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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Overview of the agent
The Warehouse Proxy Agent is a unique agent that performs only one task: collecting and consolidating all historical data from the individual agents to store in the Tivoli Data Warehouse. If you are using the Tivoli Data Warehouse, at least one Warehouse Proxy Agent is required for each Tivoli Monitoring installation.
IBM Tivoli Monitoring overview
IBM Tivoli Monitoring provides a way to monitor the availability and performance of all the systems in the enterprise from one or several designated workstations. It also provides useful historical data that you can use to track trends and to troubleshoot system problems.
You can use IBM Tivoli Monitoring to achieve the following tasks:
- Monitor for alerts on the systems that you are managing by using predefined situations or custom situations.
- Establish your own performance thresholds.
- Trace the causes leading to an alert.
- Gather comprehensive data about system conditions.
- Use policies to take actions, schedule work, and automate manual tasks.
The Tivoli Enterprise Portal is the interface for IBM Tivoli Monitoring products. You can use the consolidated view of your environment as seen in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal to monitor and resolve performance issues throughout the enterprise.
See the IBM Tivoli Monitoring publications listed in Documentation for the base agents for complete information about IBM Tivoli Monitoring and the Tivoli Enterprise Portal.
- New in this release
For version 6.3 of this monitoring agent, the following enhancements have been made since version 6.2.3, including the fix packs:
- Components of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment
After you install and set up the Warehouse Proxy agent, you have an environment that contains the client, server, and monitoring agent implementation for IBM Tivoli Monitoring.
- Agent Management Services
You can use IBM Tivoli Monitoring Agent Management Services to manage the Warehouse Proxy agent.
- User interface options
Installation of the base IBM Tivoli Monitoring software and other integrated applications provides a variety of interfaces that you can use to work with your resources and data.
- Data sources
Monitoring agents collect data from specific data sources.