IBM WebSphere Message Broker Monitoring, WebSphere MQ Monitoring, and WebSphere MQ Configuration agents, Version 7.1

Configuring the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server using the command line

This following configuration procedure includes steps for configuring the connection between the Tivoli® Enterprise Portal Server and the following components:

The hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server
The Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server database
The Tivoli Data Warehouse database

Important: If you have not set up the Tivoli Data Warehouse, complete this procedure but accept the defaults at the prompts for configuring the connection to the data warehouse. You can reconfigure the connection after you set up the warehouse.

Perform the following steps to configure the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server on a UNIX or Linux system using the command line:

Log on to the computer where the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server is installed.
Navigate to the install_dir/bin directory, where install_dir is the installation directory of IBM® Tivoli Monitoring. The default is /opt/IBM/ITM.
Run the following command:
```
./itmcmd config -A cq
```
When asked if you want to edit common event console for IBM Tivoli Monitoring settings, type 2 and press Enter.
Enter 1 when you are asked if the agent connects to a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.
Enter the host name of the hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server and press Enter.
Enter the protocol that you want to use to communicate with your hub monitoring server and press Enter. You have four choices: IP, SNA, IP.PIPE, or IP.SPIPE.
If you want to set up a backup protocol, enter the name of the protocol and press Enter. If you do not want to use a backup protocol type 0 and press Enter.
Depending on the protocols you specified, provide the information in Table 1 when prompted.
Press Enter to accept the default value (none) for the Optional Primary Network Name.
Press Enter to accept the default setting for SSL between the portal server and clients (N). By default, SSL is disabled. To enable SSL, type 1 and press Enter.
Enter the DB2® instance name. The default value is db2inst1. Press Enter.
Enter the DB2 administrator ID. The default is db2inst1. Press Enter.
Enter the password for the DB2 administrator ID and press Enter.
Confirm the password for the DB2 administrator ID by typing it again. Press Enter.
Enter the name of the database used by the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server. The default is TEPS. Press Enter.
Enter the name of the database user that the portal server uses to access the database. The default is itmuser. Press Enter.
Enter the password for the database user and press Enter.
Confirm the password for the database user by typing it again. Press Enter.
You are asked if it is OK to create the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server login user if it does not exist. Type 1 to confirm and press Enter.
You are asked whether you are using DB2 or Oracle (JDBC) for data warehousing. Enter the number corresponding to the database you want to use and press Enter.
Type the name of the database that the Tivoli Data Warehouse uses. The default is WAREHOUS. If you selected the DB2 database, this database must be cataloged locally if the warehouse database is on a remote computer. Press Enter.
Type the name of the database user ID that the Tivoli Data Warehouse uses. The default is itmuser. Press Enter.
Type the password for the Warehouse user ID and press Enter.
Confirm the password for the Warehouse user by typing it again. Press Enter.
If you selected the Oracle database in step 21, enter the following information when prompted:
1. JDBC driver class path
2. JDBC driver name
3. JDBC driver URL
4. User-defined attributes
You are asked whether you want to validate user with LDAP. Press Enter to accept the default value for the LDAP security.

You have now completed adding application support to the Linux or UNIX Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server. If you have other Linux or UNIX portal servers in your environment, repeat this procedure to add application support to them as well. After that, go to Installing application support on the Tivoli Enterprise Portal desktop client to continue with the installation process.

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