For IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.3, a variety of metrics have been ported from the AIX Premium agent to the UNIX OS monitoring agent. New attribute groups include AIX Logical Volumes, AIX Physical Volumes, AIX Volume Groups, Top CPU Processes, Top Memory Processes, and UNIX Devices. The UNIX workspace, Process workspace, and All Processes workspace have been updated with revised views to incorporate data offered by the Top CPU Processes, Top Memory Processes, and UNIX Devices attribute groups. The AIX Storage workspace contains views... [More]

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The IBM Tivoli Monitoring i5/OS monitoring agent is now referred to as the IBM i monitoring agent. You can access the IBM Tivoli Monitoring IBM i OS Agent User's Guide (SC22-5454-00) at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v61r1/topic/com.ibm.itm.doc_6.3/osibmi/ibmiosagent_user.htm

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15 video demonstrations are available on the Service Management Connect channel on YouTube. These videos introduce you to the new functions and capabilities in IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.3 that provide you with  improved visualization , a lower cost of ownership , and improved scalability .    For descriptions about the videos and links to the related documentation, see the New in this release feature videos topic in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Information Center.     The videos cover the following areas: IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards... [More]

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 Install your OMEGAMON z/OS agent with PARMGEN instead of the ICAT tool.  Watch this video to learn the advantages of PARMGEN and the steps of this configuration method   http://ow.ly/iZ7xf 

Here's the newest tacmd commands for ITM 6.3 .. Full instructions for these commands are covered in the Command Reference Guide for 6.3 ( link)   New commands associated with granular security     * tivcmd addtorole     * tivcmd copyrole     * tivcmd createrole     * tivcmd deleterole     * tivcmd exclude     * tivcmd grant     * tivcmd help     * tivcmd listdomains     * tivcmd listobjecttypes     * tivcmd listresourcetypes     * tivcmd listroles     * tivcmd login     * tivcmd logout     * tivcmd removefromrole     * tivcmd revoke New... [More]

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The user’s guides for the IBM Tivoli Monitoring System p agents have been updated. You can find the documentation at the IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.3 information center . The following updated user’s guides are available: AIX Premium agent, V6.2.2 Interim Feature 2 CEC Base agent, V6.2.2 Interim Feature 2 VIOS Premium agent, V6.2.2 Interim Feature 2 HMC Base agent, V6.2.2 Interim Feature 3 Please let us know what we can do to help you use this information.

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The documentation for IBM SmartCloud Monitoring V7.2 released on March 8,2013 is available. You can find the documentation at the SmartCloud Monitoring 7.2 information center . The updated information center includes -- Download instructions for SmartCloud Monitoring Tivoli Monitoring for Virtual Environments V7.2 documentation Tivoli Monitoring V6.3 documentation Please let us know what we can do to help you use this information.

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The documentation for IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Virtual Environments V7.2 released on March 8, 2013 has been updated. You can find the documentation at the Virtual Environments 7.2 documentation information center . The documentation includes -- User's guides for the following components: Cisco UCS agent Citrix XenApp agent Citrix XenServer agent Citrix XenDesktop agent Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machines agent Network Devices agent NetApp Storage agent VMware VI agent Dashboard, Reporting, and Capacity Planning... [More]

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The IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.3 Information Center is now available. You can access this information center at http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v61r1/topic/com.ibm.itm.doc_6.3/welcome.htm   Be sure to check out the New in this release topic and the New in this release feature videos .      The following publications were updated for this release: IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation and Setup Guide IBM Tivoli Monitoring High Availability Guide for Distributed Systems IBM Tivoli Monitoring Tivoli Enterprise Portal User's Guide IBM... [More]

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             I am sure most of you have been eagerly awaiting the official release of the new ITM 6.3.0 and try out its new features.     I have complied a list of all the passport advantage codes, for each individual package. This should make it a quick and easy task to download the exact package you need on passport advantage website.   Here is a link to log in to  www.ibm.com/software/lotus/passportadvantage/   IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.3.0 Agents, Multiplatform,... [More]

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New IBM Education Assistant flash modules released for Tivoli NetView for z/OS   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21627783 IBM Tivoli NetView for z/OS > Version: V5.3 > Problem determination - Determine what causes HICPU issues within a NetView address space - Finding the task the EC4 was issued against Tivoli NetView for z/OS > Version: V5.4 and v 6.1 > Problem determination - Determine what causes HICPU issues within a NetView address space - Finding the task the EC4 was issued against - Graphic Monitor Facility host... [More]

IBM Education Assistant flash modules released for Tivoli Monitoring v6 http://ow.ly/iwRDT  Tivoli Monitoring > V6.1 > Administration > How to run a SOAP query with the SOAP client command-line utility kshsoap Tivoli Monitoring > V6.1 > Troubleshooting and problem determination > Identifying problems that result in a core dump on AIX IBM Tivoli Monitoring > V6.2, 6.2.1 > Troubleshooting and problem determination 3 modules 1. Reading agent logs, part 1 locating and collecting, log types, and naming conventions 2.... [More]

