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User's Guide

Contents

  • Figures

  • Tables

  • Preface
  • Who Should Read This Guide
  • What is New in this Release
  • Changes to This Edition of the User's Guide
  • What This Guide Contains
  • Publications
  • IBM Tivoli Monitoring Library
  • Prerequisite Publications
  • Accessing Publications Online
  • Ordering Publications
  • Providing Feedback about Publications
  • Contacting Customer Support
  • Conventions Used in This Guide
  • Typeface Conventions
  • Operating System-dependent Variables and Paths

    • Installing, Configuring, and Using

  • Introduction
  • Overview
  • Main Features
  • Understanding Tivoli Monitoring
  • Resources
  • Resource Models
  • Cycles
  • Thresholds
  • Parameters
  • Indications
  • Occurrences and Holes
  • Events
  • Clearing Events
  • Monitoring of Events and Indications
  • Tivoli Enterprise Console Server
  • Web Health Console
  • Tivoli Business Systems Manager
  • Recovery Actions
  • Built-In Actions
  • Tivoli Framework Tasks
  • Scheduling
  • Logging
  • Profiles
  • The Heartbeat Function
  • Gathering Historical Data Component
  • Components
  • Tivoli Monitoring Base Component
  • Web Health Console
  • Tivoli Business Systems Manager Adapter
  • Endpoint Component
  • Collecting the Data
  • Resource Model Data Flow
  • Obtaining Resource Data at the Endpoint
  • Security Considerations
  • Tivoli Monitoring Workbench

  • Installing
  • Supported Platforms
  • Hardware Requirements
  • Prerequisite Software
  • Tivoli Management Framework
  • Tivoli Management Framework Patches Required for Version 3.7B
  • Other Software
  • Coexistence with Other Versions of Tivoli Monitoring
  • Products within the Tivoli Monitoring Family
  • Products within the Tivoli Distributed Monitoring (Classic Edition) Family
  • Backward Compatibility
  • Installing/Upgrading the Product
  • Before You Begin
  • Installing with Tivoli Software Installation Service
  • Installing from the Tivoli Desktop
  • Installing from the Command Line
  • Upgrading from Tivoli Distributed Monitoring (Advanced Edition) Version 4.1
  • Upgrading the Server/Gateway Components
  • Installing a Default Resource Model
  • Adding the Notice Group
  • Installing Java Runtime Environment
  • Installation Options
  • Enabling Tivoli Monitoring to Work with Tivoli Enterprise Data Warehouse
  • Uninstalling the Product
  • Uninstalling the Endpoint Components
  • Uninstalling from Servers and Gateways

  • Using the Product
  • Overview
  • Profiles
  • Key Points About Profiles
  • Setting up Managed Resources
  • Creating Profile Managers and Profiles
  • Using the CLI to Manage Profiles at the Server
  • Default Resource Models
  • Adding a Default Resource Model to a Profile
  • Using the CLI to Add a Default Resource Model to a Profile
  • Adding a Customized Resource Model to a Profile
  • Using the CLI to Add a Customized Resource Model to a Profile
  • Customizing a Resource Model
  • Customizing Thresholds and Event Rules
  • Specifying Built-in Actions for an Event (Windows)
  • Editing a Built-In Action
  • Removing a Built-In Action
  • Adding a Built-In Action
  • Specifying Tasks for an Event
  • Sending an e-mail in response to an event
  • Sending a notice in response to an event
  • Customizing Parameters
  • Customizing Scheduling Information
  • Setting the Monitoring Period
  • Creating Schedule Rules
  • Customizing Data Logging Information
  • Using the CLI to Customize a Resource Model for a Profile
  • Setting Distribution Options for a Profile
  • Profile Distribution using MDist2
  • Rerunning the Failed Distributions
  • Managing Profiles and Resource Models at Endpoints
  • Managing Tivoli Monitoring at Gateways

  • Heartbeat Function
  • Heartbeat Statuses
  • Installing and Configuring the Heartbeat
  • Controlling the Heartbeat
  • Heartbeat Data Flows
  • Endpoint Registration
  • Heartbeat Monitoring
  • Viewing the Endpoint Cache

  • Integration with Tivoli Enterprise Console Server
  • Overview
  • Identifying the Tivoli Enterprise Console Server to Tivoli Monitoring
  • Enabling Monitoring of Events and Heartbeat Messages on the Tivoli Enterprise Console Server
  • Enable Monitoring of the Events on the Availability Intermediate Manager
  • Slots of the Tivoli Enterprise Console Classes
  • Slots in the TMW_Event Class
  • Slots in the HeartBeat_Event Class

  • Integration with Tivoli Business Systems Manager
  • Overview
  • Installing Tivoli Business Systems Manager Adapter
  • Configuring Tivoli Business Systems Manager Adapter
  • Using the Tivoli Business Systems Manager Adapter
  • Viewing Tivoli Business Systems Manager Data
  • Enabling and Disabling Tivoli Business Systems Manager Integration
  • Managing the Tivoli Business Systems Adapter from the CLI

