IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Microsoft Applications, Version 6.3.1

Architecture

IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Microsoft Applications helps you to manage server and middleware components, even in virtualized environments.

Figure 1 illustrates the architecture of the monitoring environment after the following monitoring components are installed.

Note: The Entry Edition contains only the components marked with an asterisk (*). The Advanced Edition contains all of the components in the list. The architecture of the environment is the same for both editions.

The hub Tivoli® Enterprise Monitoring Server*
The remote Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Servers*
Tivoli Enterprise Portal browser and desktop clients*
Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server*
Tivoli Agentless monitoring for Windows operating systems*
Tivoli Data Warehouse*
Windows OS agent*
The Advanced Edition contains the following monitoring components:
- Microsoft Active Directory agent
- Microsoft BizTalk Server agent
- Microsoft Cluster Server agent
- Microsoft Exchange Server agent
- Microsoft Host Integration Server agent
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server agent
- Microsoft Internet Information Services agent
- Microsoft .NET Framework agent
- Microsoft Sharepoint Server agent
- Microsoft SQL Server agent
- Microsoft Lync Server agent
- Network Devices agent
- VMware VI agent
- .NET Data Collector

Figure 1. Architecture of the monitoring environment

On the left are the Tivoli Enterprise Portal browser and desktop clients, which are connected to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server. The Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server is also connected to a database server labeled "DB2, MSSQL, or Derby" and to the hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server. The hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server is connected to two remote Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Servers and to Tivoli Data Warehouse. Tivoli Data Warehouse is also connected to a database server labeled "DB2, MSSQL, or Oracle." Monitoring agents are connected to the two remote Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Servers.

Figure 2 illustrates the optional integration of the Tivoli event management and business service management products into the monitoring environment. In Figure 2, the box labeled "Tivoli Monitoring Infrastructure" represents everything in Figure 1 except for the monitoring agents. You can integrate and manage events from a single console if you use IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console or IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus products in addition to IBM Tivoli Monitoring. The event synchronization component sends updates to situation events that are forwarded to a Tivoli Enterprise Console® event server or a Netcool/OMNIbus Objects Server back to the monitoring server.

Figure 2. Integrating Tivoli event management and business service management into the environment

At the top of the illustration, Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus is connected to Tivoli Enterprise Console, which is also connected to Tivoli Business Service Manager. The connection between Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus and Tivoli Enterprise Console is connected to the Tivoli Monitoring infrastructure, which is in the middle of the illustration. The connection is labeled "Tivoli Event Integration event synchronization." The Tivoli Monitoring infrastructure represents everything that is in the previous illustration except for the monitoring agents and select components. Below and connected to the Tivoli Monitoring infrastructure are the following monitoring agents and components: Windows OS Agent, VMware VI agent, Microsoft Host Integration Server agent, Agent Builder, Network Devices agent, Agentless Monitoring for Windows OS, Active Directory Agent, Microsoft Lync Server agent, Microsoft SQL Server agent, Microsoft Sharepoint Server agent, Microsoft .NET Framework agent, Microsoft Internet Information Services agent, Microsoft BizTalk Server agent, Microsoft Cluster Server agent, Microsoft Exchange Server agent, Microsoft Hyper-V Server agent, and .NET Data Collector.

For information about how to design your network firewall in relation to your IBM® Tivoli Monitoring environment, see Appendix C, "Firewalls," of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring: Installation and Setup Guide in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Information Center (http://pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v61r1/topic/com.ibm.itm.doc_6.3fp2/welcome.htm).

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