivoli Monitoring" in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation and Setup Guide.
In addition to the installation and configuration information in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation and Setup Guide, use this agent-specific installation and configuration information to install the monitoring agent.
- Requirements for the monitoring agent
- Naming instances
If you have multiple instances of a monitoring agent, you must decide how to name the monitoring agents. This name is intended to uniquely identify that monitoring agent
- Run as a non-Administrator user
The monitoring agent can be run by a non-Administrator user (a non-root user), however some functionality becomes unavailable.
- Filtering capabilities on the names of processes
You can distinguish process names that are longer than 768 characters, so that situations can be defined on the relevant part of the name. You can also use this enhancement for filtering processes of any length.
- Complying with FIPS requirements
The monitoring agent complies with the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2. This computer security standard requires stronger checksum algorithms (for example, SHA-256 and SHA-512) when you define situations for checking file changes.