UNIX system considerations

This section provides information that you must know before installing ITCAM agent for WebSphere® MQ, ITCAM configuration agent for WebSphere MQ, or ITCAM agent for WebSphere Message Broker on UNIX systems.

• Use fully qualified path names.

  Because there are many different versions of UNIX systems and possible user environments, it is good form to use fully qualified path names, without pattern-matching characters, when specifying a directory during the installation process. IBM® scripts use the Korn shell, and when a new process or shell is invoked, use of symbolic links, environment variables, or aliases can cause unexpected results.

• Specify which Network Interface Card (NIC) to use when specifying the name of the Tivoli® Enterprise Monitoring Server and host name during the installation in either of the following situations:
  • The computer on which Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server is installed has more than one NIC.
  • The host name of the system does not match the interface name, even when only one NIC exists.

  For the agents to be able to connect to the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server, specify an additional variable when configuring the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server or the agents. This variable is listed under the Optional Primary Network Name in the configuration windows or during the command-line installation.