This blog entry is to explain what are the APM databases and what is their usage. There are 3 main databases which are installed into the DB2 server:   WAREHOUS database (which is also called the prefetch database) contains resource monitoring metric data from the agents. The resource monitoring agent dashboard pages display data from this database. The database also contains the metric data for the Monitoring Agent for WebSphere® Applications Reports for Tivoli Common Reporting.   DATAMART database contains transaction tracking... [More]

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The APM server install creates the DB2 instance users dasusr1, db2apm, and db2fenc1, itmuser, and the groups dasadm1, db2iadm1, db2fadm1. The installation assigns users to groups as follows: - The dasusr1 user is assigned to the dasadm1 group. - The db2apm user is assigned to the db2iadm1 and dasadm1 groups. - The db2fenc1 user is assigned to the db2fadm1 group. - The itmuser user is assigned to the dasadm1 group. The dasadm1, db2iadm1, and db2fadm1 groups are the default DB2 groups described at this link so the itmuser will have the... [More]

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You may wonder why a queue called KMQ.IRA.AGENT.QUEUE.XXXXXXXXX (XXXXXX is a serial of random number) had been deleted and recreated by MQ agent. Two main questions may arise: 1. Is this queue used by MQ agent? 2. Why the queue had been deleted and recreated? Basically MQ agent send PCF messages to WebSphere MQ (now IBM MQ) to get resource data and statistics. MQ agent uses KMQ.IRA.AGENT.QUEUE or KMQ.IRA.AGENT.QUEUE.XXXXXXXXX (dynamic queue automatically created in case KMQ.IRA.AGENT.QUEUE is not create manually) as reply queue to store data... [More]

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Can you change the default user IDs, specifically db2apm, db2fenc1, dasusr1 and possibly itmuser?

Can found following section in APM 8.1.4 document when available.           ... [More]

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Here's the procedure to install and configure the ITCAM for MS Applications Active Directory agent: Download CNCY7ML (IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Microsoft Applications V6.3.1.10: Advance Component Software for Multiple Platforms) from Passport Advantage, unzip it, and launch the WINDOWS\setup.exe.                                                 Click 'Next' 2 times. Then this window appears:... [More]

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ITM Self-Describing Agents ( SDA) functionality :   Overview The most important supported Agents Excluded Agents Enable/Disable od SDA function Monitor of SDA setting     Overview: In this blog and in the subsequent blogs I would like to describe the SDA configuration. The SDA functionality offers numerous advantages to the itm administrator: The agents have the necessary installation packages by default. This ensures that the correct version is always installed. Another advantage is the fact that no restart is necessary. The... [More]

If you are currently using  ITCAM for Transactions version 7.3.0.1 with Rational Functional Tester (RFT) 8.2.0.0 on Windows , you need to be aware that all this environment will no longer be supported soon, or already is out of support. RFT version 8.2 is already out of support since April 2016, see : https://www-01.ibm.com/software/support/lifecycleapp/PLCDetail.wss?q45=E157913N83503E37   ITCAM for Transactions V7.3 is out of support at the end of April 2017, see :... [More]

In many cases, the KFWITM392E logon error is displayed during registration. This error often indicates a network problem in connection with a firewall / NAT configuration. As a solution, a new interface can be built that maps both the internal and the external address. Some links can help during the configuration     General configuration of new interface http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21640137      Firewall scenarios for Tivoli Enterprise Portal... [More]

Hello folks,   I'm back with another quick blog for you.  Sometimes a customer might run into an error similar to this one when they're trying to do a remote deploy of an agent -   KDY0008E: The file K20WIX64.dsc was not transferred to target-system from hub-tems-name. The file download did not complete because either this file could not be written to the agentdepot directory or there was a communication problem during the file transfer to the target system.   There are a number of possible causes for these message... [More]

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MS Lync Agent is compatible with all server roles and collects data for   almost all roles but the v8 version of agent displays data related to     specific features (i.e. data related to roles installed on server). The   Lync features which are supported by v813 agent are listed below.        ... [More]

How are data for hung threads related attributes collected? These attributes belong to the attribute group "Application Server": Hung Threads Total: Total number of detected hung threads. The valid format is a positive integer. Hung Threads Blocked: Number of hung threads detected in the BLOCKED state. The valid format is a positive integer. Hung Threads Waiting: Number of hung threads detected in the WAITING state. The valid format is a positive integer. Hung Threads Timed Waiting: Number of hung threads detected in the TIMED_WAITING... [More]

In the past, there was the desire to stop a single situation on an agent. Very often sql queries were used for this. Unfortunately, these commands do not work reliably and can cause various other problems. . An example of SQL query is: =========================================================  HTEMSN:/opt/IBM/ITM/lx8266/ms/bin # ./kshsoap SOAP.txt URL.txt        =====>>  SoapRequest:  'http://172.17.1.4:1920///cms/soap' l'240    ... [More]