Agent Builder
The IBM® Agent Builder tool provides a graphical user interface to help you create, modify, debug, and package agents for monitoring data sources in IBM Performance Management.
- Overview of Agent Builder
You can use IBM Agent Builder to create and modify custom agents that extend the monitoring capabilities of an IBM Tivoli® Monitoring or IBM Performance Management environment. A custom agent uses either of these environments to monitor any type of in-house or customized software. - Installing and starting Agent Builder
Before you install IBM Agent Builder, ensure that your system meets the prerequisites. Then use the installation wizard or the silent installation procedure to install Agent Builder. - Creating an agent
To start creating an agent in Agent Builder, use the new agent wizard. With this wizard you can set the basic agent configuration and create one data source. You can then work on the agent in Agent Builder to add more data sources and other options, including subnodes and navigator groups. - Using the Agent Editor to modify the agent
Use the Agent Editor to change, save, and commit a version of your agent. - Editing data source and attribute properties
When you add data sources to your agent, Agent Builder creates corresponding data sets. You can edit the data sets and attributes in them to provide the necessary monitoring information. - Defining and testing data sources
Agent Builder supports a number of data providers. You can create data sources from each data provider. The procedure for creating and testing data sources is different for each data provider. - Creating attribute groups from existing sources
When at least one attribute group exists the option to create an attribute group by using an existing attribute group or groups is available to you. - Creating a navigator group
In an IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment, use Navigator groups to group several related data sources (attribute groups) together so that workspaces can be created that show views that combine the data sources. You can create a navigator group while you create an agent by using the New Agent wizard at the base agent level. You can also create a navigator group while you define a subnode by using the New Agent Component wizard. - Using subnodes
You can use subnodes to monitor multiple application components from a single agent instance. - Customizing agent configuration
Customize the configuration of process, log file, and script data sources. - Creating workspaces, Take Action commands, and situations
After installing an agent in an IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment, you can create workspaces, queries, Take Action commands, and situations for your monitoring solution. - Preparing the agent for IBM Performance Management
If you want to use your agent with IBM Performance Management, you need to prepare it using the Dashboard Setup wizard. This wizard configures the information that you can see in the summary and detail dashboards in Performance Management. It also sets the resource information that Performance Management requires for the agent. - Testing your agent in Agent Builder
After you use Agent Builder to create an agent, you can test the agent in Agent Builder. - Installing your agent into a monitoring infrastructure for testing and use
After you test your agent in Agent Builder, you can complete testing and begin using the agent by installing your agent with IBM Tivoli Monitoring or IBM Performance Management. - Importing application support files
If an agent is to be used in an IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment, custom situations, workspaces, Take Action commands, and queries can be included in the installation package. - Event filtering and summarization
- Troubleshooting and support
Review the troubleshooting information for problems that you might experience with installing, configuring, or using IBM Agent Builder. - Sharing project files
Share an IBM Tivoli Monitoring agent project with someone. - Command-line options
Commands available from the Agent Builder command-line interface (CLI). - Attributes reference
Contains descriptions of the attributes for each attribute generated group included in the Agent Builder. - Creating application support extensions for existing agents
For the IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment, you can build an installable package to distribute custom workspaces, situations, queries, and Take Action commands that you created, as an application support extension for an existing agent. - Cognos data model generation
Agent Builder can generate a Cognos® data model for each agent. Use the data model to import agent information into the Cognos Framework Manager for report creation. - ICU regular expressions
A description of the specifics of the ICU regular expression implementation. - Creating Non-agent file bundles
You can create file bundles that can be placed in the Tivoli Monitoring depot. These file bundles can then be deployed to target systems in your environment. - Dynamic file name support
Use dynamic file name support to specify a file name pattern instead of an actual file name. - SNMP trap configuration
Description of the configuration file that is used by the SNMP Data Provider to render trap information in a more easily readable form. The file is also used to assign categories, severities, status, and source IDs to traps. - Take Action commands reference
An overview of Take Action commands, references about Take Action commands, and descriptions of special Take Action commands.