View the latest IBM Application Performance Management questions on our forums and see the answers provided...   dwAnswers  - Week of Nov 21st Login to APM UI but get "Not Authorized ..." We did implement LDAP integration following the guide lines from the manual: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSHLNR_8.1.3/com.ibm.pm.doc/install/admin_configuringldapregistryusers.htm#task_g5c_wdr_2v Now we are able to login to the APMUI but get this error: Not Authorized You do not have permission to view this application. If... [More]

Many itm installations use 2 teps server. A main task is to keep the database in sync.The ITM does not have the possibility to perform this task automatically. In some cases, it is possible to use commands or tools of the database, but mostly this is not possible The commands migrate-export and migrate-import can be used in the itm Please note that the commands stop the teps server. So that it requires a precise plan   migrate-export   Web-link:... [More]

APM UI 7.7 provides a set of predefined dashboards and group widgets for each application (DB2 agent, OS Agents and so on). Anyway, as documented in Chapter 7 of the APM UI 7.7 User's Guide, you have the possibility to customze the UI components, like the group widgets and related widgets. Using the samples provided with the product, you can for example create a custom application and related dashboard, by following step by steps the instructions from page 333 of the User's Guide. You could for example use the cpu_trend.json file sample... [More]

Hi and Welcome to the IBM Monitoring Academy Newsletter November 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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Tivoli Monitoring LDAP IBMTivoli Monitoring and Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server Bookmarks   The IBM Tivoli Monitoring allow to configure the LDAP on the IBMTivoli Monitoring Server or on the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server .    IBMTivoli Monitoring Server/HUB : Enable and configure LDAP user authentication for the monitoring server http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFXA_6.3.0/com.ibm.itm.doc_6.3/adminuse/msad_ldap_enabletems.htm tacmd login fails when TEMS is configured with LDAP authentication... [More]

Configuration steps on the hub Windows: Use the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services utility to reconfigure the hub monitoring server: Right-click the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server and click Reconfigure . On the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server Configuration window, disable Security: Validate User. Restart the hub monitoring server.   Linux/Unix Operating systems: Launch from the ITM install directory ( default /opt/IBM/ITM) itmcmd config -S -t tems_name (configuration on the commandline) itmcmd manage (Tivoli Enterprise... [More]

View the latest IBM Application Performance Management questions on our forums and see the answers provided...   dwAnswers  - Week of Nov 14 th   Does APM v8 use the BETA version of Liberty? Answer: https://ibm.biz/BdszFz _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ Which firewall ports are to be opened for IBM Monitoring 8.1.3? We are planning to deploy IBM Application Performance Management 8.1.3. The... [More]

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LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. It is optimized for very fast reading. LDAP runs over TCP/IP or other connection oriented transfer services and is High Secure. The itm can validate the LDAP user on the HUB, on the TEPS on the Operation System ( Example PAM “Pluggable Authentication Modules”) The configuration is done by the MTEMS or by the itmcmd config -S command   Enable and configure LDAP user authentication for the monitoring serve r... [More]

Certain aspect of TCR report has to be made invisible to some user for security and administrative reason. One way to hide the element is to disabled the particular element using the System.xml file. The instruction below detailed how you edit the applicable system.xml file to hide user interface elements permanently. Procedure Stop the IBM® Cognos® service. Open the system.xml file in one of the following locations: c10_location /templates/ps/portal Use the system.xml file in this directory to hide user interface elements in Public... [More]

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This is a way to hide or removing certain Report Element from view for some users. An example is to remove "Save as  Report View" or "Add this report" icons.   Using the TCR security setting for Access and Permissions certain elements of the report can be hiding from View.  Use the steps below to remove the elements from view. Creating  a group and restrict the group access via the Reports or  Report Studio Add  users to the group. To control access to Report Studio and other Tivoli Common... [More]

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  Introduction: To create TCR report you do need to have the TCR data populating the TDW warehouse database. You will have to use the Report Studio to design the report. To use the Report studio you will have a TCR authentication that allows you to design reports or else the Report Studio option will be grayed out. So do have the root user account or tipadmin/ password    Note that from TCR version 2.1.X the report will be based on Cognos and the report rely on a data model that abstracts the underlying data source from the TDW... [More]

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  When the user or group permissions disappears in Tivoli Common Reporting , this can be caused by corruption of the VMMProvider or a too large repository . Early version of the  Tivoli Common Reporting uses the Federated Repository and  this is configured to use the Internal File Repository. This repository contains users and groups settings including access permission and rights as this are built into Tivoli Common Reporting. It does not require the users or groups to exist anywhere outside Tivoli Common Reporting. You can edit... [More]

                          TEMS on Linux Changing Configuration files Have seen some issue on how to change attributes on the TEPS and the TEMS, so have done a series of 4 videos on how to change the configuration files.   Please remember to take a copy of any of these files before you change them, as if there are any problems on restart then you can quickly revert to the working file.   Here is the link to the fourth of the 4 videos:  ... [More]

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                      TEPS: How to Change Linux Configuration files     Have seen some issue on how to change attributes on the TEPS and the TEMS, so have done a series of 4 videos on how to change the configuration files.   Please remember to take a copy of any of these files before you change them, as if there are any problems on restart then you can quickly revert to the working file.   Here is the link to the third of the 4 videos:... [More]

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