Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-03 Thread Marcy Cortes
@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] anyone running ILMT? We run it on all of our platforms and do manual scans everywhere since it provides more control than the scan groups. As far as z goes, we use Operations Manager to kick off a few scans at a time so as not to bog down the LPARs and we

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread Leland Lucius
We run it on all of our platforms and do manual scans everywhere since it provides more control than the scan groups. As far as z goes, we use Operations Manager to kick off a few scans at a time so as not to bog down the LPARs and we only do it monthly. The scripts also knows about which fil

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread Marcy Cortes
: [IBMVM] anyone running ILMT? I always hate it when someone answers my last question and blows off the first   :-) Scott Rohling On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:19 PM, Marcy Cortes wrote: Here is one answer: Q.  What is the rationale behind installing the agent into "/var"? Indications are

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread Scott Rohling
tem [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On > Behalf Of Alan Altmark > Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:06 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: [IBMVM] anyone running ILMT? > > On Tuesday, 08/02/2011 at 03:43 EDT, David Boyes > wrote: > > > however there are tw

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread Marcy Cortes
locations. Marcy -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:06 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] anyone running ILMT?

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread Marcy Cortes
Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Alan Altmark Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:06 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] anyone running ILMT? On Tuesday, 08/02/2011 at 03:43 EDT, David Boyes wrote: > > however there are two files that are > > pl

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread Marcy Cortes
/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Bob McCarthy Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 12:19 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] anyone running ILMT? When I installed ILMT, the old ILMT was not available for download. It was replaced by Tivoli Asset Disco

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread Alan Altmark
On Tuesday, 08/02/2011 at 03:43 EDT, David Boyes wrote: > > however there are two files that are > > placed in /etc (tlmagent.ini and tlmlog.properties). > > Ditto here -- c'mon, IBM. /etc/tlm, not just dumping them in /etc. The part of IBM that might react to that doesn't hang out here. If an

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread Michael MacIsaac
> > Ditto here -- c'mon, IBM. /etc/tlm, not just dumping them in /etc. > Or /etc/opt/ibm/tlm/ ??? >From the FHS 2.3: 3.7.4. /etc/opt : Configuration files for /opt 3.7.4.1. Purpose Host-specific configuration files for add-on application software packages must be installed within the directory

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread David Boyes
> however there are two files that are > placed in /etc (tlmagent.ini and tlmlog.properties). Ditto here -- c'mon, IBM. /etc/tlm, not just dumping them in /etc.

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread Bob McCarthy
trick Spinler Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 2:38 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: anyone running ILMT? On 8/2/11 10:36 AM, Marcy Cortes wrote: > Thanks Patrick and Bob! > > We also have a PMR open to clarify how to specify those parameters about processors. > Would you

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread David Boyes
> Yes, it does seem like very odd install location (/var!) and will probably > require us to add space to every server (grr). How can something that does > so little take so much! I'd apar that. There's no excuse for code in /var. Data maybe, but not code. C'mon IBM. There's conventions for th

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread Patrick Spinler
On 8/2/11 10:36 AM, Marcy Cortes wrote: > Thanks Patrick and Bob! > > We also have a PMR open to clarify how to specify those parameters about > processors. > Would you be kind enough to let me know what you hear back from IBM about this, please? > Yes, it does seem like very odd install locat

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread Marcy Cortes
] anyone running ILMT? Oh, one more thing. Since this product is yet another remotely accessible agent with root priv (YARAAWRP), I'm taking care to install it with a in-house generated SSL server cert, so that in theory at least, it'll only take commands from that specific central serve

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread Patrick Spinler
Oh, one more thing. Since this product is yet another remotely accessible agent with root priv (YARAAWRP), I'm taking care to install it with a in-house generated SSL server cert, so that in theory at least, it'll only take commands from that specific central server. -- Pat On 08/02/2011 09:44 A

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread Patrick Spinler
We're just deploying this now as well. A couple of things that I've noted in addition to the manual config you mention: *) The install docs _appear_ to claim that the agent needs to be configured with the number of processors (IFLs and CPs) in the CEC, not the LPAR. Seems really weird, and I'm a

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-02 Thread Bob McCarthy
, it requires a lot of manual setup. Bob -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU] On Behalf Of Marcy Cortes Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 7:44 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: anyone running ILMT? That'

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-01 Thread Marcy Cortes
nis L Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 4:28 PM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: [IBMVM] anyone running ILMT? >"Updating the number of processors on Linux390 >If the total number of processors or shared processors in your environment >changes, you need to update this information &g

Re: anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-01 Thread O'Brien, Dennis L
>"Updating the number of processors on Linux390 >If the total number of processors or shared processors in your environment >changes, you need to update this information >for all agents influenced by >this change. Otherwise, the system will display wrong information." >You also have to tell it w

anyone running ILMT?

2011-08-01 Thread Marcy Cortes
I'm a little afraid of this new agent :) It's supposed to monitor IBM licenses of SW. But apparently isn't smart enough to get what it needs out of /proc/sysinfo and you have to tell it how many IFLs you have and whether they are shared. And if you change the number of IFLs: "Updating the numbe