A] DOCUMENTATION / IFIXES LINKS 1) IBM APM V8.1.4 - Knowledge Center home page: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSHLNR_8.1.4/com.ibm.pm.doc/welcome.htm 2) IBM APM V8.1.4 -  download: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSHLNR_8.1.4/com.ibm.pm.doc/install/onprem_download_doc.htm 3) IBM APM V8.1.4 - prerequisites: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSHLNR_8.1.4/com.ibm.pm.doc/install/planning_requirements.htm 4) IBM APM 8.1.4 Bypass the installer prerequisites scanner (for test environment only):... [More]

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So you want try out the new Application Performance Management (APM) software to monitor your WebSphere Application Servers, Web Servers or other systems, but don't want to go through the time and effort (and knowledge) to install and configure the APM server.  Well, there's good news for you.  IBM has made it easier to get an APM server and you can get one very quickly via a trial 30-day no-cost SaaS subscription from the IBM Marketplace.  Here are the short steps to get one quickly. 1. First go to this site, login (free... [More]

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Hi and Welcome to the IBM Monitoring Academy Newsletter February Edition In these monthly newsletters we are aiming to share with you our high value content, recent updates and any information you might have missed. It will all be hosted here with external links within the blog so please have a read. Newsletter Video If you prefer to watch and listen rather than read, we also have a video version of the Newsletter which can be found at the link below on our Youtube Channel.   Direct YouTube Link:  https://youtu.be/-iPvlnt5GLI  ... [More]

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Hi and Welcome to the IBM Monitoring Academy Newsletter January Edition In these monthly newsletters we are aiming to share with you our high value content, recent updates and any information you might have missed. It will all be hosted here with external links within the blog so please have a read. Newsletter Video If you prefer to watch and listen rather than read, we also have a video version of the Newsletter which can be found at the link below on our Youtube Channel.   Direct YouTube Link:  https://youtu.be/OZGIbu-YBo8  ... [More]

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    As normal, I like to blog about areas of ITM that I cover when working with you, either through PMRs or direct on customer site. Today's series topics is all related to creating hot standby / failover of the KDE gateway.   Terminology Before we start, here are some of the basic terminology you need to know as you read this blog....           Configurations There are two types of configurations for the setup of the KDE_GATEWAY.  The examples below demonstrate each type in turn.  ... [More]

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Hi and Welcome to the IBM Monitoring Academy Newsletter October Edition In these monthly newsletters we are aiming to share with you our high value content, recent updates and any information you might have missed. It will all be hosted here with external links within the blog so please have a read. Seminar Video This episode with two of our engineers; Mark Leftwich and Shaun Rodger, is an introductory video to our Newsletters, highlighting this months key topics, and any additional information for you.   Direct YouTube Link: ... [More]

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View the latest IBM Performance Management questions on our forums and see the answers provided...   dwAnswers  - Week of Sep 12 th   Why is IIB monitoring agent from APM 8.1.3 not staying up on AIX? We have APM 8.1.3 monitoring agent for IIB Message broker configured on multiple AIX hosts. On one of these servers, the IIB agent is shutting down shortly after being started. In the agent log, host_qi_brkr_#.log, we see following messages. How can this problem be resolved? Answer:  https://ibm.biz/BdrkZM... [More]

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Hi and Welcome to the IBM Monitoring Academy Newsletter September Edition In these monthly newsletters we are aiming to share with you our high value content, recent updates and any information you might have missed. It will all be hosted here with external links within the blog so please have a read. Seminar Video This episode with three of our engineers; Mark Leftwich and Shaun Rodger taking you through this month's edition of the newsletter, highlighting this  months key topics, and any additional information for you.   Direct... [More]

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When setting up your on Cloud environment, you install agents on the local systems that you want to monitor. Agents communicate with the IBM Performance Management on Cloud server. If your browser or agents cannot connect to the cloud server, you might need to configure your agents to communicate through a forward proxy.           To test your agent connectivity, ensure that your firewall rules allow return traffic from specific IP addresses and port 443. IP addresses are specific to each data center. For more... [More]

