Configuration II - IBM Tivoli Monitoring

1. Agent configuration and environment variables
   • Configuration files preserved during an upgrade
     • Preserving user custom settings
     • Files that are preserved on upgrade
     • Files that are not preserved on upgrade

   • Product behavior with custom configuration settings
     • General operations

   • Persistent configuration changes
     • Windows persistent configuration changes
     • Linux or UNIX persistent configuration changes
       • Making persistent configuration changes

   • Example 1: Overriding the CTIRA_HOSTNAME to change the host name section of the Managed System Name
   • Example 2: Altering an existing variable KDC_FAMILIES
   • Environment variables
     • Common environment variables
     • Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server environment variables
     • Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server environment variables
     • Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Automation Server environment variables
     • Tivoli Data Warehouse environment variables
     • Tivoli Monitoring Service Console variables
     • Common agent environment variables
     • Operating system agent environment variables
       • Windows OS monitoring agent
       • Linux OS monitoring agent
       • UNIX OS monitoring agent

2. Maintaining the EIB on Linux or UNIX
3. Securing the IBM Tivoli Monitoring installation on Linux or UNIX
   • Usage
   • Scenario with secureMain
   • Securing the IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment at installation

4. Uninstall IBM Tivoli Monitoring
   • Uninstall the entire IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment
     • Windows
     • Linux/UNIX

   • Uninstall an individual IBM Tivoli Monitoring agent or component
     • Uninstall a component on Windows
     • Uninstall a component on Linux or UNIX
     • Uninstall OMEGAMON Monitoring Agents
     • Remove an agent through the Tivoli Enterprise Portal

   • Uninstall the Warehouse Proxy
     • Remove the ODBC data source connection

   • Uninstall components and agents silently
     • Perform a silent uninstallation on a Windows computer
     • Perform a silent uninstallation on a Linux or UNIX computer
     • Uninstall the event synchronization component

   • Uninstall event synchronization manually

5. Uninstall IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment
   • Uninstall IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment in console mode
   • Perform a silent uninstallation of IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment
   • Silent response file for uninstallation of IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment
   • Uninstall the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server or tivcmd Command Line Interface for Authorization Policy using the graphical user interface
   • Uninstall the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers using the graphical user interface

6. Additional resources
   • IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6 Welcome Kit
   • General education and support Web sites
   • Product documentation and IBM Redbooks
   • Education offerings
   • Service offerings
   • Other resources
   • Documentation library
   • IBM Tivoli Monitoring library
   • Documentation for the base agents
   • Related publications
   • Other sources of documentation

7. Support for problem solving
   • Use IBM Support Assistant
     • Install the IBM Support Assistant add-on
     • Collection of diagnostic files for self-diagnosis only

   • Obtaining fixes
   • Receive weekly support updates
   • Contacting IBM Software Support
   • Determine the business impact of a problem
   • Describing problems and gathering information
   • Submitting problems

8. High Availability Guide for Distributed Systems
   • PDF
   • Overview
   • Monitor functions and architecture
   • Monitor functions
   • Data visualization
   • Situations, events, and alerts
   • Event-management integration
   • Workflow policies
   • Historical data collection
   • Monitor architecture
   • Typical configuration
   • Optional components
   • Open Services Lifecycle Collaboration
   • Agent resiliency
   • High Availability considerations for the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server
   • IBM Tivoli Monitoring portal navigation
   • Configure for high availability and disaster recovery
     • Configure the hub monitoring server for high availability and disaster recovery
     • Configure for portal server high availability and disaster recovery
     • Configure for IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub high availability and disaster recovery
     • Configure for agent and remote monitoring server high availability and disaster recovery
     • Configure for warehouse high availability and disaster recovery
     • Configure for Warehouse Proxy Agent high availability and disaster recovery
     • Configure for Summarization and Pruning Agent high availability and disaster recovery
     • Configure for Tivoli Performance Analyzer high availability and disaster recovery

   • The hot standby option
     • Use hot standby
       • Hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Servers
       • Remote monitoring servers
       • Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring agents
       • Tivoli Enterprise Portal server
       • Tivoli Enterprise Automation Server
       • Failover scenario
         • Start up the components
         • Failing over

     • Configure failover support
       • Configure the hot standby feature for hub monitoring servers
         • On Windows systems: Configuring the hot standby feature for hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server
           • Configure the primary hub
           • Configure the secondary hub

