Granular control of self describing agent behavior

Granular control of self describing agent (SDA) behavior provides control over the products and versions for which application data is automatically installed.

On distributed systems, granular control of SDA blocks installation of all self-describing data unless a Tivoli administrative command (tacmd) is issued to allow installation of all products and versions, or to specify particular products and versions. On z/OS® hub monitoring servers, granular control is disabled by default. During upgrades of a hub where SDA is enabled, you are asked if you want to retain the current behavior (all products and versions updated) or enable granular control. For new z/OS hub monitoring server installations, if you enable the granular control feature, you must use the tacmd Command Line Interface (CLI) to set which products and versions can be installed. The tacmd CLI is a product component that is installed on a distributed system and allows interaction with the monitoring server. For more information about the tacmd CLI, see (If applicable) Installing the tacmd CLI component.