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This blog will explain how the summarized table column can be recalculated. The goal is to convert from a non-computed table column to calculated table columns MIN_ SUM_ AVG_ MAX_   It is important to make a backup There are situations where the calculation of the columns in the summarized tables should be changed. On the one hand because one needs a different calculation or because the function does not exist. The following site can be used as a basis... [More]

Here is the list of agents available for APM 7.7    https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20SmartCloud%20Application%20Performance%20Management/page/Documentation%20for%20SC%20APM%20EE%20-%20VM%20Image   In addition you'll see some of the ITCAM for Transactions agents listed in this PDF for SmartCloud Application Performance Management UI V7.7 User's Guide https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSATHD_7.7.0/com.ibm.apm.doc_77/apmui77_ug.pdf This includes the Robotic Response time... [More]

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions ~ How to do stuff ~ By Kevin Baldwin - How to..... License RFT for use in an ITCAMfT environment As an ITCAMfT Robotic Response Time (RRT/T6) user you can download and install Rational Functional Tester to record and playback RFT scripts for the purpose of availability and performance monitoring. You do not need to purchase and activate RFT licenses using the Installation Manager "Manage Licenses" option as a license is automatically installed when... [More]

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It can be useful to provide the mapping between Rational Performance Tester (RPT) and the scripts it exports.   1. To obtain the version of the RPT Test Execution Engine  (RPT runtime) installed on RPT In RPT Workbench -> Help -> About Rational Performance Tester -> Installation Details -> Plug-ins > search for the entry : IBM Rational /Test Execution Engine /com.ibm.rational.test.lt.kernel .   Example:                                ... [More]

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Scenario:  Our company would like to create a Threshold that will run a command to restart a downed Linux service. For example, We have a requirement to AUTO-START a Linux Service using the Thresholds 'Execute Command' capability. For ITM V6, our Take Action command would be the following, 'service <service-name> start' Solution: In order for the IPM/APM V8.1.3 Threshold 'Execute Command' to work, the full path to the 'service' command needs to be specified otherwise it will not work. To start off, you... [More]

  While installing Sybase agent, prereqchecker invokes the SybaseVersion_plug.sh script which executes the "find" command from root for finding Sybase server version.  This "find /" command takes a long time on systems with large disks, high volume of mounts.   If this is a an issue for you and you would like to find a way bypass the command to speed up the install process, there is a workaround. The workaround though only applies to the silent install. All you would have to do is run the silent install... [More]

"Hardware Events" attributes were added to HMC base monitoring agent as part of enhancement 215857 and shipped in interim fix level 6.2.2.3-TIV-ITM_HMC_BASE-IF0004.   IBM Tivoli Monitoring: HMC Base Agent 6.2.2.3-TIV-ITM_HMC_BASE-IF0004   "Hardware Events" gather data from the HMC through SSH using "lssvcevents" command.  The PH monitoring agent does not perform any calculations or other operations on the values returned by "lssvcevents", they are provided... [More]

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Using ITCAM for Transactions (for example v7.4.0.1 IF14) Rational Integration Support (RIS) Plug-in with Rational Performance Tester (RPT) v9.0, when attempting to export a RPT test script using File -> Export -> Other  -> ITCAM for Transactions, the "Next"  and "Finish" buttons in the  "Connect to Application Management Console" window appear as ... [More]

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ITM Communications - Manual Validation by John Alvord, IBM Corporation jalvord@us.ibm.com   Introduction ITM Communication Services has requirements. When the requirements are not met things break in strange and non-obvious ways. Most communication is via TCP Socket links. After setup these are used to implement Remote Procedure Calls. This often works beautifully by default but in new environments it pays to perform some manual checks. It is also helpful when processes do not connect.   Manual Validation Lets review the case where a... [More]

When an ITCAM agent is started up, you might encounter the following Java error-   Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError         at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:259)         at java.nio.file.FileSystems.getDefault(FileSystems.java:187)         at sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfoFile$1.run(ZoneInfoFile.java:495)... [More]

 ITM Oracle Extended Agent (RZ) requires Enterprise Edition Oracle WITH "Diagnostic Pack License" and "STATISTIC_LEVEL=TYPICAL/ALL"  to support gathering of Top SQL data with "KRZRDB TOP SQL" attribute group.   The ONLY environment that supports data being written to the "dba_hist_sqlstat" table is to be running Enterprise Edition of Oracle WITH "Diagnostic Pack License". With an Enterprise Edition of Oracle with "Diagnostic Pack License", in order for data to be in the... [More]

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This blog post is to provide a general procedure to update framework components using either a local silent install, or a remote deploy of components from TEMS depot using "tacmd updateFramework". Trying to use "INSTALL_FOR_PLATFORM=aix523" in a silent install response file will NOT work, the silent installation will still default to the detected 64-bit operating system and install components for aix536 platform.   Depending on the order of install performed from various ITM / ITCAM images, different versions /... [More]

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The DB2 monitoring agent by design installs both 32 and 64 bit UD agent components (necessitating both 32 and 64 bit shared libraries - AX, and 32 and 64 bit JRE and GSKIT) because the bitness of the UD monitoring agent must match the bitness of the DB2 installation.  Since DB2 allows for both 32 and 64 bit databases, the monitoring agent must provide 32 and 64 bit UD agents.   The ITCAM for DB2 installation image packages back-level Common Installer components, which can result in older levels of AX / JR / GS components being... [More]

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1.  IBM Monitoring: Downloads and drivers - TITLE: IBM Performance Management 8.1.3.0 Interim Fix 9 (8.1.3.0-IBM-IPM-IF0009) - URL: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/quickorder?product=ibm%2FTivoli%2FIBM+Tivoli+Monitoring&fixids=8.1.3.0-IBM-IPM-IF0009&source=myna&myns=swgtiv&mynp=OCSSTFXA&mync=E&cm_sp=swgtiv-_-OCSSTFXA-_-E - ABSTRACT: This is a cumulative interim fix for IBM Performance Management family of products, Version 8.1.3.0 - TITLE: IBM Performance Management 8.1.3.0 Interim Fix 9 Server Patch - URL:... [More]

Problem: On Windows systems, after you configure the data collector for the WebSphere Applications agent, the application server cannot be started with Java core dump occurred. The following messages are reported in the native_stderr.log file of the application server:   Unhandled exception Type=Segmentation error vmState=0x00000000   Solution: This problem occurs because the JVM that is used by the application server is attempting to use the corrupt shared class cache. It might happen to the JVM that is prior to the following... [More]

Problem: After Diagnostic is enabled, no data is available on the Memory Analysis dashboard. Solution: Data availability on the Memory Analysis dashboard requires the IBM Health Center component of IBM JRE to collect trace data. Use the following steps to solve this problem: 1. Check the JVM arguments for the application server. If the following strings are defined, which prevent the Health Center to collect data, remove them. -Xhealthcenter -Xgc:allocationSamplingGranularity -Xtrace:none 2. Check the version of JRE that is used by the... [More]