Installing your agents
Install monitoring agents on the systems where the corresponding
applications that you want to monitor are located.
- Configuring the installation images
Before you can install agents or the IBM® Performance Management Hybrid Gateway, you must configure the downloaded installation images for communication with the Performance Management server. - Installing agents on AIX systems
Install monitoring agents on your AIX® systems for the resources that you want to manage. - Installing agents on Linux systems
Install monitoring agents on your Linux systems for the resources that you want to manage. - Installing agents on Windows systems
You can install some of the Performance Management monitoring agents on Windows systems. - Installing agents as a non-root user
If you do not have root privileges and you want to install a monitoring agent, you can install the agent as a non-root user. Also, you can install the agent as a non-root user if you are a host administrator and you do not want to run the monitoring agent as a root user. Installation flow is the same as for a root user. After a non-root installation, run the UpdateAutoRun.sh script with root user or sudo user access. - Securing the agent installation files
After you install monitoring agents as a non-root user on Linux or AIX systems, you can run the secure.sh script to secure the agent installation by removing world write permissions and setting correct file ownership. - Installing agents silently
Installing agents silently reduces installation time. To install a monitoring agent in silent mode, you must download an agent installation image archive file from the IBM download site, preconfigure the agent images, extract the agent installation files, prepare a silent response file, and run the installation script in silent mode. - Bypassing the prerequisite scanner
In an environment where you have virtual machine images that serve as templates, the prerequisite scan that is undertaken before installation begins can be done on only the first template image. If a VM image passes the scan, the other VMs created from that image will also pass. You can save time by bypassing the prerequisite check for other VMs that were created from the same image. - Uninstalling your agents
Uninstall a single agent or all the agents from a managed system.