IBM Performance Management

Configuring the agent on Linux systems

You run the configuration script to configure the agent on Linux systems.

Procedure

  1. Run the following command where instance_name is the name that you want to give to the instance:
    install_dir/bin/db2-agent.sh config instance_name
  2. When you are prompted to provide a value for the following parameters, press Enter to accept the default value, or specify a value and then press Enter:
    • DB2® SQL path
    • Dialog path
    • Dialog message ID filter
    • Monitor remote partitions
    • Monitor all databases
  3. Run the following command to start the agent:
    install_dir/bin/db2-agent.sh start instance_name

What to do next

Log in to the Performance Management console to view the data that is collected by the agent in the dashboards. For information about using the Performance Management console, see Starting the Performance Management console.