You can install monitoring agents on any remote server that you want to monitor, or you can install the agent in to an existing IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring system.
About this task
The Tivoli Monitoring for Tivoli Storage Manager agent gathers data from each Tivoli Storage Manager server, and sends it to the IBM Tivoli Monitoring server.
Restrictions:
- To use the agent on an existing IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment, you must install the agent on the existing Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring server.
- If you plan to monitor a Tivoli Storage Manager server in a different time zone than the monitoring server, install the monitoring agent on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.
- The monitoring agent is only supported on AIX®, Linux X86_64, and Windows.
Installing the monitoring agent on remote servers
You can install a Tivoli Monitoring for Tivoli Storage Manager monitoring agent on any supported server that you want to monitor. To install or upgrade the monitoring agent, you can use the installation wizard, the command line in console mode, or by using silent mode.- AIX: Installing and deploying monitoring agents in an existing Tivoli Monitoring environment
Remotely deploying monitoring agents is intended only for users who purchased IBM Tivoli Monitoring separately from Tivoli Storage Manager, and who are already running an IBM Tivoli Monitoring server. By remotely deploying monitoring agents, you can monitor Tivoli Storage Manager servers with the existing IBM Tivoli Monitoring server. - Linux: Installing and deploying monitoring agents in an existing Tivoli Monitoring environment
Remotely deploying monitoring agents is intended only for users who purchased IBM Tivoli Monitoring separately from Tivoli Storage Manager, and who are already running an IBM Tivoli Monitoring server. By remotely deploying monitoring agents, you can monitor Tivoli Storage Manager servers with the existing IBM Tivoli Monitoring server. - Windows: Installing and deploying monitoring agents in an existing Tivoli Monitoring environment
Remotely deploying monitoring agents is intended only for users who purchased IBM Tivoli Monitoring separately from Tivoli Storage Manager, and who are already running an IBM Tivoli Monitoring server. By remotely deploying monitoring agents, you can monitor Tivoli Storage Manager servers with the existing IBM Tivoli Monitoring server.