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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Agent resiliency
The Agent Management Services feature in IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.1 or higher provides resiliency at the agent level. Specifically, the IBM Tivoli Monitoring OS Monitoring Agent for Windows, Linux, or Unix agents are monitored for availability. These agents are automatically restarted according to default policy settings expressed as an XML file. You can create or modify this XML file.
In addition, the OS agents will monitor and automatically restart other agents running adjacent to them according to the terms of the policy files. Policy files for the Warehouse Proxy Agent, Summarization and Pruning Agent, and Tivoli Universal Agent are installed along with the OS Monitoring Agents. The files can be activated by using a set of actions associated with the new Agent Management Services workspace, which is part of the Windows and Linux OS Monitoring Agent navigation tree nodes in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal. By monitoring and responding to abnormal downtime or behavior exhibited by an agent, IBM Tivoli Monitoring adds a layer of fault tolerance to endpoint applications and increases their availability rating.
For further information on Agent Management Services, see Chapter 11 of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring: Administrator's Guide.
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