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    In today's installment I am demoing how simple and easy it is to create and post your technical blog to IBM DeveloperWorks community *** For any IBM product! ***         The video below video provides you everything you need to know to post a question, in under 10 minutes!               Topics covered:         As this is the monitoring academy, I couldn't end there... Here are customised links to take you straight to the the monitoring posts:  ... [More]

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I like those great dinner-in-minutes recipes. They're easy to follow and you get a great reward at the end. In the same spirit, we created a tutorial for IBM Performance Management on Cloud: easy, quick, and rewarding. You can see the KPIs for your managed system in minutes. When I tried it, I instantly saw that my system was continually using too much memory. Time to add a pinch more. After registering for a Performance Management trial or paid subscription on IBM Service Engage , you're ready to go. Gather your ingredients :... [More]

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  Welcome to the IBM Monitoring Academy home! This is your centralised home for all your monitoring needs!!   Our aim at the Academy is simple....We want to share our daily hands on product knowledge, directly with you!  We encourage you to participate and become part of our social community    Have all of the latest information and content delivered straight to your social feeds!! No more searching through  web pages  looking for the latest information, updates, or technical documentation:   Click on the... [More]

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Announcing IBM Monitoring v8.1 - the next generation of Application-Aware infrastructure monitoring solution that simplifies the life for IT Ops. With a single end to end view of metrics and logs/errors collected across the application stack, IT operators can detect problems and troubleshoot in the context of the application always. They no longer need to struggle to understand which component belongs to which application or which application's performance will be impacted due to a failed infrastructure component. It is able to monitor any... [More]

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  ITM 6.3 Fix Pack 3 has arrived!  All the info you need to download now and get the benefits of the new fix pack! Happy downloading!!! All Download links, APAR and packages all listed below!   Direct link to Fix Pack 3 on Fix central LINK------------> Fix Pack 3 download location     Direct link to 6.3 Fix Pack 3 Readme: LINK------------> Fix Pack 3 Readme direct download location     What Each Package Contains Fix pack file name Description of... [More]

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  As ITM 6.3 fix pack 3 has just been released, I know many of you will be planning upgrades in the near future. Here are a few tips and features that can really improve the speed, capacity usage and capabilities of warehousing in ITM. There is even a neat little feature to send data directly to analytics tools outside of the warehouse entirely, thus offsetting load on your database (win, win).   This blog is tacking a slightly different tact to the how to/deep dive information I usually post, but I feel this information if worth... [More]

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In this age of relentless innovation, where web and mobile startups are changing the game everyday, the need for companies to stay ahead of the curve by continuously innovating and delivering, is key to survival. In order to get quick time to value companies are adopting the DevOps model which allows code to be deployed not in weeks or days, but several times a day. For example Etsy, a popular web marketplace, deploys 50 times a day and Netflix deploys hundred times per day. Now for a second, think about the complexity behind this. Every end... [More]

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      This "Nuggets of Knowledge" is a series of blogs that are all aimed at hints and tips to maximise the use and value you can get from the IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) product suite. Below is a full list of my blogs for easy navigation and future reference.  All new blogs will be added to this post, so feel free to bookmark it so you don't miss any new additions.   Please feel free to contact/follow me, all my social contact links are below (just click on the image)       I... [More]

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  On the latest installment of the series, this nugget (blog) will show you how to find the required TEMS database schema so you can extract key information directly from your TEMS. This information is great for speeding up environment healthchecks, dumping large amounts of data quickly outside the GUI, etc.   OVERALL GOAL: For you to be able to extract the TEMS database schema directly from your TEMS machine. You will then be able to build your own SQL SELECT statements to extract information from the TEMS at will. This... [More]

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          On the  forth  installment of the SPUFI series, we look at our third "use case". This blog will show you how to extract key information via the command line from your TEMS relating to which agents are assigned to which MSL (Managed system list).  This is a very powerful way to obtain great information from your TEMS   If you missed part one on how to use the tool here is a quick link: ----->   Link to blog one in the SPUFI serie s... [More]

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