Starting the Tivoli Performance Viewer

Steps for this task

  1. Start the Tivoli Performance Viewer.
    This can be done in two ways:
    1. Start performance monitoring from the command line.
      Go to the product_installation_directory/bin directory and run the tperfviewer script.

      You can specify the host and port in Windows NT, 2000, and XP environments as:

      tperfviewer.bat host_name port_number connector_type
      or

      On the AIX and other UNIX platforms, use

      tperfviewer.sh host_name port_number connector_type
      for example:
      tperfviewer.bat localhost 8879 SOAP
      

      Connector_type can be either SOAP or RMI. The port numbers for SOAP/RMI connector can be configured in the Administrative Console under Servers > Application Servers > server_name > End Points.

      If you are connecting to WebSphere Application Server, use the application server host and connector port. If additional servers have been created, then use the appropriate server port for which data is required. Tivoli Performance Viewer will only display data from one server at a time when connecting to WebSphere Application Server.

      If you are connecting to WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, use the deployment manager host and connector port. Tivoli Performance Viewer will display data from all the servers in the cell. Tivoli Performance Viewer cannot connect to an individual server in WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.

      8879 is the default SOAP connector port for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.

      8880 is the default SOAP connector port for WebSphere Application Server.

      9809 is the default RMI connector port for WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.

      2809 is the default RMI connector port for WebSphere Application Server.

      On iSeries, you can connect the Tivoli Performance Viewer to an iSeries instance from either a Windows, an AIX, or a UNIX client as described above. To discover the RMI or SOAP port for the iSeries instance, start Qshell and enter the following command:

      product_installation_directory/bin/dspwasinst -instance myInstance
      where
      • product_installation_directory is your iSeries install directory
      • myInstance is the instance used when you created iSeries instance.

    2. Start performance monitoring using the Windows graphical user interface.
      Click Start > Programs > IBM WebSphere > Application Server v.50 > Tivoli Performance Viewer.

      Tivoli Performance Viewer detects which package of WebSphere Application Server you are using and connects using the default SOAP connector port.

      If the connection fails, an error box is displayed. When this happens, click OK. When a new dialog box appears, change the host name to the IP address of the WebSphere Application Server, and click OK. If necessary, you can also change the port number and connector type using this dialog box.

  2. Adjust the data collection settings.
    Refer to the instructions in Setting performance monitoring levels .

Related tasks
Monitoring performance with Tivoli Performance Viewer (formerly Resource Analyzer)
Running your monitoring applications with security enabled
Performance monitoring service settings



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Last updated: Jun 21, 2007 4:55:42 PM CDT    WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment, Version 5.0.2
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