Configuring the agent on Windows systems

You can use the IBM® Performance Management window to configure the agent on Windows systems.

1. Click Start > All Programs > IBM Monitoring agents > IBM Performance Management.
2. In the IBM Performance Management window, complete these steps:
   1. Double-click the Monitoring Agent for MySQL template.
   2. In the Monitoring Agent for MySQL window, specify an instance name and click OK.
3. In the Monitoring Agent for MySQL window, complete these steps:
   1. In the JDBC user name field, enter a MySQL server user name. The default value is root.
   2. In the JDBC password field, type the password of a JDBC user.
   3. In the Confirm JDBC password field, type the password again.
   4. In the JDBC Jar File field, click Browse and locate the directory that contains the MySQL connector Java file and select it.
   5. Click Next.
   6. In the JDBC port number field, specify the port number of the JDBC server.
   7. From the Java trace level list, select a trace level for Java.
   8. Click OK. The instance is displayed in the IBM Performance Management window.
4. Right-click the Monitoring Agent for MySQL instance, and click Start.
   Remember: To configure the agent again, complete these steps in the IBM Performance Management window:

   1. Stop the agent instance that you want to configure.
   2. Right-click the Monitoring Agent for MySQL instance, and click Reconfigure.
   3. Repeat steps 3 and 4.