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4. Change to the directory returned by the previous step:

cd $CANDLEHOME

5. Run the following command to ensure that you are in the correct directory:

pwd

6. Run the following commands:

chgrp -R itmusers .

chmod -R o-rwx .

7. Run the following command to change the ownership of additional agent files:

bin/SetPerm

8. If you want to run the agent as a particular user, add the user to the itmusers

group. To do this, edit the /etc/group file and ensure that the user is in the list

of users for the itmusers group.

For example, if you want to run the agent as user test1, ensure that the

following line is in the /etc/group file:

itmusers:x:504:test1

9. Run the su command to switch to the user that you want to run the agent as or

log in as that user.

Starting the monitoring agents

You can either start all agents running on a computer or start individual agents by

using the product codes. To start all monitoring agents, run the following

command:

./itmcmd agent start all

To start specific agents, run the following command:

./itmcmd agent start pc pc pc

where pc is the product code for the agent that you want to start.

3.2.5 Installing the Tivoli Enterprise Portal desktop client

There are two methods of deploying the desktop client. You can install the

desktop client from the installation media and run and maintain it on the local

system. You can also use IBM Web Start for Java to download and run the

desktop client from the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server.

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This section describes how to install the desktop client from the installation

media on Windows and Linux computers. When you install the desktop client

from the installation media, you must also install support for all the applications

that you will be using.

Installing the desktop client on Windows

Complete the following steps to install the Tivoli Enterprise Portal desktop client

from the IBM Tivoli Monitoring installation media for Windows:

1. On the computer where you want to install the desktop client, start the

installation wizard by launching the setup.exe file in the \WINDOWS

subdirectory on the installation media.

2. Click Next on the Welcome window.

3. In the Install Prerequisites window, read the information about the required

levels of IBM Global Security Toolkit (GSKit) and IBM Java.

4. Click Next. The prerequisite software is installed if necessary.

5. Read and accept the software license agreement by clicking Accept.

6. Specify the directory where you want to install the portal desktop client

software and accompanying files. The default location is C:\IBM\ITM. Click

Next.

7. Type an encryption key to use. This key should be the same as what was

used during the installation of the hub monitoring server to which the client

will connect. Click Next and then OK to confirm the encryption key.

8. In the Select Features window, select Tivoli Enterprise Portal Desktop

Client from the list of components to install.

When you select the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Desktop Client check box, all of

the check boxes in the attached subtree are automatically selected. The

support check boxes in the subtree are for installing application support files

for base monitoring agents to the portal desktop client. (The base monitoring

agents are included with the base IBM Tivoli Monitoring installation package.)

It is best to leave all of the support check boxes selected so you do not need

to re-configure application support as new agent types are added to your

environment.

Note: If you have another IBM Tivoli Monitoring component already

installed on this computer, select Modify on the Welcome window to

indicate that you are updating an existing installation. Click OK on the

message telling you about preselected items. Then skip to Step 8.