April 2013 The leader in extending IBM Tivoli Monitoring ITM Agent Overview for IBM Tivoli Directory Server v71
Nov 18, 2014
April 2013 The leader in extending IBM Tivoli Monitoring
ITM Agent Overview for IBM Tivoli Directory Server v71
April 2013
Blue Medora’s Tivoli APM Focused Agents*Blue Medora Products sold only under
IBM License Agreement
IBM Products Developed and Supported by Blue Medora
ITCAM for Applications: PeopleSoft Enterprise 6.2.2, 7.1
ITCAM for Applications: Siebel CRM 6.2.4, 7.1
ITM for Virtual Servers: Citrix XenServer 6.2.3, 7.1, 7.2
ITM for Virtual Servers: Citrix XenApp 7.1, 7,2
Tivoli Certified ITM AgentsIBM® Tivoli® Directory Server ITM agent
Symantec® Endpoint Protection ITM agent
Files & Directories ITM agent
Ping Probe ITM agent
Remote SSL Certificates ITM agent
Amazon® Elastic Computer Cloud (EC2) ITM agent
Amazon® Simple Storage Service (S3) ITM agent
Citrix® License Server™ ITM agent (currently Beta)
Oracle VM (2H-2013)
SAP HANA Database (2H 2013)
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The ITDS Agent for ITM helps answer the following types of questions:
Are our ITDS Instances up?
What is the CPU, Memory, Disk, and Network utilization of the ITDS processes?
How many LDAP and LDAP/SSL Connections is an ITDS servicing?
Is there a problem with Replication between my ITDS instances?
Why is my ITDS running on Configuration mode?
Do we need to adjust the cache settings of the ITDS instance?
Can I easily generate reports to look at how our ITDS instances have been performing over
the last day, week, month, and year?
ITM Agent for ITDS – use cases
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ITM Agent for ITDS Agent HighlightsProvides deep IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) based monitoring and management of IBM Tivoli Directory Server (ITDS) environments
Provides visibility into ITDS Availability, Connections, Replication, Cache Hit Ratios, ITDS Logs, and other key ITDS metrics
When used in conjunction with ITM Operating System Agents provides industry leading visibility into ITDS based LDAP directory server environments from the directory server LDAP instances themselves down to the operating system health of the server
IBM CertifiedReady for IBM Tivoli
April 2013
What’s new with ITM Agent for ITDS v71?Support for ITDS v63
Supported with ITM v63 infrastructure including
Platform support additions for Red Hat 6, SLES 11, Windows 2008 R2, and AIX 7.1
Self Describing Agents (SDA)
ITDS Audit Log Start / Stop and Audit Log configuration & Stop Audit / Stop Audit Take-Actions
Cognos-Based TCR Report Bundle
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Major featuresITDS Dashboard Status – Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP)-based “one stop shop” that allows administrators to easily determine the overall health and status of ITDS LDAP directory instances
Comprehensive Availability Monitoring – Three distinct capabilities for monitoring ITDS availability
Is the Server responding to LDAP Queries (Yes/No)Process Availability of Critical ITDS related Operating System processesIs the ITDS Instance in Configuration Mode (ie, not responding to non-admin queries)
Situations – Over 40 ITDS specific ITM “Situations” that allow administrators to quickly and efficiently isolate impending or existing critical errors in their ITDS environment, along with expert advice based on industry best practices about how to remedy the problem
Take Actions – 7 ITM “Take-Actions” that facilitate remote management of ITDS instances
Secure Monitoring – Supports monitoring of ITDS instances using SSL connections
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Consistency with existing ITM infrastructureITM Agent for ITDS has been designed from the ground up to look, feel, and operate like IBM-
developed ITM agents in terms of ITM remote deployment, manageability via ITM command-line
utilities, installation and configuration
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1st Class Citizen of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring ecosystem• ITM Agent for ITDS
operates as first-class
citizens of the ITM
ecosystem
• Agent leverage ITM’s Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP) visualization capabilities to include best practices, expert advice, customized workspaces, and historical data gathering
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ITM Agent for IBM Tivoli Directory ServerGo beyond monitoring and get things done in your environment with a comprehensive set ITDS-specific Take-Actions
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ITM Agent for IBM Tivoli Directory Server“Expert Advice” based on Industry Best Practices for ITDS troubleshooting and diagnostics
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ITM Agent for IBM Tivoli Directory ServerDrill down into the specific errors or conditions in the ITDS logs that are affecting performance and availability
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TCR Reports for IBM Tivoli Directory ServerDaily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly
views of ITDS server availability
Based on data collected by ITM
and stored in the Tivoli Data
Warehouse
ITM Agent for ITDS report bundle
has been IBM Ready for Tivoli
certified
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Platform SupportIBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM)
ITM 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3
ITM 6.3.0
IBM Tivoli Directory ServerITDS v6.1
ITDS v6.2
ITDS v6.3
Operating systemsAll ITM supported (versions listed above) versions of SLES and RHEL on Intel, Power, zSeries Linux
All ITM supported (versions listed above) versions of Windows 2003, 2008, and 2012
All ITM supported (versions listed above) versions of AIX
All ITM supported (versions listed above) version of Solaris on SPARC and x86
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Questions?
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Backup
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ITDS Agent Dashboard
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Cache Usage and Hit Ratios
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LDAP Connections
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LDAP Operations
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Statistics Overview
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Bundled DB2 Details and ITDS Cache Details
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Agent Situations
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Replication Status
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Instance Configuration
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More Instance Configuration
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ITDS Logs
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ITDS Agent TCR Report – Daily Availability