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The tasks of demonstrating the solution and its time estimate are shown in

Table A-2.

Table A-2 Solution demonstration tasks

Hardware and software requirements

Check the product manuals and release notes for the exact revisions. Here are a

few items to consider. The minimum configuration for the IBM Tivoli Monitoring

server are discussed in the following sections.

Server hardware requirements

򐂰 For best performance, processor speeds are recommended to be at least:

– 1 GHz for RISC architectures

– 2 GHz for Intel architectures

򐂰 Except for the Tivoli Data Warehouse, single processor systems are suitable

when an IBM Tivoli Monitoring infrastructure component is installed on a

separate computer from the other components.

򐂰 The disk and memory requirements for each IBM Tivoli Monitoring

component vary depending on the size of the environment, and the number of

agents in the environment. More details can be found in the IBM Tivoli

Monitoring Version 6.2.0 Installation and Setup Guide, GC32-9407.

򐂰 The disk requirements for the Tivoli Data Warehouse can be estimated using

the Tivoli Data Warehouse 2.1 Warehouse Load Projections spreadsheet,

which can be downloaded from the OPAL Web site at:

http://catalog.lotus.com/wps/portal/topal

Task Estimated time

(hours)

Set up hardware. 1 - 2

Install and configure Tivoli Monitoring Server Components. 2 - 3

Install and configure Tivoli Monitoring Server Agents. 1 - 2

Demonstrate Monitoring to client. 2

Total 6- 9

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Server software requirements

Certain IBM Tivoli Monitoring components are only supported on certain

platforms, as detailed in IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.2.0 Installation and

Setup Guide, GC32-9407. Some notable points are:

򐂰 For the Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems, the Microsoft

End User License Agreement (EULA) does not license these operating

systems to function as a server. Tivoli products that function as a server on

these operating systems are supported for demonstration purposes only.

򐂰 All IBM Tivoli Monitoring components are supported on Windows 2003 Server

EE/SE (32 bit) with Service Pack 1.

Required software for integration with Netcool/OMNIbus

The following products must be installed and configured before you install event

synchronization and configure event forwarding for Netcool/OMNIbus:

򐂰 Netcool/OMNIbus V7.x

򐂰 Netcool/OMNIbus V7.x probe for Tivoli EIF

Required software for integration with Tivoli Enterprise

Console

The following products must be installed and configured before you install event

synchronization and configure event forwarding for Tivoli Enterprise Console:

򐂰 IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console 3.9 with Fix Pack 03

Database Server requirements

򐂰 The Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server (TEPS) requires either DB2 or MS SQL

and the portal server database must be located on the computer where the

portal server is installed.

– On AIX, Linux, or Windows:

• IBM DB2 UDB V8.1 with Fix Pack 10 or higher fix packs, V8.2 with Fix

Pack 3 or higher fix packs, and V9.1 and fix packs.

–On Windows:

• IBM DB2 UDB V8.1 with Fix Pack 10 or higher fix packs, V8.2 with Fix

Pack 3 or higher fix packs, and V9.1 and fix packs.

or

• MS SQL 2000 SP3

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򐂰 The Tivoli Data Warehouse requires either DB2, MS SQL, or Oracle:

– IBM DB2 UDB V8.1, Fix Pack 10 and higher fix packs, V8.2, Fix Pack 3

and higher fix packs, and V9.1 and fix packs on the following operating

systems:

• AIX 5L V5.3

• HP-UX 11i V3

• Solaris 10

• Windows 2003 Server

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 for Intel Red Hat Enterprise

Linux 4 for Intel

– MS SQL 2000 EE6 MS SQL 2005

– Oracle V9.2, 10g Release 1, and 10g Release 2 on the following operating

systems:

• AIX 5L V5.3

• HP-UX 11i V3

• Solaris 10

• Windows 2003 Server

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 and 10 for Intel

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for Intel

Client hardware requirements

The Tivoli Enterprise Portal (portal) Browser client and Desktop client require

JRE 1.5. The portal browser client requires Microsoft Internet Explorer V6.0 or

later with all critical updates.

Monitoring agents available for deployment

The agents available for deployment in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring suite are:

򐂰 IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Messaging and Collaboration monitors the status of

Microsoft Exchange and Lotus® Domino® servers, identifies server and

system problems in real time, notifies administrators, and takes automated

actions to resolve server problems.

򐂰 IBM Tivoli Monitoring Active Directory® Option provides a central point of

management for your Microsoft Active Directory service, allowing early

problem detection and prevention. Multiple servers can be monitored from a

single console, and information is standardized across the system.