    • Web Health Console

  • Introduction to the Web Health Console
  • Overview
  • Understanding Resource Health
  • Connecting the Web Health Console
  • The Request Manager Processor
  • Software Requirements
  • Installing the Web Health Console
  • Installing on Windows
  • Installing on UNIX
  • Troubleshooting the Installation
  • Enabling Secure Socket Layer Support

  • Using the Web Health Console
  • Logging onto the Web Health Console
  • Logging on to the Web Health Console for the first time
  • Setting Your Preferences
  • Managing Endpoint Lists
  • Managing General Preferences
  • Managing Chart Preferences
  • Common Web Health Console Features
  • Using the Endpoint List View
  • Working with the Endpoints
  • Using the Resource Model List View
  • Using the Endpoints by Resource Model View
  • Working with the Endpoints
  • Working with the Endpoint Health View
  • Working with the Resource Models Frame
  • Working with the Resource Models
  • Indications Frame
  • Historical Data Frame
  • Working with the Chart Views
  • Online Data Graph
  • Historical Data Graph

    • Appendixes

  • Appendix A. Commands
  • Upgraded Command Names
  • Commands for Managing Profiles at the Tivoli Server
  • Command for Managing Default Resource Models at the Tivoli Server
  • Command for Managing the Tivoli Business Systems Manager Adapter
  • Commands for Managing Tivoli Monitoring at the Endpoints
  • Commands for Managing Tivoli Monitoring at Managed Nodes/Gateways
  • wdmcmd
  • wdmconfig
  • wdmdiscovery
  • wdmdistrib
  • wdmdumpprf
  • wdmeditprf
  • wdmeng
  • wdmheartbeat
  • wdmloadprf
  • wdmlseng
  • wdmmn
  • wdmmngcache
  • wdmrm
  • wdmtrceng
  • wtmntaddrm
  • wtmntdefrm
  • wtmntrmrm

  • Appendix B. Error, Warning, and Information Messages
  • Identifying a Message
  • Notation
  • Messages

  • Appendix C. Troubleshooting
  • Logs and Traces
  • The Log Record Format
  • Trace Record Format
  • Tool to Create XML File
  • Server Traces
  • Distribution Logs
  • Tivoli Management Framework Logs
  • Profile Core Trace
  • Gateway Traces
  • Heartbeat Engine Traces
  • Task Engine Trace
  • Tivoli Business Systems Manager Engine Traces
  • Endpoint Upcall Traces
  • Tivoli Business Systems Manager Adapter Trace
  • Tivoli Business Systems Manager Transport Trace
  • Request Manager Trace
  • Endpoint Logs and Traces
  • Windows Endpoint Logs
  • Endpoint Engine Log
  • WMI Log
  • Profile Distribution Endpoint Logs
  • Endpoint Engine Log
  • Non-Windows Endpoints Logs
  • Endpoint Engine Update Log
  • Endpoint Engine Log and Trace
  • Endpoint Native Trace
  • Endpoint JMX Log
  • Web Health Console Logs and Traces
  • Modifying Web Health Console Tracing Parameters
  • Autotrace
  • Installing the Autotrace trace collector
  • Configuring Autotrace
  • Product File
  • Config File
  • Controlling Autotrace
  • Syntax
  • Description
  • Options
  • Endpoint Tools (Windows)
  • Problem Determination
  • Web Health Console Troubleshooting
  • Tivoli Monitoring 5.1 Internal Processes
  • WebSphere Application Server and HTTPServer
  • Unable to Connect to the Main Web Health Console Web Page
  • Slow or Unresponsive Web Health Console Screens or Panels
  • Unable to Perform any Operations at Some Random Point during a Web Health Console Session
  • Error Messages Displaying Graphs
  • Other Possible Problems
  • Starting and Stopping WebSphere Application
  • Starting and Stopping HTTPServer
  • Serviceability Tasks

  • Appendix D. Accessibility
  • Using Assistive Technologies
  • Magnifying What is Displayed on the Screen
  • Documentation in Accessible Formats
  • Using Alternative Text

  • Appendix E. Use of Rhino: JavaScript for Java
  • The Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
  • The Netscape Public License Version 1.1

  • Appendix F. Environment Variables

  • Appendix G. Migration Considerations
  • Migrating from Tivoli Distributed Monitoring (Classic Edition) to Tivoli Monitoring
  • Overview
  • Guidelines for Migrating to Tivoli Monitoring 5.1
  • Design Time
  • Deployment Time
  • Run Time
  • Migration Process
  • Sentry Profile Analyzer
  • Examples
  • Compatibility Mode
  • Wizard Process
  • How Everything Fits Together
  • Migrating from Tivoli Web Component Manager
  • Tims2XML
  • Installation and Customization
  • Structure of the XML file
  • System Monitoring Tasks
  • Process Monitor Task
  • CPU Monitor Task
  • UNIX File System Monitor Task
  • Resource Models
  • Logical Disk Resource Model
  • Processor Resource Model
  • Memory Resource Model
  • File System Resource Model
  • Migration Sample: Memory Monitor Task

  • Glossary

  • Index

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