Configuring the agent on Windows systems

Procedure

To configure the agent on Windows operating systems, complete the following steps:

1. Click Start > All Programs > IBM Monitoring agents > IBM Performance Management.

2. In the IBM Performance Management window, complete these steps:

   • Double-click the Monitoring Agent for CouchDB template.
   • In the Monitoring Agent for CouchDB window, specify an instance name and click OK.

3. In the Monitoring Agent for CouchDB window, complete these steps:

   1. In the IP Address field, enter the IP address of CouchDB server that you want to monitor.
   2. In the Port number field, enter the port number on which CouchDB server is running. The default value is 5984.
   3. In the User name field, enter the user name of CouchDB user.
   4. In the Password field, enter the password of CouchDB user.
   5. In the Confirm Password field, enter the password again.

4. Click Next.

5. In the Java Parameters window, enter following inputs:

   1. From the Java trace level list, select a trace level for Java. The default value is Error.
   2. Click OK. The instance is displayed in the IBM Performance Management window.

6. Right-click the Monitoring Agent for CouchDB instance, and click Start. To configure the agent again, complete either of the two following steps in the IBM Performance Management Reconfigure the existing agent instance in IBM Performance Management:

   1. Stop the agent instance that you want to configure.
   2. Right-click the Monitoring Agent for CouchDB instance, and click Reconfigure.
   3. Repeat steps 3 to 5. Configure by creating a new agent instance in IBM Performance Management:
   4. Repeat steps 2 to 5.

What to do next

Log in to the Cloud App Management console to view the data that is collected by the agent in the dashboards.