Linux-UNIX: Installing and activating A-TAP in WPARs environment

Installing A-TAP in WPARs requires additional configuration.

About this task

Procedure

  1. Install S-TAP/K-TAP in the AIX global environment using GIM or shell installation.
  2. In the WPAR, install the same S-TAP version that is already installed in the AIX global environment, with K-TAP disabled, since the kernel is shared in the WPAR.
  3. If discovery did not find database instances running on the WPAR, manually create inspection engines for these databases using guard_tap.ini or the GUI.
  4. Activate A-TAP using guardctl with user root. it cannot be done through enabling the encryption box in the inspection engine section in GUI interface or by setting encryption=1 in the guard_tap.ini file. A-TAP (guardctl) activation may complain and issue warnings about errors installing libraries under /usr/lib (since that directory belongs to the AIX Global environment)
  5. Restart the S-TAP.