Agent and data collector deployment

Agents vary in the tasks that are required between installation and viewing the data that they collect. Some tasks are automatic and other tasks are manual. After you download your data collectors, you must manually configure each data collector.

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After installation, some agents are configured and started automatically
For any agent that is started, the agent is configured with the default settings. To determine which agents are configured and started manually, see Table 1.
After installation, some agents require manual configuration but start automatically
For information about how to configure your agents, see Configuring your environment To determine which agents are configured manually and started automatically, see Table 1.
After installation, some agents must be configured and started manually
For any agent that is not started automatically, you must configure the agent before it can be started. To determine which agents are configured and started manually, see Table 1.
Multiple instance agents require creating a first instance and starting manually
You must create the first instance and start the agent manually. A multiple instance agent means that a single installation of the agent instantiates a unique monitoring instance for each unique application instance. These instances are visualized from the Cloud APM console as a result. To determine which agents are multiple instance agents, see Table 1.
OS agents and log file monitoring
The Linux OS agent, UNIX OS agent, and Windows OS agent are configured and started automatically. However, you can configure log file monitoring for the OS agents, so that you can monitor application log files. For more information, see Configuring OS agent log file monitoring.
Agent and data collector configuration, startup, and instance characteristics
Table 1. Postinstallation checklist
Agent or data collector Configured and started automatically Configured manually and started automatically Configured and started manually Multiple instance (started manually)
Amazon EC2 agent No No No Yes
Amazon ELB agent No No No Yes
Azure Compute agent No No No Yes
Cassandra agent No No Yes Yes
Cisco UCS agent No No Yes Yes
Citrix VDI agent No No No Yes
DataPower® agent No No No Yes
DataStage® agent No No Yes Yes
Db2® agent No No No Yes
Hadoop agent No No Yes No
HMC Base agent No No No Yes
HTTP Server agent
Yes

You must review the configuration file that the agent creates for the HTTP Server. Then, you must add the data collector configuration manually to the server configuration file.

 No No No
IBM® Cloud agent No No No Yes
IBM Integration Bus agent No No No Yes
J2SE data collector No Yes No No
JBoss agent No No No Yes
Liberty data collector No Yes No No
Linux KVM agent No No Yes Yes
Linux OS agent Yes No No No
Microsoft Active Directory agent No
Yes

This agent is started automatically. However, you must configure the agent to view data for some attributes.

 No No
Microsoft Cluster Server agent No No Yes No
Microsoft Exchange Server agent No
Yes

This agent is started automatically. However, you must configure the agent to view data for all attributes.

 No No
Microsoft Hyper-V Server agent Yes No No No
Microsoft IIS agent Yes No No No
Skype for Business Server agent (formerly known as Microsoft Lync Server agent) Yes Yes

This agent is started automatically. However, you must configure the agent to view data for some attributes.

 No No
Microsoft Office 365 agent No No Yes No
Microsoft .NET agent No
Yes

The data collector must be configured before data is reported.

 No No
Microsoft SharePoint Server agent Yes No No No
Microsoft SQL Server agent No No No
Yes

Each agent instance must be configured and started manually.
MQ Appliance agent No No No Yes
MongoDB agent No No No Yes
MySQL agent No No No Yes
NetApp Storage agent No No Yes Yes
Node.js agent No
Yes

The agent must be configured before data is reported. You must add a monitoring plug-in to your Node.js application.

 No No
Node.js data collector No Yes No No
OpenStack agent No No Yes Yes
Oracle Database agent No No No Yes
PHP agent No No No Yes
PostgreSQL agent No No No Yes
Python data collector No Yes No No
RabbitMQ agent No No Yes Yes
Response Time Monitoring Agent Yes No No No
Ruby agent No No No
Yes

For deep-dive diagnostics, the agent must be configured before data is reported. To enable the diagnostics dashboards, you must install and configure the diagnostics data collector.
Ruby data collector No Yes No No
SAP agent No No Yes Yes
SAP HANA Database agent No No Yes Yes
SAP NetWeaver Java™ Stack agent No No Yes Yes
Siebel agent No No No Yes
Sterling Connect Direct agent No No No Yes
Sterling File Gateway agent No No Yes Yes
Sybase agent No No Yes Yes
Synthetic Playback agent
Yes

The agent is configured and started automatically for public, external-facing applications, but transactions must be created in the Synthetic Script Manager before data is reported.
Yes

The agent is started automatically but the agent must be configured for private, internal-facing applications. Transactions must be created in the Synthetic Script Manager before data is reported.

 No Yes
Tomcat agent No No No Yes
UNIX OS agent Yes No No No
VMware VI agent No No Yes Yes
WebLogic agent No No No Yes
WebSphere® Applications agent No
Yes

The agent is started automatically but the data collector must be configured before data is reported.

 No No
WebSphere Infrastructure Manager agent No No No Yes
WebSphere MQ agent No No No Yes
Windows OS agent Yes No No No