Reconfiguring the data collector if you change the offering type on Performance Management server

If you change the IBM® Performance Management offering type on the Performance Management server, you must uninstall the previous WebSphere® Applications agent and install the new agent from the agent package of the new offering type. Alternatively, you can manually reconfigure the data collector for the capabilities to be available in the new offering.

• Remove the agent that you installed with the previous offering and then install the agent in the new offering.
  1. Unconfigure the data collector. For instructions, see WebSphere Applications agent: Unconfiguring the data collector.
  2. Uninstall the WebSphere Applications agent that you installed with the agent package of previous offering. For instructions, see Uninstalling your agents.
  3. Install the WebSphere Applications agent with the agent package in the new offering and configure the data collector again. For instructions, see Configuring the data collector for WebSphere Applications agent.
• Reconfigure the data collector again to use the capabilities in the new offering.
  1. Edit the offering.id file in the data collector home directory by changing the IOFFERING value to one of the following values, depending on your new offering type:

     APMADV

     If your new offering type is IBM Application Performance Management Advanced, or a combination of IBM Application Performance Management and IBM Application Diagnostics.

     IAPM

     If your new offering type is IBM Application Performance Management.

     IAPD

     If your new offering type is a combination of IBM Monitoring and IBM Application Diagnostics.

     The data collector home directory is as follows:

     • install_dir\dchome\7.3.0.11.0
     • install_dir/yndchome/7.3.0.11.0
  2. Reconfigure the data collector to enable diagnostics, transaction tracking, or both in the data collector based on what is supported in the new offering type. For instructions about how to configure the data collector, see Configuring the data collector for WebSphere Applications agent.
  3. Restart the WebSphere Application Server.
  4. From any page of the Performance Management console, click System Configuration > Agent Configuration to open the Agent Configuration page. Ensure that the transaction tracking setting matches the capabilities available in your new offering type. If not, update the setting.

     The transaction tracking setting should be enabled for IBM Application Performance Management and IBM Application Performance Management Advanced, but be disabled for IBM Monitoring and IBM Application Diagnostics.