Changing the monitoring server an agent connects to

A monitored environment with multiple Tivoli® Enterprise Monitoring Servers can have all or some of the agents connect to remote monitoring servers. You can change the monitoring server an agent connects to by reconfiguring it.

• Use the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services application on the computer system where the agent is installed. Right-click the monitoring agent, and click Reconfigure. Click OK in the first Agent Advanced Configuration window, then enter the Hostname or IP Address of the monitoring server you want to connect to. If the port you are using is different from the default 1918, enter the Port number.

  If the agent is installed on Linux or UNIX you can also use the itmcmd agent -A <product_code> command to reconfigure.

• Use the tacmd setAgentConnection command to remotely reconfigure the agent. See the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Command Reference for detailed information on this command.
• On IBM® Tivoli Monitoring V6.3 or later monitoring servers, use the IBM Tivoli Monitoring login daemon solution that is available on IBM Service Management Connect. The login daemon is a tool which handles monitoring agents coming online, then calls the following customer-provided scripts:

  Select TEMS

  This script returns an indication of what primary and secondary monitoring servers an agent should be reconfigured to connect to, if the agent connects to the wrong monitoring server.

  After Login

  This script can be used to perform setup or configuration of an agent after it has connected to its designated monitoring server. For example, this script can be used to add an agent to the managed system groups or scan the system where the agent is installed and remotely deploy additional agents as needed.

  For more information on the login daemon solution and whether or not it can be used in your environment, see TEMS login policies for agents or go directly to the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Wiki and search for "login policies". Note: This solution is only available through IBM Service Management Connect.