Start the Cloud Pak System Software Agent on a UNIX or Linux® computer to allow it to collect performance
and availability data for IBM Cloud Pak System Software. An external Cloud Pak System Software Agent is installed
outside of the IBM Cloud Pak System Software.
Before you begin
Make sure that you have installed an external Cloud Pak System Software Agent on a UNIX or Linux computer in your environment.
About this task
If the Cloud Pak System Software Agent is
installed on a UNIX or Linux computer outside of IBM Cloud Pak System Software, do the following
steps to start the agent:
Procedure
- Change to the bin directory:
cd install_dir/bin
where
install_dir is
the installation directory of the
Cloud Pak System Software Agent. The default
is /opt/IBM/ITM.
- Run the following command:
./itmcmd manage
The
Manage Tivoli® Enterprise
Monitoring Services utility is displayed.
- Right-click the Cloud Pak System Software Agent and then
click Start.
Results
After the external Cloud Pak System Software Agent is started,
you can log on to Tivoli Enterprise
Portal to view the data collected by the agent.