IBM Tivoli Composite Application Agent for J2EE, Version 7.1.1

Completing a silent configuration

You can use the Configuration utility in Silent mode to perform all configuration tasks (including unconfiguration) for ITCAM Agent for J2EE. To do this, prepare the response file by modifying a sample provided with the Agent.

All configuration tasks for the Agent can also be performed in Silent mode, without user interaction. This may be especially useful for large-scale deployments.

To perform a configuration task, you need to prepare a response file, and then start the configuration utility.

Preparing a response file

To perform a configuration task using silent mode, create a copy of a sample response file for the task. Modify this copy, and save it in a work directory, for example, as C:\TEMP\SILENT.

For each of the configuration tasks for the agent, a sample response file is available in the ITM_home\TMAITM6 directory (on Windows systems) or in the ITM_home/samples directory (on Linux and UNIX systems). Make a copy of the file and edit it as required, using the information provided in the comments within the file.
  • Configuring Monitoring Agent connection to the Monitoring Server and Data Collector connection to the monitoring agent, while two separate tasks in the GUI configuration (see Configure the monitoring agent connection to the monitoring server and Configure Monitoring Agent settings), are performed with one response file. If the Agent is to communicate with the IBM Tivoli Monitoring infrastructure, you must perform this configuration task before configuring the Data Collector to monitor any application server instances. Do not perform this task if Tivoli Monitoring is not used (in a deep dive diagnostics only installation). The sample file name is yjv_silent_config_agent.txt.
  • Configuring the Data Collector to monitor an application server instance: the sample file names for the different application servers are:
    • For J2SE, yjv_silent_config_j2sedc.txt
    • For JBoss, yjv_silent_config_jbossdc.txt
    • For NetWeaver, yjv_silent_config_netweaverdc.txt
    • For Tomcat, yjv_silent_config_tomcatdc.txt
    • For WebLogic, yjv_silent_config_wlsdc.txt
  • Unconfiguring the Data Collector from an application server instance: the sample file names for the different application servers are:
    • For J2SE, yjv_silent_unconfig_j2sedc.txt
    • For JBoss, yjv_silent_unconfig_jbossdc.txt
    • For NetWeaver, yjv_silent_unconfig_netweaverdc.txt
    • For Tomcat, yjv_silent_unconfig_tomcatdc.txt
    • For WebLogic, yjv_silent_unconfig_wlsdc.txt
The response file is a text file, containing parameter names and values in the format parameter=value, for example:
KERNEL_HOST01=servername.domain.com
Comment lines begin with a number sign (#). Do not use blank lines.
Any \ character must be escaped as \\, : as \:, and spaces must be prefixed with \, for example:
MS_AM_HOME=C\:\\Program\ Files\\ITCAM\\MS
In the file sections marked as "repeatable", parameters are specific to a profile path or an application server instance name. For these parameters, use the path or name as a key, in the format parameter.key=value. For example:
wls-ALIAS_INSTNAME.INST1=myserver
wls-CUSTOM_SCRIPT_ENABLED.INST1=true
Use the actual values instead of parameters that are market by <> brackets. For example, replace <NetWeaver INSTANCE NAME> with the actual NetWeaver instance name.

Running the Configuration utility in silent mode

After preparing the response file for a configuration task, run the configuration utility, specifying the path and name for the response file.

On Windows systems complete the following procedure:

  1. Open a Windows command prompt window, and change to the ITM_home\installITM directory.
  2. Invoke the configuration utility as follows. Specify the parameters in the exact order shown:
    kinconfg -nresponse_file_name -ckyj
    where response_file_name is the name of the response file you have prepared (with full path). For example:
    kinconfg -nC:\TEMP\SILENT.TXT -ckyj

On Linux and UNIX systems complete the following procedure:

  1. Change to the ITM_home/bin directory.
  2. Invoke the configuration utility as follows. Specify the parameters in the exact order shown:
    ./itmcmd config -A -p response_file_name yj
    where response_file_name is the name of the response file you have prepared (with full path). For example:
    ./itmcmd config -A -p /tmp/silent.txt yj


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