Starting the external Cloud Pak System Software Agent on a Windows computer

Start the Cloud Pak System Software Agent on a Windows computer to allow it to collect performance and availability data for the Cloud Pak System Software. An external Cloud Pak System Software Agent is installed outside of IBM® Cloud Pak System Software.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have installed an external Cloud Pak System Software Agent on a Windows computer.

About this task

If the Cloud Pak System Software Agent is installed on a Windows computer outside of Cloud Pak System Software, do the following steps to start the agent:

Procedure

  1. Click Start > Programs > IBM Tivoli Monitoring > Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services.
    The Manage Tivoli® Enterprise Monitoring Services window is opened.
  2. Right-click Monitoring Agent for IBM Cloud Pak System 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.