Starting and stopping servers and agents
Start and stop IBM Tivoli Monitoring components and Tivoli Enterprise Management Agents using the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services, or the command line.
Starting and stopping the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server
- Start the server
- On Windows platforms,
perform the following steps:
- Click .
- Right-click Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.
- Select Start.
- On UNIX platforms, run
the following command:
./itmcmd server start tems_name
- Stop the server
- On Windows platforms,
perform the following steps:
- Click .
- Right-click Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.
- Select Stop.
- On UNIX platforms, run
the following command:
./itmcmd server stop tems_name
tems_name is the name of the monitoring server
Starting and stopping the Tivoli Enterprise Portal server
Follow these directions to start or stop the Tivoli Enterprise Portal server:- Start the portal server
- On Windows platforms,
perform the following steps:
- Click .
- Right-click Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.
- Select Start.
- On UNIX platforms, run
the following command:
./itmcmd agent start cq
- Stop the portal server
- On Windows platforms,
perform the following steps:
- Click .
- Right-click Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.
- Select Stop.
- On UNIX platforms, run
the following command:
./itmcmd agent stop cq
Starting and stopping the Tivoli Enterprise Portal desktop client
Follow these directions to start or stop the Tivoli Enterprise Portal desktop client- Start the desktop client
- On Windows platforms,
perform the following steps:
- Click .
- Enter your user ID and password on the logon window. The default user ID is sysadmin.
- Click OK.
- On UNIX platforms, run the following command:./itmcmd agent start cj
- Stop the desktop client
- On Windows platforms,
perform the following steps:
- Click .
- Right-click Tivoli Enterprise Portal desktop.
- Select Stop.
- On UNIX platforms, run the following command:./itmcmd agent start cj
Starting and stopping monitoring agents
Start and stop monitoring agents using the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services or the from the user interface in both Windows and UNIX environments. You can also use the command line in UNIX.
You can also run the ITMAgents1 script from the /etc/init.d directory. The location varies for different environments. Only run the ITMAgents1 script if the system restarts other Response Time agents.
Alternatively, you can restart the Transaction Tracking agents from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal if required by using the Proxy Agent Services. See the IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring Information Center for further information.
If an OS agent is installed on the same computer as an agent and shares the same CANDLE_HOME directory, you can remotely stop and start the agent from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal. Right click on the agent in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal and select Stop or Restart.
- Start a monitoring agent
- On Windows platforms, perform the following steps:
- Access the Navigator.
- Right-click the monitoring agent that you want to start
- Select .
- On UNIX platforms, run the following
command:
./itmcmd agent start pc
- Stop a monitoring agent
- On Windows platforms, perform the following steps:
- Access the Navigator.
- Right-click the monitoring agent that you want to stop.
- Select .
- On UNIX platforms, run the following
command:
./itmcmd agent stop pc
For example to start Tivoli Enterprise Portal desktop client, run the following command:./itmcmd agent start t5