Configuring the agent on Windows systems

You can configure the agent on Windows operating systems by using the IBM Performance Management window. After you update the configuration values, you must start the agent to save the updated values.

About this task

The Cisco UCS agent provides default values for some parameters. You can specify different values for these parameters.

Procedure

  1. Click Start > All Programs > IBM Monitoring agents > IBM Performance Management.
  2. In the IBM Performance Management window, right-click Monitoring Agent for Cisco UCS, and then click Configure agent.
    Remember: After you configure the agent for the first time, the Configure agent option is disabled. To configure the agent again, click Reconfigure.
  3. In the Monitoring Agent for Cisco UCS window, complete the following steps:
    1. Enter a unique name for the Cisco UCS agent instance, and click OK.
    2. On the CONFIG tab, specify values for the configuration parameters, and then click Next.
    3. On the LOG_CONFIG tab, specify values for the configuration parameters, and then click Next.
    For information about the configuration parameters in each tab of the Monitoring Agent for Cisco UCS window, see the following topics:
  4. In the IBM Performance Management window, right-click Monitoring Agent for Cisco UCS, and then click Start.

What to do next

  • Log in to the Cloud APM console to view the data that is collected by the agent in the dashboards. For information about using the Cloud APM console, see Starting the Cloud APM console.

    If you need help with troubleshooting, see the Troubleshooting section.

  • If you are monitoring a large Cisco UCS environment, you might need to increase the heap size for the Java™ data provider. For more information, see Increasing the Java heap size.