IBM SmartCloud Application Performance Management

Version 7.7.0.1

Standard Edition Quick Start Guide

Learn how to get started with a typical installation of IBM SmartCloud® Application Performance Management.

National Language Version: To obtain the Quick Start Guide in other languages, print the language-specific PDF file from the installation media.

Product overview

IBM SmartCloud Application Performance Management Version 7.7.0.1, Standard Edition provides a comprehensive application performance management solution in a single product. Application transaction discovery, user experience monitoring, transaction tracing, and diagnostic features are delivered in a single package. You can manage critical applications that run in a cloud, on a virtual machine, in a traditional IT environment, or in a hybrid environment. This product combines an application-centric user interface, single data warehouse, and single reporting capability, to provide comprehensive monitoring and management capabilities across the entire application infrastructure.

For more information, see the IBM SmartCloud Application Performance Management Information Center (http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v63r1/index.jsp).

Step 1: Access the software and documentation

This offering includes the following software, which is available in Passport Advantage® and as physical media:
  • IBM Tivoli® Composite Application Manager for Applications Version 7.2.1
  • IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Microsoft Applications Version 6.3.1
  • IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions Version 7.4
  • IBM SmartCloud Monitoring Version 7.2.0.2
Documentation for these products is available in the following information centers:

This offering also includes the IBM SmartCloud Application Performance Management UI Version 7.7 component and documentation that is available from Passport Advantage (https://www-112.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/passportadvantage/paocustomer/passporthome.nsf/pao/startpage_en_us?OpenDocument).

For guidance on which components to install and which agents are included for support purposes, see the IBM SmartCloud Application Performance Management Offering Guide in the information center. For information about SmartCloud Application Performance Management UI, see the SmartCloud Application Performance Management UI wiki (https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/IBM%20SmartCloud%20Application%20Performance%20Management/page/SC%20APM%20UI).

This offering also includes IBM SmartCloud Monitoring - Application Insight Version 1.2. For information about downloading IBM SmartCloud Monitoring - Application Insight V1.2, see the download instructions on the IBM SmartCloud Monitoring - Application Insight Information Center (https://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v63r1/topic/com.ibm.scmai.doc_1.2/install/scmai_downloaddoc.htm).

Step 2: Evaluate the hardware and system configuration

For information about hardware and software requirements, see the following sources of information:

Step 3: Install the software

For installation directions, see the following sources of information:

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