IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3

Requirements for the monitoring agent

In addition to the requirements described in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation and Setup Guide, the Monitoring Agent for IBM i OS has the requirements listed in Table 1.

Table 1. System requirements
Operating system	IBM i OS
Operating system versions	IBM i 5.4 IBM i 6.1 IBM i 7.1
Disk space	100 MB disk space for the monitoring agent Historical data disk space: see Disk capacity planning for historical data
Other requirements	IBM® Tivoli Monitoring v6.2.2 agents require at least a v6.2.2 hub monitoring server and portal server. IBM Tivoli Monitoring v6.2.1 hub monitoring servers and portal servers do not support v6.2.2 monitoring agents. IBM Tivoli Monitoring v6.2.1 monitoring agents work with both v6.2.1 and v6.2.2 environments. TCP/IP Communication Utilities IBM i Option 12, Host Servers, and Option 30, QShell must be installed

Note: For the most current information about the operating systems that are supported, see the following URL: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/prodguid/v1r0/clarity/index.html.

When you get to that site, click on the relevant link in the Operating system reports section.

Note that the IOA Cache Battery function requires specific IBM i PTFs to be installed. Table 2 lists the PTFs required for each release.

Table 2. PTFs required for each IBM i release
IBM i release	PTFs
V5R4M0	5722SS1 SI41535, 5722999 MF50979
V5R4M5	5722SS1 SI41535, 5722999 MF51609
V6R1M0	5761SS1 SI41679, 5761999 MF51621
V6R1M1	5761SS1 SI41679, 5761999 MF51622
V7R1M0	5770SS1 SI41680, 5770999 MF51664

Feedback