Starting the DataLoad SNMP collector

After you have started the DataChannel components, check every server that hosts a DataLoad SNMP collector to make sure the collectors are running.

About this task

To check whether a collector is running, run the following command:

ps -ef | grep -i pvmd

If the collector is running, you will see output similar to the following:
pvuser 27118 1 15 10:03:27 pts/4 0:06 /opt/dataload/bin/pvmd –nologo -noherald 
/opt/dataload/bin/dc.im -headless -a S
If a collector is not running, perform the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Log in to the server that is running Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager SNMP DataLoad by entering the username and password you specified when installing SNMP DataLoad..
  2. Source the DataLoad environment file by entering the following command:
    ./$DLHOME/dataLoad.env.
    Where $DLHOME is the location where SNMP DataLoad is installed on the system (/opt/dataload, by default).
    Note: If DataLoad shares the same server as DataMart, make sure you unset the environment variable by issuing the following command from a BASH shell command line:
    unset PV_PRODUCT.
  3. Change to the DataLoad bin directory by entering the following command:
    cd $PVMHOME/bin.
  4. Start a DataLoad SNMP collector using the following command:
    pvmdmgr start -i <instance_no>.

    To stop the DataLoad SNMP collector, use the following command:
    pvmdmgr stop -i <instance_no>.

    Note: You will not be able to start or stop the remote collector by using the PVM user interface. You can use the command line interface instead.