Prerequisites
Before you add application support to a monitoring server, you must complete certain prerequisite tasks.
- Verify that every monitoring agent for which you plan to add application support is compatible with the version 6.3.0 Fix Pack 2 or higher components of Tivoli Management Services. If you have any question about whether the components are compatible, see the planning information in the monitoring agent documentation or .
- Install the distributed components of Tivoli Management Services (IBM Tivoli Monitoring). The procedures described in this chapter require that a portal server be installed on a Windows®, Linux®, or UNIX® system and that either the portal server or a monitoring server be configured to communicate with the hub on z/OS®. For instructions, see the IBM Tivoli Monitoring: Installation and Setup Guide.
- Install any distributed non-base monitoring agents that you have purchased. For instructions, see the documentation for each monitoring agent.
- Make sure you have access to the application support data files for every monitoring agent for which you plan to
add application support.
- Some monitoring agents that run on z/OS or z/VM® are packaged with their own CD or DVD that contains the data files for adding application support to the monitoring server.
- Other monitoring agents that run on z/OS are packaged with a CD or DVD that contains application support data files for a number of agents.
- Distributed agents (including the Warehouse Proxy agent and the Summarization and Pruning agent)
already have the necessary application support files available on the appropriate system, if the
agents are installed on a computer with a portal server installed and
with either the portal server or a monitoring server configured to
communicate with the hub on z/OS. Tip: During installation of the components of Tivoli Management Services (IBM Tivoli Monitoring) on a distributed system, you are prompted to add application support to the monitoring server. Select the option On this computer to add application support to the local monitoring server. Do not select the option On a different computer to add application support to the hub on z/OS at this point.
- For a distributed agent installed on a computer on which no portal server is installed or on which neither the portal server nor a remote monitoring server is configured to communicate with the hub monitoring server on z/OS, use the product CD or DVD to install the application support files on a different computer where a portal server is installed and where either the portal server or a remote monitoring server is configured to communicate with the hub monitoring server on z/OS. For instructions, see the installation instructions in the monitoring agent library, or see the IBM Tivoli Monitoring: Installation and Setup Guide.
To determine where application support files can be found for z/OS monitoring agents and to ensure that you install application support for your monitoring agents in the correct order, see technote Locating ITM Workspace Application Support Files for z/OS Agents.