Environment variables turn the self-describing capability
on or off at either the monitoring server, portal server, or the agent.
Purpose
The environment variables control the
main functionality of the self-describing capability, and are the
only parameters typical users modify. All other self-describing environment
variables are modified only at the direction of IBM support. For a
complete list of self-describing environment variables, see "Environment
variables that control the self-describing capability" in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation and
Setup Guide.
Parameters
Do not specify YES
or NO; instead, always specify Y or N.
Monitoring server parameters- KMS_SDA=Y |
N
- N disables the self-describing agent capability at the monitoring server, whereas Y enables it. Disabling
self-describing at the hub monitoring server disables all self-describing
capability.
- The default value is N.
- TEMS_MANIFEST_PATH=file_loc
- The location where you want the monitoring server to
store the manifest and JAR files it collects from the self-describing
agents. The customer must create and set the correct permissions for
any custom or alternate directory specified. The directory is not
created by the monitoring server. This parameter must be set for the
self-describing capability to be enabled; normally it is set during
component installation.
- TEMS_JAVA_BINPATH
- This variable locates the JAVA install path within the z/OS USS
environment. It can be dynamically superseded by a local configuration
file each time the z/OS engine generates its USS shell interface.
For more information, see Configuring the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring
Server on z/OS.
Portal server parameters- TEPS_SDA=Y | N
- N disables the self-describing agent capability at the portal server, whereas Y enables it.
- The default value is Y.
- TEPS_MANIFEST_PATH=file_loc
- Set by default to the location where the portal server will write and store its retrieved
product support JAR files. Normally this parameter is set during component
installation.
Agent parameters- TEMA_SDA=Y
| N
- N disables the self-describing agent capability at the agent,
whereas Y enables it. A value of N will block the monitoring server from retrieving any product
support files from this agent and provides you with control on a per
agent basis without stopping the self-describing agent feature on
the monitoring server for other products.
- The default value is Y.