Linux platform UNIX platform
WebSphere Appliance Management Center for WebSphere Appliances Operating Systems: AIX, Linux, Windows


Installing ITCAM Agent for WebSphere DataPower Appliance on Linux and UNIX systems

Install ITCAM Agent for WebSphere® DataPower® Appliance so that you can monitor IBM® WebSphere DataPower appliances. Use the command-line interface to install ITCAM Agent for WebSphere DataPower Appliance on Linux and UNIX systems.

Before you begin

About this task

The ITCAM Agent for WebSphere DataPower Appliance connects the monitoring server to the appliance that you want to monitor. The ITCAM Agent for WebSphere DataPower Appliance communicates with the target you want to monitor, and then translates the data into a common format that is then used by Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.

Procedure

To install ITCAM Agent for WebSphere DataPower Appliance, complete the following steps:

  1. Go to the directory into which you extracted the installation images.
  2. Run the following command:
    ./install.sh
  3. Select the IBM Tivoli Monitoring home directory. This directory must be the same one that you used to install IBM Tivoli Monitoring.
    • To accept the default, /opt/IBM/ITM, press Enter. To confirm, press Enter.
    • To use the installation directory that you specified when you installed IBM Tivoli Monitoring, type the full path to that directory, press Enter.
    • Any existing products that are running are restarted during installation. Press Enter.
  4. From the menu, select Install products to the local host by typing 1 Press Enter. The license agreement is displayed.
  5. Review the license agreement:
    1. To read the license page by page, press Enter.
    2. To accept the terms of the license, type 1, and press Enter.
  6. Type the number for IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for this operating system. Press Enter. To confirm the selection, press Enter.
  7. A list of the components to install is displayed:
    1. To install the agent, type the number for ITCAM Agent for WebSphere DataPower Appliance. Press Enter.
    2. To confirm the selection, press Enter.
  8. After the component is installed, you are asked whether you want to install additional products or product support packages. To install additional components, type 1, and press Enter.
  9. A list of the components to install is displayed:
    1. To install browser client support, type the number for Tivoli Enterprise Portal Browser Client support. Press Enter.
    2. To confirm the selection, press Enter.
  10. A list of the components to install is displayed:
    1. Type the number for ITCAM Agent for WebSphere DataPower Appliance. Press Enter.
    2. To confirm the selection, press Enter.
  11. After the component is installed, you are asked whether you want to install additional products or product support packages. To install additional components, type 1, and press Enter.
  12. A list of the components to install is displayed:
    1. To install portal server support, type the number for Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server support. Press Enter.
    2. To confirm the selection, press Enter.
  13. A list of the components to install is displayed:
    1. Type the number for ITCAM Agent for WebSphere DataPower Appliance support. Press Enter.
    2. To confirm the selection, press Enter.
  14. After the component is installed, you are asked whether you want to install additional products or product support packages. To install additional components, type 1, and press Enter.
  15. A list of the components to install is displayed:
    1. To install monitoring server support, type the number for Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server support. Press Enter.
    2. To confirm the selection, press Enter.
  16. A list of the components to install is displayed:
    1. Type the number for ITCAM Agent for WebSphere DataPower Appliance support. Press Enter.
    2. To confirm the selection, press Enter.
  17. After the component is installed, you are asked whether you want to install additional products or product support packages. To accept the default, No, press Enter.
  18. You are asked whether you want to seed product support on Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server. To accept the default, Yes, press Enter. You are then asked whether to add or update the situation distribution definition to include the default managed system groups. Select ALL by typing 1, press Enter.

Results

ITCAM Agent for WebSphere DataPower Appliance is installed.

What to do next

  1. Configure ITCAM Agent for WebSphere DataPower Appliance, see Configuring the ITCAM Agent for WebSphere DataPower Appliance on Linux and UNIX systems.
  2. You must reconfigure the installation to use an embedded database, see Reconfiguring IBM Tivoli Monitoring on Linux and UNIX systems.
  3. Start IBM Tivoli Monitoring, see Starting the IBM Tivoli Monitoring components.

Task Task

Feedback | Notices


Timestamp icon Last updated: Monday, 4 August 2014


http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/wamcinfo/v5r0m0/com.ibm.wamc.doc//install_itcam_lnx.html