Configuring the agent on Windows systems

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

To configure the agent on Windows operating systems, complete the following steps:

1. Click Start > All Programs > IBM Monitoring agents > IBM Performance Management.
2. In the IBM Performance Management window, complete these steps:
   1. Double-click the Monitoring Agent for MariaDB template.
   2. In the Monitoring Agent for MariaDB window, specify an instance name and click OK.
3. In the Monitoring Agent for MariaDB window, complete these steps:
   1. In the IP Address field, enter the IP address of MariaDB server that you want to monitor remotely. If the agent is installed on a server to be monitored, retain the default value.
   2. In the JDBC user name field, enter the name of a MariaDB server user. The default value is root.
   3. In the JDBC password field, type the password of a JDBC user.
   4. In the Confirm JDBC password field, type the password again.
   5. In the JDBC Jar File field, click Browse and locate the directory that contains the MariaDB connector Java™ file and select it.
   6. Click Next.
   7. In the JDBC port number field, specify the port number of the JDBC server.
      The default port number is 3306.
   8. From the Java trace level list, select a trace level for Java.
      The default value is Error.
   9. Click OK.
      The instance is displayed in the IBM Performance Management window.
4. Right-click the Monitoring Agent for MariaDB instance, and click Start.
   Remember: To configure the agent again, complete these steps in the IBM Performance Management window:

   1. Stop the agent instance that you want to configure.
   2. Right-click the Monitoring Agent for MariaDB instance, and click Reconfigure.
   3. Repeat steps 3 and 4.