Use the Centralized Configuration feature
to maintain monitoring agent configuration files in a central location
that agents can collect from.
Centralized Configuration overview Centralized Configuration provides
the ability to update local configuration files on many monitoring
agents without connection to a Tivoli® Enterprise Monitoring Server.
Centralized Configuration design
The Centralized Configuration structure
that you define depends on the size and organization of your monitored
enterprise, the types of monitoring agents you want to maintain, what
kinds of updates, and how often.
Configuration load list XML specification
Use the XML syntax from the configuration load list XML specification to create
a load list for Centralized Configuration.
Environment variables for Centralized Configuration
Environment variables can be used for customizing the agent
environment for Centralized Configuration:
to bootstrap the central configuration server; to control
central configuration client operations; and, when a monitoring agent
acts as a central configuration server, to control operations.
Enable password encryption in configuration files on z/OS
Agent autonomy configuration XML files include user credentials
with passwords that can be entered in plain text. Securing access
to these configuration files is usually adequate to secure the credentials.
You can also add a layer of security by storing passwords in encrypted
format within the configuration file.
Centralized Configuration sample setup
This
sample setup illustrates planning considerations and
the steps required to prepare your Tivoli Monitoring
environment and files for Centralized Configuration.
Centralized Configuration startup
After you have designed the configuration load list for each agent and created the central configuration server, you are ready for the agents
to connect and start using Centralized Configuration.
Agent autonomy on z/OS
Throughout the agent autonomy topics are references to
files and exceptions on z/OS-based monitoring agents. This topic consolidates
that information.