Starting Internet Service Monitoring on Linux or UNIX systems

To start Internet Service Monitoring on Linux or UNIX systems, follow these steps.

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To start the Databridge and the Internet service monitors, run the command:

$ISMHOME/bin/ism_startup.sh start

To start the Internet service monitoring agent, run the command:

/opt/IBM/ITM/bin/itmcmd agent start is

To start the Tivoli Enterprise Portal desktop client:

Run the command:
```
/opt/IBM/ITM/bin/itmcmd agent start cj
```
Enter your login ID and password, and then click OK.

Alternatively, to start the Tivoli Enterprise Portal browser client:

In the Address field in Internet Explorer, enter http://ip of Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server:1920. For example, http://192.168.60.22:1920.
In the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Service Index, select IBM Tivoli Enterprise Portal Web Client.
In the Warning - Security dialog box, click Yes to indicate that you trust the applet distributed by IBM®. If you do not trust the applet you will not be able to use the browser client.
Enter your user name and password and click OK.

The Internet Service Monitoring application is indicated in the toolbar of the Tivoli Enterprise Portal by the Internet Service Monitoring Configuration icon Internet Service Monitoring icon .

Note: When you start the user interface configuration, the Internet Service Monitoring Configuration Loading window is displayed. Closing this window while the interface configuration is still being loaded, does not stop the interface configuration from being launched. If you do want to stop using the configuration, wait until it is loaded.