         • On Linux or UNIX systems: Configuring the hot standby feature for hub monitoring servers
           • Configure the primary hub
           • Configure the secondary hub

       • Configure the hot standby feature for remote monitoring servers
         • On Windows systems: Configuring the hot standby feature for remote monitoring servers
         • On Linux or UNIX systems: Configuring the hot standby feature for remote monitoring servers

       • Configure the hot standby feature for monitoring agents
       • Configure the hot standby feature for automation servers
       • Verify that failover support is working
       • Self describing feature in a failover environment

   • The clustering of IBM Tivoli Monitoring components
     • Clustering overview
     • Supported configurations
       • Configuration A
       • Configuration B
       • Configuration C

     • Set up Tivoli Monitoring components in a clustered environment
       • IBM Tivoli Monitoring cluster setup
       • Monitor server setup
       • Portal server setup
       • Data warehouse setup

     • What to expect from the IBM Tivoli Monitoring infrastructure in a clustered environment
       • Clustered hub monitoring server
       • Clustered portal server
       • Clustered data warehouse
       • Clustered Summarization and Pruning Agent
       • Clustered Warehouse Proxy Agent
       • Clustered agentless monitoring
       • Situations
       • Workflow policies
       • Short-term data collection
       • Long-term data collection
       • Tivoli Enterprise Console event integration
       • Maintenance

   • Create clusters with Tivoli Monitoring components in an HACMP environment
     • Prepare for the base cluster
       • Gathering cluster nodes information
       • Check the cluster nodes environment

     • Define the base cluster for Tivoli Monitoring
       • Building a base HACMP cluster for the monitoring server
       • Building a base HACMP cluster for the portal server and data warehouse components
       • Install DB2 for the base HACMP cluster
       • Create the database for the portal server or data warehouse on clusternode1
       • Cataloging the portal server and the data warehouse database on clusternode2
       • Add the database to the base cluster

     • Install the monitoring server on its base HACMP cluster
       • Install and set up the monitoring server on clusternode1
         • Upgrade the monitoring server installation
         • Pristine installation

       • Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server reconfiguration procedure for the AIX HACMP environment
       • Test the monitoring server on clusternode1
         • Set up the monitoring server cluster configuration

       • Set up the monitoring server on clusternode2
       • Add the monitoring server to the resource group of the base cluster
         • Create start and stop scripts for the monitoring server
         • Add the monitoring server as an application server to the base cluster
         • Add HACMP monitoring for the monitoring server processes
         • Test the monitoring server failover to clusternode2

     • Install the portal server on its base HACMP cluster
     • Install and set up the portal server on clusternode1
     • Test the portal server on clusternode1
     • Set up the portal server on clusternode2
     • Add the portal server to the resource group of the base cluster
     • Create start and stop scripts for the portal server
     • Add the portal server as Application Server to base cluster
     • Add monitoring for the portal server process
     • Test the portal server failover to clusternode2
     • Install the Warehouse Proxy Agent or Summarization and Pruning Agent on its base HACMP cluster
     • Install and set up the Warehouse Proxy Agent and Summarization and Pruning Agent on clusternode1
     • Test the Tivoli Data Warehouse components in the cluster
     • Set up the Warehouse Proxy Agent and Summarization and Pruning Agent on clusternode2
     • Add the Warehouse Proxy Agent and the Summarization and Pruning Agent to the resource group of the base cluster
     • Create start and stop scripts for the Warehouse Proxy Agent and the Summarization and Pruning Agent
     • Add the Warehouse Proxy Agent and the Summarization and Pruning Agent as Application Server to base cluster
     • Add monitoring for the Warehouse Proxy Agent and the Summarization and Pruning Agent process
     • Test the Warehouse Proxy Agent and the Summarization and Pruning Agent failover to clusternode2
     • Known problems and limitations

   • Create clusters with monitoring components in a System Automation for Multiplatforms environment
     • Scenarios tested
     • Prepare for the base Tivoli Monitoring cluster with Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatform
       • Gathering cluster nodes information
       • Check the cluster nodes environment
       • Plan for the cluster tiebreaker network device

     • Install Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms on the cluster nodes
     • Create a cluster with all Tivoli Monitoring Components
     • Set up a cluster for Tivoli Monitoring
       • Predefined Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms Cluster for Tivoli Monitoring

