Starting the monitoring agent

Objective

To start the Monitoring Agent for IBM i OS.

Background information

When the Monitoring Agent for IBM i OS is started, you can use the associated CLI commands. The table shows the group profiles that are authorized to these commands by default when the Monitoring Agent for IBM i OS is first installed. A check mark in a column indicates that users associated with that group profile can use the command.

To determine which group profile a user is associated with, use the Display User Profile (DSPUSRPRF) command. The group profile to which the user is associated is listed in the group profile field. A user profile without *ALLOBJ authority can start and stop the Monitoring Agent for IBM i OS. As indicated in Table 1, QSYSOPR must be specified as either the group profile name or in the list of supplemental groups for the user profile configured to start or stop the Monitoring Agent.

Required authorization role

*USER or, in some cases, *JOBCTL special authority if authorities for QAUTOMON were changed after installation

You need authority to access the agent commands. By default, they all are *PUBLIC *EXCLUDE with some user group profiles given *USE authority as shown in Table 1. Use the GRTOBJAUT command to add authorization for other users.

Before you begin

Configure the monitoring agent as described in Configuring the monitoring agent.

When you finish

To determine if the monitoring agent is started, check the log file as described in Displaying the log. If the monitoring agent started successfully, the following message is written in the log file:

Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server located

Procedure

1. From an IBM i OS, enter the following command:

   GO OMA

2. Enter 2 (Start Tivoli® Monitoring: IBM i OS Agent).

   The greater than character (>) preceding option 2 indicates that the monitoring agent is not started. When the monitoring agent is started the greater than character (>) is not displayed.