Configuring the agent on Linux systems

To configure the agent on Linux® operating systems, you must run the script and respond to prompts.

Procedure

To configure the agent by running the script and responding to prompts, follow these steps:
  1. Go to command line and enter the following command:

    install_dir/bin/cisco_ucs-agent.sh config instance_name

    For example, /opt/ibm/apm/agent/bin/cisco_ucs-agent.sh config instance_name

    Where,

    instance_name
    Name that you want to give to the instance.
    install_dir
    Path where the agent is installed.
  2. Respond to the prompts by referring to the following topics:
  3. Run the following command to start the agent:

    install_dir/bin/cisco_ucs-agent.sh start instance_name

    For example, /opt/ibm/apm/agent/bin/cisco_ucs-agent.sh start instance_name

What to do next

  • Log in to the Cloud APM console to view the data that is collected by the agent in the dashboards. For more information about using the Cloud APM console, see Starting the Cloud App Management UI.
  • If you are monitoring a large Cisco UCS environment, you might need to increase the heap size for the Java™ data provider. For more information, see Increasing the Java heap size.