ITCAM for SOA 7.2 Fix Pack 1

Enabling application support through self-description

Tivoli® Monitoring version 6.2.3 or later agents, which are enabled for self-description, install application support files and enable application support on the IBM® Tivoli Monitoring infrastructure automatically.

ITCAM for SOA is enabled by default for self-description. When the ITCAM for SOA agent is installed and the hub and remote monitoring servers are enabled for self-description, application support files are automatically installed on the hub monitoring server and the remote monitoring server, without the need to recycle the monitoring server.

Application support files must be installed manually on portal server and the portal client. ITCAM for SOA requires that configuration of topology support for SOA Domain Management Server and Tivoli Common Object Repository on the portal server be performed manually.

Although the self-describing agent is enabled by default for ITCAM for SOA, a number of conditions apply:

All Tivoli Management Services server components must be at version 6.2.3 or later.
The agent framework must be at version 6.2.3 or later.

In ITCAM for SOA version 7.2 and later, agent framework version 6.2.2 is installed a part of an install or upgrade of ITCAM for SOA. Install Tivoli Monitoring version 6.2.3 OS agent and framework to update the framework to version 6.2.3.

Remember: Not all OS agents running version 6.2.3, which share the same IBM Tivoli Monitoring home directory as ITCAM for SOA, upgrade the agent framework to version 6.2.3. You must verify that the agent framework has been upgraded to version 6.2.3 before using self-description for ITCAM for SOA.

To identify the agent framework version after installing or upgrading ITCAM for SOA, complete the following steps:

From the command prompt, navigate to ITM_home\bin directory.
Run the following command:
```
Kincinfo -t
```

Locate the line for the agent framework in the output and note the version. For example:

PC    PRODUCT        DESC      PLAT      VER          BUILD     INSTALL DATE
GL  Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent Framework   WIX64  06.23.02.00  
d2215a
 20120816 1412

You must verify that these conditions are met before you can use self-description for deploying application support to the monitoring server.

When the self-describing application update is complete, and the application support files are manually installed on the portal server, you should see the following new agent data in the portal client:

Historical Configuration is updated with any new attributes
Workspaces are updated
New or updated situations, policies and take actions
Queries are updated
Help server files are updated

The self-describing agent feature is disabled by default on the hub monitoring server. The procedure for enabling self-description on the hub monitoring server is documented in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring: Installation and Setup Guide.

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