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Best Practice Resources for IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1

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Best Practice Resources for IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.1

Ben Stern – AA&BSM Solutions Enablement Best Practices

IBM Software Group | Tivoli software

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AgendaKey Web Resources

OPAL Solutions

Highlighted OPAL Solutions including Demos of:SitpadTauditScheduled MaintenanceMibUtility

OPAL Support Bundle

AA&BSM Technical Exchange Wiki

Universal Agent

Agent Builder


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Key ResourcesAA&BSM Solutions Enablement Best Practices:

http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/features/monitoring-best-practices/index.html

AA&BSM Partner Enablementhttp://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/partners/secure.jsp?tab=tech-rsrc&content=ABSMbestpractices

ITM 6.1 Forumhttp://www.ibm.com/developerworks/forums/dw_forum.jsp?forum=796&cat=15

AA&BSM Technical Exchange wiki:http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/wikis/homepage.action


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OPALOPAL offers downloadable product extensions, Best Practices papers, Tools, etc.Benefits include:

Sales CycleGives the Salesperson a “Yes machine”Shows the flexibility/extensibility of the productCompetes with similar libraries at HP, BMC, Microsoft

Deployment CycleWhitepapers and tools help customers deploy successfullyArticles reduce the number of support calls

Development CycleOPAL provides an alternate delivery mechanism, which allows more flexibility in delivering requirements to the field. This takes pressure off overfull releases

Business PartnersEncourages the growth of a Business Partner ecosystem around our products

– Once Partners have started developing solutions for the products, they will tend to sell them more

Brand LoyaltyConstant expansion of Tivoli catalog helps convince customers we are backing the products they bought

OPAL content delivered by IBM and Partners.IBM content is free


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OPALProduct Catalogs for:

Catalog for Monitoring: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/opal/tmCatalog for TEC: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/opal/tecCatalog for ITCAM: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/opal/tcamCatalog for Netview: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/opal/tnCatalog for CCMDB/TADDM: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/opal/tccmdCatalog for OMNIbus: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/opal/ncomnibusAnd more…

154 Monitoring Solutions available including:Monitoring solutions for many applications and hardware4 Reporting toolsSelf Monitoring (MOSWOS) solutions for ITM, TDW 2.1, TSM, ITIM, ITAM, and othersAutomated agent update tools

15 TEC Solutions17 ITCAM Solutions44 TADDM/CCMDB solutions28 OMNIbus solutionsAdditional Best Practices content available at Best Practices website: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/features/monitoring-best-practices/index.html

A&BSM Solutions Enablement Best Practices team is available to assist in closing sales opportunities by creating solutions to extend product capabilities. Contact them at [email protected]


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Subset of ITM 6.1 UA SolutionsApacheBlackberryCiscoData Power ApplianceDB2 Query PatrollerDB2 Health MonitorDB2 Diag Log MonitorDEC Tru64 UNIXDominoEMCFileNetHACMP (Cluster)HP (Servers/Storage)HPOV OperationsITM 6.1 Self Monitoring (MOSWOS)IBM Blade CenterIBM Director (Windows)IBM HTTP ServerIIS and Web Services MonitoringInformixJava – Log4j 1.2.6JMX JSR-174 AgentJMX JSR-77 AgentLPAR Monitoring via HMCMicrosoft Identify Integration ServerMicrosoft Live Communication ServerMicrosoft Message Queue

Microsoft Project ServerMicrosoft Terminal ServicesMOM IntegrationMySQLNetcool ASM Integration into ITMNetcool Composite App Mgr for J2EENetcool ISM Integration into ITMNetcool Messaging and CollaborationNetware (SNMP & API)OMNIbus self monitoring (MOSWOS)Oracle RACOracle Application ServerPostgreSQLSiebelSun Cluster and Veritas Cluster MonitoringTDW self monitoring (MOSWOS)Tivoli CDP (MOSWOS)Tivoli Directory ServerTivoli Identity Manager (MOSWOS)Tivoli Storage Mgr (MOSWOS)TomcatTuxedoWeb Services Reporting ToolsWSDM Data Collector


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Key Non-UA SolutionsMonitoring:

Web Services real-time/reporting tools including tauditSitpad (Situation status/debugging)Polpad (Policy status/debugging)Baroc file generator for the Universal AgentMibUtility for generating UAs from MIBsPaper on Clustering the TEMS/TEPSPerformance Analyzer Capacity Estimation Tool

ITCAM:ITCAM for WAS: Memory Leak AnalysisITCAM for WS/J2: App Performance Monitoring StrategyDiscovery Library for ITCAM for RTTITCAM Managing Server sizing paperBest Practices and samples for Robot scripts

TADDM/CCMDBTuning TADDM PerformanceManaging Relationships with Tivoli Config. Mgmt DBExtending TADDM w/Customer Sensor ScriptsDLA for z/OSDLA for TotalStorage Productivity CenterDLA for TSMIdentifying unmanaged systems and deploy ITM AgentsIdentifying under utilized servers

OMNIbusIntegration Module for Hatteras NetworksIntegration Module for Mazu Networks ProfilerIntegration Module for Foundry NetworksIntegration Module for Juniper Networks JUNOSIntegration Module for Avaya CommunicationsIntegration Module for AlterPointDeviceAuthority

