IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3

Configuring the Summarization and Pruning Agent on Linux or UNIX: command-line procedure

Complete the steps in this section to configure the Summarization and Pruning Agent from the command-line on Linux or UNIX.

Procedure

Log on to the computer where the Summarization and Pruning Agent is installed.
At the command-line change to the ITMinstall_dir/bin directory, where ITMinstall_dir is the directory where you installed the product.
Run the following command to start configuring the Summarization and Pruning Agent:
```
./itmcmd config -A sy
```
where sy is the product code for the Summarization and Pruning Agent.

Results

Here is a sample of Summarization and Pruning Agent configuration from the command-line. DB2® is the database used in this example, for the other supported database platforms the responses will be different:

itmcmd config -A sy 

Choose the database type
Database Type
    Database [ 1=DB2, 2=Oracle, 3=Microsoft SQL Server ] (default is: 1): 

Sources Details

Fully qualified paths to JDBC JAR files (comma separated)
    JDBC JARs List (default is: /data/jdbc/db2jcc.jar, /data/jdbc/db2jcc_license_cu.jar): 
The Warehouse JDBC URL
    JDBC URL (default is: jdbc:db2://localhost:50000/WAREHOUS): 
The Warehouse JDBC Driver
    JDBC Driver (default is: com.ibm.db2.jcc.DB2Driver): 
The Warehouse user
    Warehouse user (default is: itmuser): 
The Warehouse password
     Enter Warehouse password (default is: *):   
     Re-type : Warehouse password (default is: *):   

The TEPS hostname
     T EPS Server Host (default is: localhost): 
The TEPS port (default 1920)
      TEPS Server Port (default is: 1920): 

Scheduling Details:

If fixed scheduling is in use
     Fixed Schedule [ 1=No, 2=Yes ] (default is: 2): 
The number of days between runs (default is 1)
     Every N days (default is: 1): 
The fixed hour to run (valid values are 0-12, default is 2)
     Hour to run (default is: 02): 
The fixed minute to run (default is 0)
     Minute to run (default is: 00): 
AM or PM
      AM/PM [ 1=AM, 2=PM ] (default is: 1): 
Minutes between flexible runs
      Every N minutes (default is: 60): 
Exception times in HH:MM-HH:MM format (24 hour clock), comma separated when flexible 
scheduling shouldn't run
       Blackout (default is: ): 

Log Settings Details

Specify whether the WAREHOUSELOG table will be pruned. Format is nnn.unit where nnn is 
the number of units and unit is day, month or year. Specify blank to not prune the table.
      Prune WAREHOUSELOG (default is: ): 
Specify whether the WAREHOUSEAGGREGLOG table will be pruned. Format is nnn.unit where nnn is 
the number of units and unit is day, month or year. Specify blank to not prune the table.
      Prune WAREHOUSEAGGREGLOG (default is: ): 

Additional Settings Details

The number of worker threads to be used
      Number of worker threads (default is: 2): 
The maximum number of rows per transaction (effective size is this value divided by number 
of worker threads)
      Maximum rows per database transaction (default is: 1000): 
Which timezone to use when aggregating the data: agent or warehouse (default is agent)
       Use timezone offset from [ 1=Agent, 2=Warehouse ] (default is: 1): 
The minimum age for hourly data to be aggregated (default is 1)
       Aggregate hourly data older than (default is: 1): 
The minimum age for daily data to be aggregated (default is 0)
       Aggregate daily data older than (default is: 0): 
The number of errors to keep in memory (default is 10)
      Maximum number of node errors to display (default is: 10): 
The number of summarization runs to keep in memory (default is 10)
      Maximum number of Summarization and Pruning runs to display (default is: 10): 
The number of minutes to cache the database status (default is 10)
       Database Connectivity Cache Time (minutes) (default is: 10): 
The type of batching to be used (default is single system)
       Batch mode [ 1=Single System, 2=Multiple System ] (default is: 1): 
Enable database compression, if supported (default is no)
        Database compression [ 1=No, 2=Yes ] (default is: 1): 


Will this agent connect to a TEMS? [1=YES, 2=NO] (Default is: 1): 
        TEMS Host Name (Default is: itmtdwp18):

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