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Setting up the Server for Event Monitoring by the Knowledge Module 6-1
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Setting up the Server for Event
Monitoring by the Knowledge Module6
This chapter provides step-by-step instructions on how to install the
PATROL DB-Admin Knowledge Module
™
(KM) and enable PATROL
®
Agents to receive events for Unix hosts and Windows NT servers. Once
you have enabled PATROL Agents
™
from each of your servers, you can
monitor services, jobs and job groups across your entire network
enterprise with the PATROL DB-Admin KM
™
.
Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
How Jobs Are Monitored. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Installation and Configuration Procedural Overview. . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Installing the PATROL DB-Admin Knowledge Module . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Installing the PATROL DB-Admin KM (Unix Host) . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Configuring the PATROL Agent for PATROL DB-Admin Scheduling
(Unix Host) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Installing the PATROL DB-Admin KM (Windows NT Server) . 6-10
Enabling a PATROL Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Providing PATROL Agent Information on the pasetup Command
Line. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
Providing PATROL Agent Information to the pasetup Program . 6-13
Providing PATROL Agent Information using the Program GUI
(Windows NT Server). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-15
Checking Agent Information (pasetup.ini). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-16
Preventing Agent Time-outs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
