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MQ Monitoring agent: KMQ.IRA.AGENT.QUEUE
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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APM 8: Installing DB2 in a non-default location
When you are trying to install the APM server you may want to install the server in /opt/apm and install DB2 in a separate location, i.e. /db2. Basically the correct thing to do would be to use a remote database, install it on a different system in any filesystem you want, and do not modify files provided on installation media. However, in case of need the following instructions may be used. 1) Edit <install_dir>/install.properties. Change db2.installdir parameter to specify where DB2 will be installed. 2) Edit... [More]
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ITCAM Agents for WebSphere Messaging 7.3 FP2 is available!
ITCAM Agents for WebSphere Messaging 7.3.0 FP2 is available! This fix pack fixes the APARs of previous product versions. This fix pack provides support for IBM MQ V9 and several other enhancements (refer to readme file) Supported WebSphere MQ * WebSphere MQ 7.1 * WebSphere MQ 7.5 * IBM MQ 8.0 * IBM MQ 9.0 Supported IBM broker products: * WebSphere Message Broker 8.0 * IBM Integration Bus 9.0 * IBM Integration Bus 10.0 Supported IBM Tivoli Monitoring * IBM Tivoli Monitoring... [More]
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After MQ agent installation, the OS agent fails to start or die
It may happen that after one has upgraded the MQ agent or installed it at version 730 or higher, the following behavior occur: whenever you start the MQ agent, it stops LZ agent or when you stop MQ agent and try to run LZ agent alone, it fails. What has happened? Why the installation was broken after the MQ agent install/upgrade? Basically when this problem occurs, the pre-requisites for MQ agent were not respected and this has caused the current problem if the OS agent is at level 623 (plus maintenance) or lower. MQ agent v730 and later... [More]
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APM 8.1.3: OIDC questions
Let's consider the integration of APM Advanced 8.1.3 with TCR. Reading the documentation, it seems like OIDC is required to be permanently disabled when you integrate APM with TCR and this sounds a little strange because OIDC was enabled by default when APM is installed. Here we give answers to the following questions: Why is OIDC required to be disabled? If I disable it for the purpose of SSO for TCR, what other things could potentially be impacted i.e. not available in future (API tokens etc for using... [More]
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MQ Monitoring agent: CTIRA_HOSTNAME vs SET AGENT NAME
Often there are problems with MQ agent showing an unexpected behavior like frequent disconnections/re-connections (online/offline status in TEP) and/or MQ agent instances shown with a wrong format in TEP physical tree (eg only "MQSERIES" navigator item created instead of "MQSERIES - <qmgr_name>" as it should in case only one queue manager is being monitored). Basically the problem is often related to the presence of CTIRA_HOSTNAME in the mq.ini (Unix/Linux) or KMQENV (Windows) file. This variable cannot be used for MQ... [More]
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IBM APM 8.1.x: Monitoring WebSphere MQ
I've just published a demo showing how to start monitoring WebSphere MQ with IBM Performance Management 8.1.3. In the video you will learn to preconfigure the MQ agent installation package and you will see how by installing and configuring the MQ agent included in IPM 8.1.3 you will be able to monitor your WebSphere MQ from the new Performance Management console. Few Steps required! - configure the agent installation package - install the agent on the target machine - configure and start the MQ agent Direct video link: ... [More]
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MQ Monitoring agent: CPU usage
Monitoring overhead for the MQ monitoring agent is affected primarily by the numbers of MQ objects you are monitoring. It is important not to enable monitoring for data that you never use. For data that you do use, you can affect the overhead by using several parameters available for the MQ monitoring agent. Below are some general things to consider that affect CPU/Storage: 1) Sampled Versus On-Demand The MQ monitoring agent collects data by sampling on a timed interval basis or by querying on-demand in real-time. Therefore, attribute... [More]
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MQ Configuration agent: Discovering a subset of queue managers present on a system
How can MQ configuration agent product discover only a subset of the queue managers present on a system? For security purposes, when more than one WebSphere MQ environments coexist on the same system, you may be interested in configuring the MQ Configuration agent product (KMC) so that only some of the queue managers created on the system may be discovered and so managed by the product. When you install and start the KMC agent on a system and you run the Discovery procedure on the Configuration view on TEP, all the queue managers present... [More]
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MQ Monitoring agent: Query for data from "Queue Handle Status" does not work
This blog entry is about a problem that was found recently when monitoring data from "Queue Handle Status". It may happen that you have a lot of queues and you want to filter them by name, anyway when you do this for queries on table "Queue Handle Status" using "Return a subset of the string" or "Scan for string within a string", no data are returned. This has been recognized as a code defect and will be fixed in APAR IV83641. Anyway as a workaround, for a situation or query against this table that... [More]
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Message Broker agent V730 FP1 is not able to connect to IIB 10 Message Broker
Abstract: Message Broker agent V730 FP1 is not able to connect to IIB 10 Message Broker Problem: It has been reported from several people that the Message Broker agent V730 FP1 is not able to connect to IIB 10 Message Broker even if it's supported at that agent level. It gives errors like: "Failed to operate on java sub-process, phase = writing pipe error = 32" or "KQIA033W (kqiagent.034) KQIAgent has not discovered any brokers to monitor, or that match MonitorBroker name parameters. " Solution: This is due to the... [More]
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KCIIN2478E Eclipse Help Server could not be started
It may happen that when starting TEPS the Eclipse Help Server does not start up. Eg [root@xxxx ~]# /opt/IBM/ITM/bin/itmcmd agent start cq Processing. Please wait... Starting Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server ... Eclipse Help Server is required by Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server (TEPS) and will be started... KCIIN2478E Eclipse Help Server could not be started Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server started Because of this, you may be unable to login into TEP and TEPS is not available in ITM Service Console. This may occur in case you have a... [More]
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ITCAM Agents for WebSphere Messaging 7.1 FP1 IF4 is available!