     • Building a Base Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms Cluster for the Monitoring Server component only
     • Building a Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms Cluster for the portal server and Tivoli Data Warehouse components
       • Install/Configuring DB2
       • Building the portal server and Tivoli Data Warehouse Cluster
       • Create the Database for Portal server/Tivoli Data Warehouse on node1
       • Cataloging the Portal server/Tivoli Data Warehouse Database on node 2

     • Install the monitoring server on its base Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms cluster
       • Install and set up the monitoring server on clusternode1
       • Test the monitoring server on clusternode1
       • Set up the monitoring server on clusternode2
       • Add the monitoring server to the resource group of the Base Cluster
       • Test the monitoring server failover to clusternode2

     • Install the portal server on the Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms cluster
       • Install and set up the portal server on clusternode1
       • Test the portal server on clusternode1
       • Add the portal server to the resource group of the Base Cluster
       • Test the portal server failover to clusternode2

     • Install the Warehouse Proxy Agent on a Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms cluster
       • Install and set up the Warehouse Proxy Agent on clusternode1
       • Add the Warehouse Proxy Agent to the resource group of the Base Cluster
       • Test the Warehouse Proxy Agent failover to clusternode2

     • Install the Summarization and Pruning Agent on a Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms cluster
       • Install and set up the Summarization and Pruning Agent on clusternode1
       • Add the Summarization and Pruning Agent to the resource group of the Base Cluster
       • Test the Summarization and Pruning Agent failover to clusternode2

     • Perform IBM Tivoli Monitoring Maintenance on a Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms cluster
       • Applying a fix pack to the Hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server
       • Applying a fix pack to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server
       • Applying a fix pack to the Warehouse Proxy Agent
       • Applying a fix pack to the Summarization and Pruning Agent

     • Known problems and limitations

9. Create clusters with Tivoli Monitoring components in a Microsoft Cluster Server environment
   • Set up the hub monitoring server in a Microsoft Cluster Server
     • Set up basic cluster resources
     • Install and set up the monitoring server on clusternode1
     • Add the monitoring server resource to your resource group
     • Registry Keys replication
     • Test the monitoring server on clusternode1
     • Set up the monitoring server on clusternode2
     • Check environment variables
     • Monitor server user validation
     • Test the monitoring server on clusternode2

   • Set up the portal server in a Microsoft Cluster Server
     • Set up basic cluster resources
     • Install and set up DB2 on a Microsoft Cluster Server
       • Install DB2 on clusternode1
       • Install DB2 on clusternode2
       • Add the DB2 resource type to the Cluster Administrator
       • Transforming the DB2 instance into a clustered instance
       • Add the DB2 resource to the resource group

     • Install and set up the portal server in the cluster
       • Set up the portal server database and ODBC DSN in the cluster
       • Install and set up the portal server in clusternode1
       • Add the IBM Eclipse Help Server resource to the resource group
       • Add the portal server resource to the resource group

     • Test the portal server in the cluster

   • Set up Tivoli Data Warehouse components in a Microsoft Cluster Server
     • Set up basic cluster resources
     • Install and set up DB2 on a Microsoft Cluster Server
     • Install and set up Tivoli Data Warehouse components in the cluster
     • Set up the Tivoli Data Warehouse database and ODBC DSN in the cluster
     • Install the Warehouse Proxy Agent and the Summarization and Pruning Agent in the cluster
     • Add the Warehouse Proxy Agent resource to the resource group
     • Add the Summarization and Pruning Agent resource to the resource group
     • Test the Tivoli Data Warehouse components in the cluster

10. Upgrade IBM Tivoli Monitoring in a Microsoft Cluster environment
11. Tivoli Monitoring maintenance on the cluster
12. Known problems and limitations

13. Configure the cluster creation
14. Autonomous mode and autonomous agents
    • Achieving High-Availability with the autonomous agent
    • Autonomous mode agent switch from a secondary monitoring server back to the primary hub monitoring server

15. Agent configuration parameters
16. Switchback processing
17. Predefined scripts
18. EIF Information
19. Documentation library
    • IBM Tivoli Monitoring library
    • Documentation for the base agents
    • Related publications
    • Tivoli Monitoring community on Service Management Connect
    • Other sources of documentation

20. Support information
21. Program Directory

 

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