Installation and Configuration Guide
This guide describes how to install and configure the components of ITCAM for Transactions on distributed Windows and UNIX systems.
- Planning your ITCAM for Transactions installation
Before installing ITCAM for Transactions, you must plan what you want to monitor, which components to use, and where to install these components in your unique environment. - Simplifying installation
To simplify installation, you can use self describing agents. - Installing Internet Service Monitoring
Internet Service Monitoring can be installed on AIX®, Linux, Solaris, UNIX, and Windows systems. - Configuring Internet Service Monitoring
Before you can use Internet Service Monitoring, it must be configured to work with IBM Tivoli Monitoring or IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus. - Installing Response Time
Administrators can install Response Time monitoring agents and related software. - Configuring Response Time and related software
Administrators can configure Response Time and related software to meet the specific requirements of their environment. - Installing Transaction Tracking
Transaction Tracking can be installed on UNIX, Windows, and z/OS® systems. - Configuring Transaction Tracking
Most configuration to integrate Transaction Tracking with the IBM Tivoli Monitoring environment occurs when you install Transaction Tracking. - Installing and configuring Transaction Tracking Data Collector plug-ins
The Data Collector plug-ins required are determined by the systems that you want to monitor in your environment. - Working remotely
IBM Tivoli Monitoring provides you with the ability to deploy resource monitoring across your environment from a central location, the monitoring server. You can use the remote deployment feature to deploy and configure monitoring agents, to deploy maintenance and upgrades to agents, and to start and stop agents. - Configuring the Eclipse help server
You must configure the Tivoli Enterprise Portal client's Eclipse help server after installation is complete. - Starting and stopping servers and agents
Start and stop IBM Tivoli Monitoring components and Tivoli Enterprise Management Agents using the Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services, or the command line. - Appendixes