ITCAM Agents for WebSphere Messaging Version 7.1.0 Fix Pack 01 Interim fix 04 (7.1.0.1 -TIV -XEf orMs g-IF 0004 ) was published and it's now available for download from Fix Central. Here is the the pace where you can download it: http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Tivoli%2BComposite%2BApplication%2BManager&product=ibm/Tivoli/Tivoli+Composite+Application+Manager+for+Applications&release=3.0.0.1&platform=All&function=fixId&fixids=7.1.0.1-TIV-XEforMsg-IF0004&includeSupersedes=0... [More]
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Message Broker agent: CPU usage
We don't have formal performance figures so all information given below are based on experience of support teams. There are many factors that may affect CPU usage. Generally speaking, it depends on how many EG/MF are deployed in the broker and if message broker agent (KQI) is configured to get detailed data. 1. In kqi.xml, set defaultCollectNodeData or collectNodeData to "YES". It will show all nodes data in the workspace 'broker status'. It might cause CPU or memory issue if you have more than 1000 nodes in one broker. 2.... [More]
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Message Broker agent: historical data collection for Accounting Message Flow Statistics
It's often a problem for customers to correctly set up historical data collection for Accounting Message Flow Statistics (KQITACMF). Here we will see the 3 simple but important steps to put in place the correct configuration. 1) First of all you need to enable/start historical data collection for Accounting Message Flow Statistics from History Collection Configuration panel on TEP Refer to http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFXA_6.3.0/com.ibm.itm.doc_6.3/adminuse/history_configurecollection_tep.htm 2) Second, as... [More]
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IM8.1: prereq check warning message |
IM8.1: prereq check fails in non English (en_US) environment
When trying to install IM 8.1 on an environment with a locale (LANG) that is not en_US.UTF-8 (eg LANG=ja_JP.UTF-8), the prereq checker will FAIL. This is an example of what the output of the install.sh script may be: [root@xxx MONITORING_SI_V8.1_RHEL_6_64B_ML]# ./install.sh Prerequisite Scanner を実行しています。 検査対象のコンポーネントの数 とマシンのパフォーマンスによっては数分かかることもあります。 環境変数 SKIP_PRECHECK を設定することによって、この検査を無効にする ことができます Prerequisite Scanner の出力ディレクトリーをユーザー定義ディレクトリー に設定: /tmp/prs_YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS... [More]
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IBM Monitoring 8.1 - Download info
IBM Monitoring 8.1 was made available last March 27th. These are useful information to find and download this new product. Assuming that you are entitled, the code can be downloaded from Passport Adavntage at website http://www-01.ibm.com/software/passportadvantage/pao_customer.html Then you need to look for part number CRV70ML that is the bundle called "IBM Monitoring v8.1 Multiplatform Multilingual". It contains server components and all the available agents as shown below with each part number: IBM Monitoring Agents Install V8.1... [More]
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MQ Monitoring agent: Queue Status view trick
You did want to use the Queue Status table view to monitor real-time data from the queues but the view only showed the queues with current depth greater than 0. How can you solve this issue? By default that view contains only queues with current depth > 0, anyway you can do a little trick to make it show all the queues. 1) Goes to the Queue Status view in the Queue Status workspace 2) Rightclick on the table and select Properties 3) From Properties page, click on the button "Click here to assign a query" 4) Rightclick on the product... [More]
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MQ Monitoring agent: Storage and Memory Usage
This blog entry has some considerations about the usage of storage and physical memory (RAM) by MQ monitoring agent. Generally speaking the amount of memory used is based on the queue manager being monitored and the configuration. In general, based on some customer configuration, the agent storage will grow and then stabilize after some time. Then there will be some periods with large requests of storage to handle situation/workspace requests for data. This storage will be be released once the request data is returned to TEMS. So in more... [More]
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