Starting and stopping the monitoring agent in classic virtual systems

You can start and stop the monitoring agent for classic virtual system instances by using a helper script that is available on the virtual machine.

About this task

For classic virtual system instances, you can manually stop the monitoring agent from collecting data; for example, in classic virtual system environments still in development. Then, when you are ready to resume data collection, you can manually restart the monitoring agent.

Procedure

  1. Use Secure Shell (SSH) to log in to the virtual machine as root.
  2. Change to the following directory: /0config/nodepkgs/common/scripts/itcamwas.
  3. Do the following steps to start the monitoring agent:
    1. Run the following command: ./operation.sh start
    2. After approximately ten minutes, open the Cloud Pak System Software Monitoring Portal and confirm that the monitoring agent for WebSphere® Application Server is connected and running.
  4. Do the following steps to stop the monitoring agent:
    1. Run the following command: ./operation.sh stop
    2. Click Submit.