Configuring the agent on Linux or AIX systems

You can configure the SAP agent on Linux or AIX® systems so that the agent can collect data of the SAP Applications Server that is being monitored.

1. On the command line, change the path to the agent installation directory. Example: /opt/ibm/apm/agent/bin
2. Run the following command where instance_name is the name that you want to give to the instance: ./sap-agent.sh config instance_name
   Important: The agent instance name must match the 3-digit system identifier (SID) of the managed SAP Applications Server. For example, if the SID of the managed SAP Applications Server is PS1, enter PS1 as the instance name.
3. When the command line displays the following message, type 1 and press Enter: Edit ‘Monitoring Agent for SAP Applications’ setting? [1=Yes, 2=No]
4. Configure the SAP agent by using the Application Server mode or the Logon Group mode.
   • Complete the following steps to configure the SAP agent in the Application Server mode:
     1. When the command line displays the following message, type 1 and press Enter: Connection Mode [ 1=Application Server Mode, 2=Logon Group Mode ]
     2. Specify values for the configuration parameters.

     For information about the configuration parameters, see Configuration parameters of the agent

   • Complete the following steps to configure the SAP agent in the Logon Group mode:
     1. When the command line displays the following message, type 2 and press Enter: Connection Mode [ 1=Application Server Mode, 2=Logon Group Mode ]
     2. Specify values for the configuration parameters.

     For information about the configuration parameters, see Configuration parameters of the agent

5. Run the following command to start the SAP agent: ./sap-agent.sh start instance_name
   Important: If you want to create another instance of the SAP agent, repeat Steps 1 to 5. Use a unique System Identifier for each SAP agent instance that you create.