IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Network Performance V2.1 : the mainframe network management solution / [Budi Darmawan ... et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Darmawan, Budi.

International Business Machines Corporation. International Technical Support Organization.

Series:

IBM redbooks.

IBM redbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

TCP/IP (Computer network protocol).

IBM Tivoli Monitoring.

Physical Description:

xiv, 282 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Tivoli Monitoring for Network Performance V2.1

Mainframe network management solution

Place of Publication:

[S.l.] : IBM, International Technical Support Organization, 2004.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This IBM Redbooks publication explains the new IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Network Performance Version 2.1. This version of IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Network Performance provides a complete redesign of the z/OS TCP/IP management tools that is started by the NetView Performance Monitor for TCP/IP. IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Network Performance provides a comprehensive TCP/IP stack monitoring for z/OS. It collects performance metrics from the z/OS Communication Servers system management interface, measuring response time and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Management Information Base (MIB) variable collection. IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Network Performance uses strategic IBM software platforms such as WebSphere Application Server as the Web application platform and DB2 Universal Database as the central repository. This book starts with exploring on the architecture of IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Network Performance and its components. We also discuss various implementation scenario and evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of each scenario. Implementation planning and consideration is presented and lastly operational consideration is explained.

Contents:

Front cover

Contents

Notices

Trademarks

Preface

The team that wrote this redbook

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Chapter 1. Introduction to network performance monitoring

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The automation blueprint

1.3 IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Network Performance

1.4 Redbook environment and scope

1.5 Document organization

Chapter 2. Components and architecture

2.1 Components and functions

2.2 Web application

2.2.1 Web application structure

2.2.2 Web application user interface functions

2.2.3 Role-based security

2.2.4 Problem determination for Web application

2.3 Monitor functions

2.3.1 Process structure of the monitor

2.3.2 Files used by the monitor

2.3.3 Performance data sources

2.3.4 Setting options

2.3.5 Problem determination for the monitor

2.4 Communication and security

2.4.1 User authentication mechanism

2.4.2 Communication port usage

2.4.3 Certificates and authentication with SSL

2.4.4 Transport between DB2 and monitor

2.5 Database structure

2.5.1 Configuration tables

2.5.2 Measurement tables

Chapter 3. Implementation scenarios

3.1 Implementation components

3.2 Implementation scenarios

3.2.1 Distributed servers environment

3.2.2 Pure z/OS environment

3.3 Scenario comparison

3.3.1 Distributed consideration

3.3.2 z/OS only consideration

3.3.3 Summary

3.4 Scenario implementation roadmap

3.5 User operation and roles

Chapter 4. AIX Web application implementation

4.1 Web application on AIX overview

4.2 Preparing for the installation

4.2.1 File system space

4.2.2 Setting up the Java Messaging Service

4.2.3 User authority

4.2.4 Enabling DB2 password encryption

4.2.5 WebSphere access to DB2

4.3 Web application implementation

4.3.1 Implementation steps overview.

4.3.2 Web application installation details

4.3.3 Setting up LDAP in z/OS

4.3.4 Configuring WebSphere Application Server for LDAP on z/OS

4.3.5 Verification of the distributed implementation

4.4 Some problems and their solutions

4.4.1 Problem with console users

4.4.2 LDAP user ID character constraint

4.4.3 Uninstallation from admin console

4.4.4 Set up the X-windows DISPLAY properties to enable graphics

4.4.5 LTPA key generation problem

4.4.6 Problem with SSL

4.5 Start and stop procedures

4.6 Backup and recovery

4.6.1 File system backup

4.6.2 DB2 database backup

4.6.3 DB2 database restore

4.6.4 File system restore

Chapter 5. Mainframe Web application implementation

5.1 Scenario overview

5.2 Preparing for the implementation

5.2.1 Preparing HFS files

5.2.2 Preparing DB2

5.2.3 Graphic package

5.2.4 Preparing WebSphere Application Server

5.3 Web application implementation

5.3.1 Installation procedure overview

5.3.2 Verification

5.4 Start and stop procedures

5.4.1 Start up the Web application

5.4.2 Shut down the Web application

5.5 Backup and recovery

5.5.1 Backup and restore of file systems

5.5.2 Backup and restore of DB2 database

Chapter 6. Monitor implementation and operation

6.1 Monitor installation process

6.1.1 Before the installation

6.1.2 Preparing the system

6.1.3 Parameters for itmnp.properties

6.2 Some problems and their solutions

6.2.1 Missing Tivoli common directory

6.2.2 Setting APF authorized attribute

6.3 Start and stop procedures

6.4 Sample monitor configuration

6.5 Monitoring best practices

6.5.1 Monitored metrics

6.5.2 Monitoring configuration design

6.5.3 Monitoring information

6.5.4 Monitoring storage usage

6.5.5 Monitoring network interfaces

Chapter 7. Discovery and alert interfaces.

7.1 NetView Integrated TCP/IP services component

7.1.1 Concepts

7.1.2 Configure NetView Integrated TCP/IP Services Component

7.1.3 Verification

7.2 Event integration with IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console

7.2.1 Customizing TEC rulebase

7.2.2 Configuring event forwarding

7.2.3 Sample event automation program

7.3 Event integration with IBM Tivoli NetView for z/OS

7.3.1 Setting up Event Automation Service

7.3.2 Defining threshold and event generation

7.3.3 Automating NetView alert

Chapter 8. Historical reporting

8.1 Tivoli Data Warehouse overview

8.2 Tivoli Data Warehouse setup

8.2.1 Installation for distributed data source

8.2.2 Installation for mainframe data source

8.3 Installation of the Warehouse Enablement Pack

8.3.1 Back up TWH databases

8.3.2 Warehouse Enablement Pack installation

8.4 ETL processing

8.4.1 ETL overview

8.4.2 Testing, scheduling, and promoting the ETLs

8.5 Sample reports

8.5.1 Configuring Crystal Enterprise

8.5.2 Available reports

8.5.3 Accessing the Crystal ePortfolio

Appendix A. ITMNP configuration files and test programs

AIX itmnp.properties

z/OS itmnp.properties

Sample server TSO REXX program

Sample object REXX client program

Appendix B. z/OS LDAP SDBM back end configuration files

z/OS LDAP setup configuration file: ldap.profile

z/OS LDAP configuration file: SLAPDCNF

z/OS LDAP started procedure: LDAPSRV

Appendix C. Tips collection

WebSphere Application Server Version 5

Administration

J2EE based application

Startup and shutdown procedure

DB2 Universal Database Version 8

Relational database system

DB2 on z/OS systems

DB2 on AIX or Window systems

Differences between z/OS and distributed DB2 processing

Important tables

z/OS Communication Server TCP/IP

IBM Tivoli NetView for z/OS Version 5.

Alerts structure

Automation support

Event automation service

IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console Version 3.9

IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console structure

IBM Tivoli Data Warehouse Version 1.2

Data warehouse concepts

Warehouse enablement pack

Appendix D. Underlying technology

Light-weight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP)

eXtensible Markup Language (XML)

Microsoft Excel for browsing XML files

Certificates and encryption

Secret Key Cryptography

Public Key Cryptography

Refinements on cryptographic techniques

Secure Sockets Layer protocol

The Record Layer

The communication protocols

Abbreviations and acronyms

Related publications

IBM Redbooks

Other publications

Online resources

How to get IBM Redbooks

Help from IBM

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

"October 2004."

"SG24-6360-00."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

137342161