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IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3 Fix Pack 2
Specific information to have ready
This section contains the information that you must have ready for the Tivoli Monitoring installation.
During installation, supply the following information:
- Name of the monitoring server you are installing or to which the agent will connect
- Host name for the computer where you are installing the product (a monitoring server or one instance of an agent)
- Whether the monitoring server being installed or being connected to is configured as a hub or remote monitoring server
- Hub monitoring server host name
- Port number
Use the worksheets in Installation worksheets to collect this information for each component that you want to install.
- Information to gather for event forwarding
You need the following additional information to successfully install and configure event forwarding and synchronization between a hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server and either Netcool/OMNIbus or IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console.
- Naming your monitoring server
- Choose between IPv6 and IPv4
You can now enable IP version 6 (IPv6) communication between any two IBM Tivoli Monitoring components; possible configurations include communications between the portal server and the hub monitoring server, a remote monitoring server and the hub, or an agent and a hub.
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