Deploying ICAM Agents

After the Cloud App Management server is installed, you can install monitoring agents on the system where the corresponding applications that you want to monitor are located. The monitoring agents are configured to connect to the Cloud App Management server. After this connection, monitoring data for these agents can be viewed and worked on from the Cloud App Management console.

Before you begin

Make sure that the agent requirements are met on the system where the agent will be installed. See Cloud App Management agent requirements.

About this task

Remember: If you have IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring agents, IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager (ITCAM) agents, or Cloud APM agents that are installed to monitor your applications, do not install the Data Center Resource Agents. Instead, it is sufficient to configure your existing agents to connect to the Cloud App Management server so that you can view monitoring data on the Cloud App Management console. You can always reconnect these agents to their previous servers anytime. For more information, see Integrating with other products.

Deploying the Data Center Resource Agents includes the following main steps:

  1. Download the agent installation images from the IBM Passport Advantage® launch icon website. See Downloading agents and data collectors from Passport Advantage.
  2. Transfer the agent installation images to an AIX or Linux system to configure the images for server connection. See Configuring the downloaded images.
    Important: You must first use an AIX or Linux system to configure the agent installation images even if you want to install the agent on Windows systems only. The image configuration script is not supported on Windows systems.
  3. Install one or more agents on the system where the application that you want to monitor is located.
    Remember: If you install the agent as a non-root user on the AIX or Linux system, run the UpdateAutoRun.sh script with root user or sudo user access after a non-root installation. See Installing agents as a non-root user.