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IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on Z/VM and Linux: Planning and Configuration Guide Part 4 Tivoli® OMEGAMON XE on z/VM and Linux Version 4.2.0 Planning and Configuration Guide SC27-2837-00 Tivoli® OMEGAMON XE on z/VM and Linux Version 4.2.0 Planning and Configuration Guide SC27-2837-00 Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page 111. This edition applies to Version 4, Release 2, Modification 0 of OMEGAMON XE on z/VM and Linux (product number 5698-A36) and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. © Copyright IBM Corporation 2006, 2010. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Figures ....................................vii Tables.....................................ix Preface ....................................xi Intended audience ................................xi What this guide contains ..............................xi Part 1. Planning your configuration ......................1 Chapter 1. Overview of the OMEGAMON XE on z/VM and Linux monitoring agent .......3 Tivoli Enterprise Portal ...............................4 What's new in Version 4.2.0 .............................5 Replacement of the z/VM Systems: default workspace with the z/VM Systems: System Health workspace..................................5 Overall system view ...............................5 New product-provided situations ..........................6 Tivoli Management Services components ........................6 IBM Tivoli Monitoring features ............................7 Dynamic linking to cross-product workspaces .....................9 OMEGAMON XE on z/VM and Linux monitoring agent architecture overview ...........9 IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE zSeries products ......................10 Serviceability ..................................12 Standards supported ...............................12 Interoperability with other products ..........................13 Chapter 2. Planning your OMEGAMON XE on z/VM and Linux configuration .........15 Understanding and designing your configuration .....................16 Tivoli Enterprise Portal and Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server ................16 Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Servers - hub and remote ..................17 Tivoli Enterprise Console..............................19 Tivoli Data Warehouse ..............................19 Warehouse Proxy planning ............................19 Chapter 3. Installation preparation .........................21 Software and hardware prerequisites .........................21 Required software ...............................21 Supported hardware ..............................25 Product packaging ................................25 The IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/VM and Linux product package ............26 Installation Flow .................................29 About VMSES/E ................................29 Installation flow ................................29 Chapter 4. Upgrading IBM Tivoli Monitoring......................33 Upgrading an existing IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment ..................33 Installation in a new environment...........................33 Part 2. Configuration required for this monitoring agent ............35 Chapter 5. Configuration required for the OMEGAMON XE on z/VM and Linux monitoring agent 37 Required order of tasks for viewing data at the monitoring agent ...............38 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006, 2010 iii Configuration steps ................................40 Step 1. Enabling the collection of data .........................40 Configuring TCP/IP on z/VM ...........................40 Enabling the CP Monitor domains .........................40 Step 2. Estimating the size of the PERFOUT DCSS....................42 Step 3. Defining a DCSS on z/VM ..........................45 Helpful tips when defining your DCSS on z/VM ....................45 Running out of memory in the DCSS ........................46 Step 4. Issue the FC MONCOLL SEGOUT ON PERFOUT command .............47 Step 5. Configuring the DCSS device driver on the Linux guest ...............47 Determining the start and end addresses of the PERFOUT DCSS .............47 Step 6. Loading the DCSS device driver ........................48 Step 7. Adding the PERFOUT DCSS to your Linux guest ..................49 Step 8. Loading the PERFOUT DCSS at startup time ...................49 DCSS naming scheme ..............................49 Step 9. Enabling the collection of Linux data ......................49 Starting data collection for User ApplData at the Linux guest ...............50 Enable the collection of Linux data automatically at startup time ..............51 Step 10. Enabling dynamic workspace linking ......................52 Step 11. Enabling Take Action commands (optional)....................53 z/VM requirements for Take Action commands .....................53 Setting the environment variables during monitoring agent installation ............54 Linux guest requirements for Take Action commands ..................54 Guidelines for issuing Take Action commands .....................56 Step 12. Installing the Language Packs (optional) ....................57 Starting the monitoring agent ............................58 Stopping the monitoring agent ............................59 Chapter 6. Defining user IDs and security ......................61 Defining the list of user IDs for the Command Processor ..................61 Defining user IDs in IBM Tivoli Monitoring .......................61 Part 3. Completing your configuration ....................63 Chapter 7. Performance and storage considerations ..................65 Understanding how data are collected .........................65 Determining which systems to monitor ........................66 Understanding historical data ............................66 Determining which types of historical data to collect ...................67 Disk capacity planning for historical data .......................68 Defining and running situations ...........................69 Designing workspaces...............................70 Reducing the number of rows retrieved .......................70 Reducing the number of attributes retrieved ......................70 Applying the same query to multiple views in a workspace ................71 Adjusting the auto-refresh rate...........................71 Chapter 8. Serviceability .............................73 Log files ....................................73 Definitions of variables for RAS1 logs ........................74 Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server on Windows computers or on UNIX computers .......75 Tivoli Enterprise Portal .............................75 Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server ...........................75 Tivoli Data Warehouse and the warehouse proxy ....................75 iv IBM Tivoli OMEGAMON XE on z/VM and Linux: Planning and Configuration Guide Part 4. Appendixes..............................77 Planning worksheets ..............................79 Worksheet: Your overall configuration .........................79 Worksheet: Your monitoring agent configuration .....................80 Worksheet: Planning communication protocols for the monitoring agent when the monitoring server is on a distributed system .............................81 Worksheets: Information to gather when configuring your portal server on Windows or Linux.....82 Worksheet: Information for configuring your portal server on Windows ............82 Worksheet: Information for configuring your portal server on Linux .............82 Worksheet: Planning the communication protocols for the portal server............83 Worksheets: Information to gather when configuring your monitoring server on a distributed system 84 Worksheet: Information for configuring your hub monitoring server on a distributed system ....84 Worksheet: Planning communication protocols for the monitoring server on a distributed system 85 Worksheets: Information to gather when putting your hub monitoring server on a z/OS system ....86 Worksheet for configuring your hub monitoring server on a z/OS system ...........86 Worksheet for configuring your communications protocols for a hub monitoring server on a z/OS system ..................................88 Worksheets: Information to gather when configuring your portal desktop client on Windows or on Linux 91 Worksheet: Information for configuring your portal desktop client on Windows .........91 Worksheet: Information for configuring your portal desktop client on Linux ..........91 Worksheet: Planning the communication protocols for the portal desktop client on a Windows system 92 Specifying communication protocols between components .................93 Finding the information you need..........................95 Planning tasks .................................95 Understanding temporary defects, limitations, and workarounds ...............96 Upgrading from an earlier release ..........................96 Installing and uninstalling .............................97 Configuring ...................................97 Tuning ....................................98 Administration..................................98 Diagnosis ...................................99 Using .....................................99 Support for problem solving ...........................101 Using IBM Support Assistant ............................101 Obtaining fixes .................................101 Receiving weekly support updates ..........................102 Contacting IBM Software Support ..........................102 Determining the business impact .........................103
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