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The procedure for adding application support to a monitoring server depends on your configuration. Some configurations, while supported, do not represent best practices and might not yield the best possible results in performance and reporting.The best-practice configurations are identified in Table 1. For more detailed information about best practices for configuring your monitoring environment, see Planning a first deployment.

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Table 1. Procedures for adding application support to a monitoring server on z/OS®
Monitoring agent location Best practice? Follow these instructions
Same CSI as the hub or remote monitoring server on z/OS Yes
  1. Install the application support files on a distributed system where a portal server is installed and where either the portal server or a remote monitoring server is configured to communicate with the hub monitoring server on z/OS.

    See Install the application support files on a distributed system where a portal server is installed.

  2. Copy or transfer catalog and attribute files to the monitoring server on z/OS for the Warehouse Proxy agent and the Summarization and Pruning agent, if you want to store long-term history data.

    See Copy or transfer catalog and attribute files to the monitoring server on z/OS.

  3. Use Manage Tivoli® Monitoring Services to add application support SQL files to the hub monitoring server on z/OS.

    See Use Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services to add application support SQL files to the hub monitoring server on z/OS.
Different CSI from the hub or remote monitoring server on z/OS No
  1. Copy or transfer the monitoring agent's catalog and attribute files (KppCAT and KppATR) from the thilev.TKANDATV library in the CSI where the monitoring agent is installed to the rhilev.rte.RKANDATV library for the runtime environment in which the monitoring server is configured. You can use IEBCOPY or FTP file transfer.
  2. Install the application support files on a distributed system where a portal server is installed and where either the portal server or a remote monitoring server is configured to communicate with the hub monitoring server on z/OS.

    See Install the application support files on a distributed system where a portal server is installed.

  3. Copy or transfer catalog and attribute files to the monitoring server on z/OS for the Warehouse Proxy agent and the Summarization and Pruning agent, if you want to store long-term history data.

    See Copy or transfer catalog and attribute files to the monitoring server on z/OS.

  4. Use Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services to add application support SQL files to the hub monitoring server on z/OS.

    See Use Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services to add application support SQL files to the hub monitoring server on z/OS.
z/VM® system Yes
  1. Install the application support files on a distributed system where a portal server is installed and where either the portal server or a remote monitoring server is configured to communicate with the hub monitoring server on z/OS.

    See Install the application support files on a distributed system where a portal server is installed.

  2. Copy or transfer catalog and attribute files to the monitoring server on z/OS.

    See Copy or transfer catalog and attribute files to the monitoring server on z/OS.

  3. Use Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services to add application support SQL files to the hub monitoring server on z/OS.

    See Use Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services to add application support SQL files to the hub monitoring server on z/OS.
Distributed system where a portal server is installed and where either the portal server or a remote monitoring server is configured to communicate with the hub monitoring server on z/OS Yes
  1. Copy or transfer catalog and attribute files to the monitoring server on z/OS.

    See Copy or transfer catalog and attribute files to the monitoring server on z/OS.

  2. Use Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services to add application support SQL files to the hub monitoring server on z/OS.

    See Use Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services to add application support SQL files to the hub monitoring server on z/OS.
Distributed system (Windows, Linux, or UNIX) on which no portal server is installed or on which neither the portal server nor a remote monitoring server is configured to communicate with the hub monitoring server on z/OS No
  1. Install the application support files on a distributed system where a portal server is installed and where either the portal server or a remote monitoring server is configured to communicate with the hub monitoring server on z/OS.

    See Install the application support files on a distributed system where a portal server is installed.

  2. Copy or transfer catalog and attribute files to the monitoring server on z/OS.

    See Copy or transfer catalog and attribute files to the monitoring server on z/OS.

  3. Use Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services to add application support SQL files to the hub monitoring server on z/OS.

    See Use Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services to add application support SQL files to the hub monitoring server on z/OS.

The remaining topics in this section provide instructions for these carrying out these procedures.

Tip: Complete only the procedures that apply to your configuration. Use Table 1 to determine which procedures you must complete, and complete them in the order indicated in the table.