TECTivoli and Netcool Event Flow IntegrationConfiguration of ITM and TEC Event SynchronizationTEC Integration with Service Desk AppsIPv6 Certification of TECBuild-to-Manage Toolkit for Java Instrumentation


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Partner Submitted SolutionsMonitoring:

Axibase – Topology VisualizationAxibase – Warehouse DesignerCA Technology – Agilence StoreVisioneVision IntegrationHyperformix –Capacity Mgmt SolutionPrimeur – Quick Reporter for ITMPromisec – Clientless Endpoint InspectiionSweda Canada – SwedaMart in-store POS solution

ITCAM:OC Systems – Response Time Instrumentation for Internet Explorer

TADDM/CCMDBSolidcore Systems – Solidcore S3 ControlBDNA Corp – BDNA Accelerator for CCMDBCambia Security – Cambia CM Integration with CCMDBInfrastructure Solutions – ISI-SnapshotOblicore – Oblicore Guarantee Certified Inspection of CCMDB

TECCalAmp Solutions – TelAlert Integration for TECRedwood Software – Cronacle; Reports Integrated with TECReliable Management Infrastructure – Reliable Monitoring for ClusterType80 Security Software – SMA_RT Security Agent for z/OSTeamQuest Corporation – TeamQuestPerformance Software Integration with TECNetScout Systems – nGenius Performance Manager Integration with TECNetScout Systems – nGenius AnalyticsIntegrien – Integrien Alive Common Base Event (CBE) Integration with TEC


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Highlighted OPAL SolutionsTaudit.js (part of Web Services real-time and scheduled reporting

Demo

Scheduled MaintenanceDemo

Sitpad (Web Services Situation Connectivity/Debugging Tool)Demo

MibUtility for SNMP UAsDemo


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Scheduled Maintenance


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Scheduled Maintenance


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OPAL Support Bundle…Coming SoonTivoli is working on an OPAL Support Bundle

Subset of OPAL Solutions will be offered as a Services contract

The following Solutions are proposed for initial support bundle• Netware (API / SNMP)• Script Socket Based Monitoring Solution for the IBM Informix Dynamic Server (IDS)• IBM Director integration• Sun Cluster and Veritas Cluster Monitoring Solution• IBM High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing (HACMP) for AIX Monitoring Solution using the ITM

6.1 Universal Agent• Windows Terminal Services Monitoring Solution using the ITM 6.1 Universal Agent• Oracle 10g Application Server Monitoring Agent• IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.1, Universal Agent solution to monitor Tuxedo Server 8.1


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AA&BSM Technical Exchange wiki


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Key Wiki TopicsITCAM including:

ITCAM for J2EE OperationsITCAM for WASITCAM for RTT (FAQ and Robot Scripts)

ITM topics including:Omegamon XE FAQITM Universal Agent FAQMibUtility FAQ

TADDM FAQ

Demo CD/DVD content including:ITM Demo DVDITCAM Demo DVDTBSM 4.1 Demo CD

Content may be submitted by anyone. You must login to submit content.


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Universal Agent - The Agent-less Monitoring SolutionThe “Yes” Agent

Customized by editing metafiles, doesn’t require programming skills

The heart and soul of Best Practices Team solutions and launch pad for rapid ISV development

UA provides multiple data providers (http, file, ODBC, post, script, SNMP, socket, API) for maximum flexibility on virtually any platform

File Data Provider adding Regular Expressions in ITM 6.2 release

Agent-less Monitoring

UA allows you to do agent-less monitoring to 100+ systems from a single instance of the agent

Remotely Connect to a wide variety of remote agents wherever they appear:

SNMP, ODBC, WMI

Distribute Multiple Instances to provide broad management and enhance totalscalability


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Eclipse Agent Builder – BETAStandard / Best Practice Data Sources

Availability Monitoring:

Process Monitoring

Windows Service Monitoring

Functionality Test

WMI

Windows Performance Monitor (Perfmon)

Windows Event Log

SNMP

Script

Windows/Unix/Linux

Log File

Data Manipulations

Joins

Min, Max, Average, Total, Standard Dev.

Expression Evaluations

Possible Enhancements:

JMX

CIM

WMI Reference/Association Groups

Best Practice Library contains

several Agents Built with the Agent Builder

Building Your Own Agent via the Agent Builder


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For More InformationTivoli User GroupsYou can get even more out of Tivoli software by participating in independently run Tivoli User Groups around the world; learn about online and in-person opportunities near you at www.tivoli-ug.org

Tivoli TrainingIBM offers technical training and education services to help you acquire, maintain and optimize your IT skills. For a complete Tivoli Course Catalog and Certification Exams visit www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/education

Tivoli ServicesWith IBM Software Services for Tivoli, you get the most knowledgeable experts on Tivoli technology to accelerate your implementation. For a complete list of Services Offerings visit www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/services

Tivoli SupportIBM Software Premium Support provides an extra layer of proactive support, skills sharing and problem management, personalized to your environment.Visit www.ibm.com/software/support/premium/ps_enterprise.html

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