Before you begin
Before you install Tivoli Monitoring
for Tivoli Storage Manager, verify
that the following requirements are met:
- Ensure that your system meets the software and hardware
requirements. For more information about the system requirements,
see System requirements for Tivoli Monitoring for Tivoli Storage Manager.
- Do not install Tivoli Monitoring
for Tivoli Storage Manager on a system
that has a Tivoli Storage
Manager server
installed.
- Do not use a domain ID to install.
The Windows user ID that
you use when you install must be a local ID with administrator privileges,
and cannot be a domain ID.
- Verify that you have the required access privileges,
including user IDs and passwords.
- Ensure that there are no spaces and no non-ASCII characters
in the installation package name or in the path to the package.
- Use short path names for the extract
directory to avoid problems with the 255-character path limit. For
example, you can specify the C:\tsm_images directory.
- If you are installing the Tivoli Monitoring
for Tivoli Storage Manager monitoring
agent in to an existing Tivoli Monitoring
environment, specify the existing Tivoli Monitoring
installation directory. The default directory is C:\IBM\ITM.
Attention: Do not alter the DB2® software that is installed with Tivoli Monitoring
for Tivoli Storage Manager installation
packages and fix packs. Do not install or upgrade to a different version,
release, or fix pack of DB2 application
because doing so can damage the database. Tivoli Monitoring
for Tivoli Storage Manager can use
only components and versions that are installed as part of the Tivoli Monitoring
for Tivoli Storage Manager installation.
About this task
The Tivoli Monitoring
for Tivoli Storage Manager software
provides monitoring and reporting features for the Tivoli Storage
Manager servers
in the environment. You can install or upgrade the Tivoli Monitoring
for Tivoli Storage Manager and the
monitoring agents on the Tivoli Storage
Manager servers.
With the
Tivoli Monitoring
for Tivoli Storage Manager installation package, you can install or upgrade the following software:
- Tivoli Monitoring
for Tivoli Storage Manager
- Tivoli Monitoring
for Tivoli Storage Manager agent only
To determine when and where you would install only the agent package, review the
installation scenarios. To install the agent on a remote server, see
Installing the monitoring agent.
Restriction: You cannot install the Tivoli Monitoring
for Tivoli Storage Manager package and the agent only package on the same system.