 IBM Education Assistant training modules for ITM versions 6.2.x Agent Builder   Tivoli Monitoring > V6.2.2 > Agents > System P agents > Installation and configuration > System p Agents 6.2.2, configuring and starting agents Tivoli Monitoring > V6.2.3 > Agents > Using the kulmapper utility to test the log format for the UNIX Logs Agent Tivoli Monitoring > Agent Builder > V6.2.3 > Administration > Creating an Agent Builder agent with a script as the data source   http://ow.ly/iwPr4

Symptom: When there are two or more versions of IBM JRE(1.4.2 and 1.5) installed on the same machine, and use IE7 as the TEP browser client, and the users are trying to use TEPB (IE7) to connect to a remote Windows TEPS server, you might be experiencing the url redirect problem (either redirect to the localhost instead of the remote TEPS hostname, or redirect to http://hostname:15200 but failed load anything). The problems may occur on Windows 2003 both 32bit and 64bit machines. Additional information: The related technotes are below:... [More]

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Significant enhancements to the ITCAM Managing Server and Data Collector in V 7.1.0.3 offer increased throughput, reduced overhead and new scalability options with the potential to manage up to 1,000 JVMs with a single Managing Server.   See here for full details and implementation procedure: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21610922

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I would like to inform you that ITM v6.3 demo videos became available on YouTube (15 demo videos). The 15 demo videos are "Product Introduction" demos and cover most of the major or the key enhancements introduced by ITM v6.3. So, if you see these demo videos, you will be able to understand "What's New" in ITM v6.3. The following link shows the ITM v6.3 Demo Playlist on YouTube, where you can see all the 15 demo videos.   http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiD3_RDV00Jcf35_zH67-SbLQi3zXy3EQ In addition, we are going to... [More]

In addition to the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Information Center, you can now also access some of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring documentation right here on Service Management Connect.   The documentation posted on SMC will be provided only in PDF format. You can access the PDFs by going to the Application Performance Management community and clicking on Files in the left-hand navigation. You can also access the PDFs by using the links provided below.   The agent user interface guides provide you with a PDF version of the online help. We plan to add... [More]

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Robert Frost said in “The Road Not Taken” : “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference” For historical collection of data within the Tivoli Framework, the user has to decide for each table collected if it should be saved at the TEMA (Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent) or TEMS (Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server). The default location is the TEMA, but we have found that users like to move this to the TEMS so that all of their data is located on one machine.... [More]

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  Some important links to consider for an overview of the new ITM 6.3 release:   Download Instructions page: http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v61r1/topic/com.ibm.itm.doc_6.3/dld_itm63.htm This page provides Passport Advantage part numbers for all ITM 6.3 and related components, including: --All ITM 6.3 components --Jazz for Service Management V1.1 (including TCR V3.1 and WAS V8.5.0.1) --DB2 V10.1 Enterprise Server Edition   What's New in ITM 6.3:... [More]

Please join the Tivoli User Community for a live Webcast and opportunity for Q&A on March 19, 2013 at 11:00 AM ET USA.   Click Here to Reserve Your Webcast Seat Now Over view:  IBM is simplifying your monitoring needs with a new lightweight solution that monitors the performance and availability of your web-delivered applications. It allows you to focus on application health and user experience for cloud-based applications, without needing to install anything in the infrastructure. Join us and learn more about: 1) Dynamic... [More]

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Customers have a few options when deploying SmartCloud Monitoring version 7.2 to monitor their VMware environment.   The following describes those options and recommendations.   SmartCloud Monitoring 7.2 consist of 3 major components: VMware VI Monitoring Agent VMware reports for Tivoli Common Reporting Dashboard for VMware VMware Capacity Planning The 7.2 version of the VMware VI Agent is compatible with older versions of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring infrastructure.   The agent requires IBM Tivoli Monitoring version 6.2.2 FP4 or above.   So, the... [More]

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The playback of Rational Performance Tester(RPT) Citrix scripts on Robotic Response Time(T6) agent, V 7.3.0.1 requires specific Citrix client versions on different Windows platforms. The following link contains the supported platform information. Rational Performance Tester Citrix Scripts on Robotics Response Time Agents

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Big Data as described in Wikipedia is the future but right now for Tivoli Data Warehousing(TDW) the task is to understand the amount of data being collected and warehoused by the Tivoli agents in your ITM infrastructure.  This analysis can be simplified using the Tivoli Warehouse Projection Spreadsheet that is located here: Warehouse Projection Spreadsheet and has been uploaded to this blog entry . The ITM 6.2.3 Installation and Setup Guide contains information on estimating the disk space requirements for the Tivoli Data Warehouse. To follow... [More]

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After a colder than normal winter in North Carolina, Spring is finally here.  While today's high of 45F is nearly 20 degrees below normal, this past Saturday gave a taste of Spring with a beautiful, sunny 74F day.  After hibernating most of the Winter, these turtles came out in force at a local pond to see what is new under the sun.   So what else is new this Spring?  It is the new ITM HMC Base agent v6.2.2.3, and it might replace your CEC Base agent.  If you have used the CEC Base agent, you have probably know the requirement that the AIX... [More]

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