(If applicable) Installing the tacmd CLI component

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If needed, use this procedure to manually install the tacmd CLI component on a distributed platform.

Before you begin

Some features and configuration options, such as self-describing agent (SDA) administration and importing and exporting situations, require access to the Tivoli administrative commands (tacmd) Command Line Interface (CLI).

The tacmd CLI is part of the Tivoli Enterprise Services User Interface extensions component of Tivoli Management Services, which must be installed on a distributed system. This component provides the ability to interact with a monitoring server and is available on the IBM® Tivoli Monitoring DVD image.

The interface is automatically installed if you install distributed components, such as a Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, a Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server, or a Tivoli Enterprise Portal desktop client on a distributed system. It is not available on z/OS. If you do not want to install a monitoring server or a portal server on a distributed platform, but you do intend to use a feature that requires access to the tacmd CLI, you can install just the tacmd CLI component on at least one distributed platform. The system on which it is installed requires access via a SOA services connection to the hub monitoring server.

See the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Command Reference for information about tacmd CLI usage and parameters.

About this task

Use the following procedure to install the tacmd CLI component on a distributed platform.

If your Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server resides on a z/OS system that is using multi-factor authentication (MFA), you must also make sure that the necessary maintenance has been installed on both the z/OS and distributed platforms, as described in the following procedure. Besides installing the necessary maintenance, no additional setup is needed for using the tacmd CLI in an MFA environment.
Note: For more information about MFA, see Multi-Factor Authentication for z/OS.

Procedure

  1. If your Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server resides on a z/OS system that is using MFA, ensure that your environment has the necessary maintenance installed, as follows:
    • APAR OA62146 must be applied on the z/OS hub monitoring server.
    • IBM Tivoli Monitoring fix pack 6.3.0.7-TIV-ITM-SP0012 or later must be installed on the distributed platform. Installation-related instructions, prerequisites, and corequisites are provided in the readme.
  2. To install the tacmd CLI component from the IBM Tivoli Monitoring installation image, perform either of the following steps:
    • On Windows, on the Select Products window of the installer, select the Tivoli Enterprise Services User Interface Extensions feature (KUE) which appears under the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agents - TEMA feature. When you select it, the prerequisite Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent Framework is automatically selected.
    • On Linux or UNIX, select the Tivoli Enterprise Services User Interface Extensions feature (KUE) when prompted to choose which IBM Tivoli Monitoring components to install.
  3. After selecting the required installation features, follow the installation program instructions to complete the install.