IBM® Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers allows IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub users to display events for monitoring agents, managed system groups, and key Linux OS agent, UNIX OS agent, and Windows OS agent health metrics.
The IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package has two features: Installation and Configuration that you can select during installation. When you choose the Installation feature, the infrastructure management dashboards files are copied from the installation media or repository to the file system. When you choose the Configuration feature, the infrastructure management dashboards application is deployed into IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub using the scripts that were installed by the Installation feature. Normally you should select both features during installation. However, if you want to view the deployment scripts before they are executed, you can just choose the Installation feature during installation. After reviewing the deployment scripts, you use the Modify operation of IBM Installation Manager to select the Configuration feature and deploy the infrastructure management dashboards application into IBM Dashboard Application Services Hub.
| Task | Where to find detailed information |
|---|---|
| Install and configure by using the IBM Tivoli Monitoring
installation launchpad or the IBM Installation
Manager graphical user interface. Note:
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If you are using IBM Installation Manager to perform the installation and configuration, first install IBM Installation Manager and setup a repository. See Using IBM Installation Manager to install components from a local repository or Using IBM Installation Manager to install components from a network repository. To perform the installation of the dashboard application, see Installing the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers using the graphical user interface If you want to install the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server or tivcmd CLI at the same time, see also Installing and configuring the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server and tivcmd Command-Line Interface for Authorization Policy |
| Install and configure by using IBM Installation Manager silent installation mode. | Performing a silent installation of software packages using IBM Installation Manager |
| Install and configure by using IBM Installation Manager console mode. Note: You
can install IBM Infrastructure
Management Dashboards for Servers and the Tivoli Authorization Policy Server at the
same time.
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Install IBM Installation Manager and setup a repository using the instructions in one of the following sections:Using IBM Installation Manager to install components from a local repository or Using IBM Installation Manager to install components from a network repository. To perform the installation of the dashboard application, see Installing the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers using console mode |
| Configure the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package after installation. | Configuring the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package after installation |
| Verify that the dashboard data provider is enabled in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server. | Verifying the dashboard data provider is enabled |
| Complete the setup and configuration of the dashboard environment | Preparing your dashboard environment in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Administrator's Guide |
| Uninstall the IBM Infrastructure Management Dashboards for Servers package. | Uninstalling IBM Tivoli Monitoring components for a dashboard environment |