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3.1.3 Configuring the CIM server
In the configuration examples later in this chapter, we configure an instance for
collecting operating system information using a CIM sever on AIX. Before we can
start configuring the instance and start monitoring, we need to collect some CIM
server related values and prepare the monitored instance to run a CM server.
The following steps are prerequisites for configuring a CIM server:
Start the CIM server and determine the port number used by the CIM server.
Add a user ID to the CIM server.
Add a CIM user authorization.
The following section describes the steps f ...