IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions, Version 7.4.0.0

Creating and using managed system and distribution lists

You can create managed system lists and a distribution list to define which agents are monitoring a transaction.

You can assign a profile to a managed system or to a managed system list. A managed system is an operating system, application, or other entity that the product is monitoring and managing. A managed system list is a list of managed systems of the same type. You can see and select a managed system list when you distribute a profile, or assign managed systems to Navigator items in custom Navigator views.

For example, you might create a list of Linux managed systems for a particular geographic region named LINUX_LONDON, so that you can distribute profiles that are specific to that location. You can create new managed system lists and apply them to profile distribution lists. Managed system lists are stored at the hub Tivoli® Enterprise Monitoring Server, so any lists you create are available to all users signed on to the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server that connects to that hub.

The Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server and every IBM® Tivoli Monitoring product has at least one predefined managed system list. You cannot edit or delete a predefined managed system list. The predefined lists for ITCAM for Transactions are:
  • *EM_WRM (for Web Response Time)
  • *EM_ROBOT (Robotic Response Time)
  • *IBM_KTU (Transaction Tracking)

For more information about managed systems and managed system lists, see the IBM Tivoli Monitoring product documentation.

Before you begin

Make sure the user has View or Modify authority for Managed Systems Lists. See the IBM Tivoli Monitoring documentation for further details.

Procedure: Creating a managed system list

System lists are created for a specific monitoring agent. You cannot create a system list that covers all Response Time agents. Use the following steps to create a managed system list for a specific agent type:
  1. Access the Tivoli Enterprise Portal.
  2. Press Ctrl + G to open the Object Group Editor, or select Edit → Object Group Editor.
  3. In the Object Group Editor window, click the expansion icon next to the Managed system node to see the list of predefined groups.
  4. Highlight the monitoring agent for which you want to create a managed system list, for example, Web Response Time.

    To see a list of existing managed systems for the agent, click the expansion icon beside the agent type. The defined managed systems lists are displayed, similar to the following example:

    Example of the managed system list showing the default list created for the Client Response Time agent type.

  5. Create a new managed system list using any of the following options:
    • Click the Create New Group icon at the top of the list.
    • Right-click the highlighted agent type name and select Create New Group.
    • Right-click an existing group name under the agent type node, and select Create New Group from the list of available options.
  6. In the Create New Group window, type a descriptive name (without blank spaces) for the managed system list and click OK. For example, if you want a managed list for the Web Response Time systems in Austin, you could name it Web_Response_Time_Austin, but not Web Response Time Austin. The new managed system list is displayed in the managed system folder.
    Managed system list showing the new list
  7. In the right pane of the Object Group Editor, select a managed system from the Available Members list and click the left arrow button to add it to the Assigned Members list.
    Note: You can select multiple managed systems by holding down Ctrl while clicking each managed system. You can also, after selecting a managed system, use Shift+click to select all managed systems between this and the first selection.
  8. Click Apply to save your changes and continue using the Object Group Editor.
  9. When you are finished, click OK to close the Object Group Editor.

The managed system list is now available to all users who are signed on to the portal server that connects to this hub monitoring server.

Procedure: Selecting a managed system or a managed system list for a profile

Follow these steps to assign a profile to a managed system or a managed system list:
  1. To use a managed system list, ensure that it has already been created. (See Procedure: Creating a managed system list)
  2. Access the profile to which you want to assign a managed system or a managed system list. (See Defining profiles
  3. Click the Distribution tab. The software displays a list of available managed systems and managed system lists for the agent for which you are creating a profile.
  4. Select the managed systems or the managed system lists to which you want to distribute this profile. This places a copy of the profile on each of the systems on which you want to run monitoring. Use the left and right arrow buttons to move selected items between columns as needed.
    Note: You can select multiple managed systems by holding down Ctrl while clicking each managed system. You can also, after selecting a managed system, use Shift+click to select all managed systems between this and the first selection.
  5. Click Apply to save your changes and continue using the editor.
  6. When you are finished, click OK to close the editor.
The managed system list is now available to all users who are signed on to the portal server that connects to this hub monitoring server.
Note: If no managed systems are in the distribution tab, the profile is not distributed.

Follow-up or related tasks

You can edit an existing managed system list, create a new list from another list, or delete an existing list.
  1. Access the Tivoli Enterprise Portal.
  2. Hold Ctrl and G to bring up Object Group Editor. You can also select Edit → Object Group Editor.
  3. In the Object Group Editor window, click the expansion icon next to the Managed system node to see the list of predefined groups.
  4. Highlight the managed system list that you want to edit, create from or delete:
    1. Highlight the agent type.
    2. Select the list. Click expansion icon beside the agent.
    3. Select the desired managed system list.
      Managed system list showing the new list
  5. Do any of the following:
    • To edit the list: Click the list name, make changes as needed, and click Apply.
    • To create a new list from the existing list: Use either of the following options:
      • Click Create another managed system list icon at the top of the list.
      • Right-click an existing group name under the agent type node, and select Create Another Group from the list of available options.

      Follow the same process for creating a new managed system list.

    • To delete a managed system list: Click Remove Selected Group(s) and click Yes to confirm the request.


Last updated: September 2014