Installing IBM Tivoli Monitoring components

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The basic architecture of IBM Tivoli Monitoring components consists of the Tivoli Enterprise Portal desktop client, the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, and the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server. This section provides information about how to install these key components.

Before you begin

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Procedure

Browse to the directory where you extracted the installation files, run the following command to start the installation:
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./install.sh  
```
When prompted for the IBM Tivoli Monitoring installation directory, press Enter to accept the default location /opt/IBM/ITM.
If the directory you specified does not exist, type 1 to create this directory.
Type 1 to accept to place data in the installation directory, or type 2 to specify a different directory.

From the installation list, type 1 and press Enter to install products to the local host.

Select one of the following:
1) Install products to the local host.
2) Install products to depot for remote deployment (requires TEMS).
3) Install TEMS support for remote seeding
4) Exit install.
Please enter a valid number: 1

The license agreement is displayed. Press Enter to read through the agreement, and then type 1 to accept the agreement.
Press Enter to use the default encryption key. You can also specify a 32-character encryption key and press Enter to continue.
Install IBM Tivoli Monitoring products.
1. The product packages available for this operating system and component support categories are listed. For a new installation, type 1 (IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for this operating system) and press Enter to confirm your selection.
2. On the product list, type 3,4,5 and press Enter to install the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, Tivoli Enterprise Portal desktop client for your current operating system.
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The following products are available for installation:
1) Summarization and Pruning Agent
2) Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Automation Server 
3) Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server
4) Tivoli Enterprise Portal Desktop Client
5) Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server 
6) Tivoli Enterprise Services User Interface Extensions
7) Tivoli Performance Analyzer
8) Warehouse Proxy
9) All of the above
Type your selections here: 3,4,5 
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3. Type 1 to start to check prerequisites for the components before you install them. After the check, you can view the scan results. Type 1 to continue with the installation.
4. For first-time installations only, provide a name for your TEMS. For example: HUB_hostname. The default name is TEMS.
5. After all of the components are installed, type 2 to not to continue with the installation of other products.
6. When you are asked to seed product support on the TEMS, type 2 to not to seed support.
  
  Note:
  Seeding the monitoring server is the process of enabling application support. When you install the monitoring server, the application support available on the installation media for the monitoring server is installed automatically.
7. Type 2 to not secure your IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment and press Enter to exit the installation.
  
  IBM Tivoli Monitoring provides the secureMain utility to help you keep the monitoring environment secure. You can secure your installation now, or manually execute the secureMain utility later. For more information, see Securing your IBM Tivoli Monitoring installation on Linux or UNIX.
If the installation fails, check the log files that are created during installation to help diagnose any errors or operational issues. The log files are stored in ITMinstall_dir/logs, where ITMinstall_dir is the directory where you installed the product.
To check and verify the product version that you installed, perform as follows:
1. Change to the directory ITMinstall_dir/bin, where ITMinstall_dir is the directory where you installed the product.
2. Issue the following command to view the information menu:
```
./cinfo
```
3. Select option 1 to show products information installed.
  
  All the products that you installed are displayed, as well as their separate product code and version number.

Results

The IBM Tivoli Monitoring infrastructure components are installed successfully.