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Configure the System Monitor Agents on Windows
Environmental configuration for the autonomous OS agents is unchanged on Windows: Configuration parameters are contained in the agent's ENV file in the InstDir\tmaitm6 directory, where InstDir is your installation directory. By directly editing this file, you can modify existing variables within that file or append additional environment variables.
User-defined local configuration files
These configuration files are stored in a separate local configuration directory, InstDir\localconfig\pc, where pc is the agent's two-character product code. This segregation simplifies agent configuration through the use of flat files. It also segregates your user configurations, which preserves them during agent upgrade. They also allow redistribution of a configured agent to other systems while ensure their configurations remain identical.
To modify the default location of the operational configuration files, perform the following steps:
- Edit the agent's ENV file (for example, KNTENV for the Windows OS agent).
- Add or modify the IRA_LOCALCONFIG_DIR parameter to specify a different local configuration directory location.
After you have modified the ENV file and saved it, recycle the agent to implement your updated configuration.
On Windows, there are new CLI commands to start and stop an agent:
%CANDLE_HOME%\InstallITM\itmcmd.cmd agent start nt %CANDLE_HOME%\InstallITM\itmcmd.cmd agent stop nt
Private situation configuration files
If a correctly named private situation configuration file is present in the System Monitor Agent's local configuration directory when the agent is started, the agent will run the private situations that the file defines. The file must be named pc_situations.xml, where pc is the agent's two-character product code.
You can use the IRA_PRIVATE_SITUATION_CONFIG parameter to specify a different file name or location. This variable is resolved relative to the IRA_LOCALCONFIG_DIR, or you can specify a fully qualified file name.
For more information about the private situation configuration files, see the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Administrator's Guide.
SNMP trap configuration files
If a correctly named trap configuration file is present in the System Monitor Agent's local configuration directory when the agent is started, the agent will emit the SNMP alerts that the file defines. The file must be named pc_trapcnfg.xml, where pc is the agent's two-character product code.
You can use the IRA_EVENT_EXPORT_SNMP_TRAP_CONFIG parameter to specify a different file name or location. This variable is resolved relative to the IRA_LOCALCONFIG_DIR, or you can specify a fully qualified file name.
For more information about SNMP trap configuration files, see the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Administrator's Guide.
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Install the System Monitor Agent on Windows systems