Configuring Sybase Server monitoring

The Sybase agent offers a central point of management for distributed databases. It collects the required information for database and system administrators to examine the performance of the Sybase server system, detect problems early and prevent them. Database and system administrators can set the required threshold levels and flags to trigger alerts when the system reaches these thresholds.
You must configure the Monitoring Agent for Sybase Server to monitor Sybase server.

Before you begin

Review the hardware and software prerequisites. For the up-to-date system requirement information, see the Software Product Compatibility Reports (SPCR) for the Sybase agent.

About this task

The directions here are for the most current release of this agent. For information about how to check the version of an agent in your environment, see Agent version command. For detailed information about the agent version list and what's new for each version, see Change history.

The Sybase agent is a multiple instance agent, you must configure and start each agent instance manually.

Procedure

  1. Configure the monitoring agent.
  2. Start and stop the monitoring agent by using agent command sybase-agent.

    For more information about the sybase-agent, see Using agent commands in https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSHLNR_8.1.4/com.ibm.pm.doc/welcome.htm.

  3. Connect the monitoring agent to the Performance Management server by using the command agent2server.

    For more information about the agent2server, see Using agent commands in https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSHLNR_8.1.4/com.ibm.pm.doc/welcome.htm.