(Agent coexistence) Configuring the WebSphere Applications agent and the data collector

In the agent coexistence environment where both WebSphere® Applications agent and ITCAM Agent for WebSphere Applications are installed, you must do some additional configuration for the agent and follow a different procedure to configure the data collector.

About this task

In the agent coexistence environment, you configure only one data collector to send data to both WebSphere Applications agent and ITCAM Agent for WebSphere Applications. Both agents must use different ports to listen to the requests from the data collector.

Procedure

  1. If the data collector of ITCAM Agent for WebSphere Applications, which is installed in the old IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring infrastructure, exists in your environment, uninstall it.
  2. Install the WebSphere Applications agent provided in IBM® Cloud Application Performance Management 8.1.3 or later. It guarantees the data collector version 7.3.0.11.0 or later, which is supported for agent coexistence, is installed.
  3. Make sure that the user ID that is to configure the data collector and the user ID that installed the application server have the appropriate user privileges required by the agent. For instructions, see Checking user access requirements.
  4. Make sure that the WebSphere Applications agent and ITCAM Agent for WebSphere Applications are using different port numbers to listen to the requests from the data collector. The port numbers must be unique, which cannot be used by any other component in your environment. Configure the agent again to change the port, if necessary.
    • For information about how to configure the WebSphere Applications agent, see Configuring WebSphere Applications agent.
    • For information about how to configure the ITCAM Agent for WebSphere Applications, see ITCAM for Application Diagnostics or ITCAM for Applications documentation.
  5. Use the provided configuration utility to configure the data collector. For instructions, see Configuring the data collector for agent coexistence environment.
    Tip: If you are familiar with the data collector configuration, you can also configure the data collector in silent mode. For instructions, see Configuring the data collector in silent mode.