Environment variables turn the self-describing capability
on or off at either the monitoring server, portal server, or the agent.
Purpose
The environment variables control the
main functionality of the self-describing capability, and are the
only parameters typical users modify. All other self-describing environment
variables are modified only at the direction of IBM® support.
Attention: This
topic is meant only to provide reference to the main self-describing
environment variables. For a complete list of self-describing environment
variables and complete details, see
"Environment variables" in the
IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation
and Setup Guide.
Parameters
Do not specify YES
or NO; instead, always specify Y or N.
Monitoring server parameters- KMS_SDA=Y |
N
- N disables the self-describing agent capability at the monitoring
server, whereas Y enables it. Disabling self-describing at the hub
monitoring server disables all self-describing capability.
- The default value is N for hub monitoring servers.
- The default value is Y for remote monitoring servers.
- TEMS_MANIFEST_PATH=file_loc
- The location where you want the monitoring server to store the
manifest and JAR files it collects from the self-describing agents.
The customer must create and set the correct permissions for any custom
or alternate directory specified. The directory is not created by
the monitoring server. This parameter must be set for the self-describing
capability to be enabled; normally it is set during component installation.
- TEMS_JAVA_BINPATH
- This variable locates the Java installation path within the z/OS® USS environment. It can be
dynamically superseded by a local configuration file each time the z/OS engine generates its USS shell
interface. For more information, see Configuring the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server
on z/OS.
Portal server parameters- TEPS_SDA=Y | N
- N disables the self-describing agent capability at the portal
server, whereas Y enables it.
- The default value is Y.
- TEPS_MANIFEST_PATH=file_loc
- Set by default to the location where the portal server writes
and stores retrieved product support JAR files. Normally this parameter
is set during component installation.
Agent parameters- TEMA_SDA=Y
| N
- N disables the self-describing agent capability at the agent,
whereas Y enables it. A value of N blocks the monitoring server from
retrieving any product support files from this agent and provides
you with control on a per agent basis without stopping the self-describing
agent feature on the monitoring server for other products.
- The default value is Y.