Configuration attributes for IBM Tivoli agents and clients

Learn about required and optional configuration attributes and variables for the IBM® Tivoli® Monitoring agent, the IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager agent, the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client, and the IBM TotalStorage® Productivity Center agents.

In the following tables, the term attribute refers to an option that you can add to a Virtual I/O Server command. The term variable refers to an option that you can specify in a configuration file for Tivoli Storage Manager or Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager.

IBM Tivoli Monitoring

Table 1. Tivoli Monitoring configuration attributes
Attribute Description
HOSTNAME The host name or IP address of the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server (TEMS) server to which the monitoring agent sends data.
MANAGING_SYSTEM The host name or IP address of the Hardware Management Console (HMC) attached to the managed system on which the Virtual I/O Server with the monitoring agent is located. You can specify only one HMC per monitoring agent.

If you do not specify the MANAGING_SYSTEM attribute, the Virtual I/O Server uses the Resource Monitoring and Control (RMC) connection to obtain the host name of IP address of the HMC.

If the monitoring agent is running on the Integrated Virtualization Manager, then you do not need to specify the MANAGING_SYSTEM attribute.
RESTART_ON_REBOOT Determines whether the monitoring agent restarts whenever the Virtual I/O Server restarts. TRUE indicates that the monitoring agent restarts whenever the Virtual I/O Server restarts. FALSE indicates that the monitoring agent does not restart whenever the Virtual I/O Server restarts.

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager

Table 2. Tivoli Storage Manager configuration attributes
Attribute Description
SERVERNAME The host name of the Tivoli Storage Manager server to which the Tivoli Storage Manager client is associated.
SERVERIP The IP address or domain name of the Tivoli Storage Manager server to which the Tivoli Storage Manager client is associated.
NODENAME The name of the machine on which the Tivoli Storage Manager client is installed.

IBM Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager

Table 3. Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager configuration variables in the A_config.par file
Variable Description Possible values Default value
AACCT_TRANS_IDS Designates the AIX® advanced accounting record types included within the usage reports. 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, or 16 10
AACCT_ONLY Determines whether the Usage and Accounting Manager agent collects accounting data.
  • Y: Indicates that the Usage and Accounting Manager agent collects accounting data.
  • N: Indicates that the Usage and Accounting Manager agent does not collect accounting data.
 Y
ITUAM_SAMPLE Determines whether the Usage and Accounting Manager agent collects data about the storage file system.
  • Y: Indicates that the Usage and Accounting Manager agent collects data about the storage file system.
  • N: Indicates that the Usage and Accounting Manager agent does not collect data about the storage file system.
 N
Table 4. Tivoli Usage and Accounting Manager configuration attributes
Attribute Description
ACCT_DATA0 The size, in MB, of the first data file that holds daily accounting information.
ACCT_DATA1 The size, in MB, of the second data file that holds daily accounting information.
ISYSTEM The time, in minutes, when the agent generates system interval records.
IPROCESS The time, in minutes, when the system generates aggregate process records.

IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center attributes

Table 5. IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center configuration attributes
Attribute Description Required or optional
S Host name or IP address of the TotalStorage Productivity Center Server associated with the TotalStorage Productivity Center agent. Required
A Host name or IP address of the Agent Manager. Required
devAuth Password for authentication to the TotalStorage Productivity Center device server. Required
caPass Password for authentication to the command agent. Required
caPort Number that identifies the port for the common agent. The default is 9510. Optional
amRegPort Number that identifies the registration port for the Agent Manager. The default is 9511. Optional
amPubPort Number that identifies the public port for the Agent Manager. The default is 9513. Optional
dataPort Number that identifies the port for the TotalStorage Productivity Center Data server. The default is 9549. Optional
devPort Number that identifies the port of the TotalStorage Productivity Center Device server. The default is 9550. Optional
newCA The default is true. Optional
oldCA The default is false. Optional
daScan Runs a scan for the TPC_data agent after installation. The default is true. Optional
daScript Runs the script for the TPC_data agent after installation. The default is true. Optional
daIntsall Installs the TPC_data agent. The default is true. Optional
faInstall Installs the TPC_fabric agent. The default is true. Optional
U Uninstalls the TotalStorage Productivity Center agents. Possible values include:
  • all
  • data
  • fabric
 Optional