Installing application support

Application support ensures the correct communication between IBM Tivoli Monitoring for IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition and IBM Tivoli Monitoring components.

Before you begin

Applying application support involves stopping and restarting IBM Tivoli Monitoring components. Work with your IBM Tivoli Monitoring administrator to choose an appropriate time to do this.

About this task

You install the application support on the following IBM Tivoli Monitoring components, which store and analyze data received from the agent

  • Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server
  • Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server
  • Tivoli Enterprise Portal Desktop Client
  • Tivoli Enterprise Portal browser (applies to UNIX version of the browser)

This task describes installing application support on a local sever. For information about configuring application support on remote servers, see the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation and Setup Guide.