Prerequisites for upgrading Tomcat APM agent to latest toolkit build 7.3.0.15.0

To upgrade the Tomcat agent to toolkit build 7.3.0.15.0, you must ensure the prerequisites given in this topic are complete.

Procedure

  1. Before agent upgrade, remove the DC startup parameters from setenv.sh/setenv.bat file. Remove following DC startup parameters from setenv.sh/setenv.bat file.
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/opt/ibm/apm/agent/otdchome/7.3.0.13.0/toolkit/lib/lx8266":$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    export RUNTIME_DIR="/opt/ibm/apm/agent/otdchome/7.3.0.13.0/runtime":$RUNTIME_DIR
    export JAVA_OPTS="-agentlib:am_ibm_16=<Agent_Install_Dir>/otdchome/7.3.0.13.0/runtime/<Tomcat_Application_Server> 
    -Xbootclasspath/p:<Agent_Install_Dir>/otdchome/7.3.0.13.0/toolkit/lib/bcm-bootstrap.jar
    -Djava.security. policy=<Agent_Install_Dir>/otdchome/7.3.0.13.0/itcamdc/etc/datacollector.policy
    -Dcom.ibm.tivoli.itcam.ai.runtimebuilder.inputs=<Agent_Install_Dir>/otdchome/7.3.0.13.0/runtime/<Tomcat_Application_Server>/<Tomcat_Agent_Instance>_DCManual.txt
    -Dcom.ibm.tivoli. itcam.serverHome=<Tomcat_Server>/apache-tomcat-<Version>
    -Dam.home=<Agent_Install_Dir>/otdchome/7.3.0.13.0/itcamdc
    -Dcom.ibm.tivoli.itcam.toolkit.runtime.dir=<Agent_Install_Dir>/otdchome/7.3.0.13.0/runtime":$JAVA_OPTS
    
  2. Restart the server.
  3. Stop the server.
  4. Upgrade the agent with new upgraded toolkit build (7.3.0.15.) build
  5. Verify the agent version and required /otdchome and otdchome_backup folders.
  6. Start the Tomcat Server
  7. Restart the Tomcat agent
  8. Verify that the setenv.sh/setenv.bat has the upgraded toolkit 7.3.0.15.0 DC startup parameters.
  9. Restart the Tomcat Server. Server should stop properly without any issues
  10. Verify the End-To-End agent functionality.