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Blue Medora Agent for IBM Tivoli Directory Server allows customers to optimize their existing IBM Tivoli Monitoring (ITM) infrastructure to provide deep monitoring and management capabilities for enterprise directory server infrastructures based on IBM Tivoli Directory Server (ITDS). This results in less complexity, more uniform operations management, and a significant reduction in cost due to the elimination of redundant infrastructure and multiple platform-specific tools.

Features and Benefits

Key features of Blue Medora Agent for IBM Tivoli Directory Server include:

  • ITDS Dashboard Status – A one-stop shop based on Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP) that allows administrators to easily determine the overall health and status of ITDS ibmslapd server instances.

  • Availability Monitor – Real-time detection of ITDS availability via:

    • Process monitoring of key ibmslapd server processes. 

    • LDAP queries to discover the directory server’s ability to respond.

    • Configuration mode detection.

  • Configuration Monitor – Key configuration information gathered from a monitored ITDS ibmslapd server instance.

  • Statistical Monitors – Collection and reporting of over one hundred attributes indicating the current status of the directory server in terms of connections, transactions, types of LDAP operations performed, and more.

  • Logs Monitor – Detection and reporting of critical errors found in the ITDS server logs.

  • Take-Actions – Seven ITM Take-Actions that allow administrators to manage their ITDS environments via remote stop/start/restart of ITDS ibmslapd server and administrator processes, as well as to execute “runstats” focused on tuning and optimizing ITDS back-end databases.

  • Situations – Forty ITM Situations that allow administrators to quickly and efficiently isolate impending or existing critical errors in their ITDS environment, along with expert advice based on industry best practices about how to remedy the problem.

Screenshot: IBM Tivoli Directory Server Agent as viewed in the ITM Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP)

ITDS Agent as viewed ITM TEPS

Blue Medora Agent for IBM Tivoli Directory Server has been designed from the ground up to look, feel, and operate like existing IBM-developed ITM agents in terms of ITM remote deployment, manageability via ITM command-line utilities, and installation and configuration.  


Blue Medora Agent for IBM Tivoli Directory Server:

  • Takes advantage of ITM's Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP) visualization capabilities to include best practices, expert advice, customized workspaces, and historical data gathering.

  • Integrates with Tivoli Data Warehouse (TDW) to provide ITDS-focused historical data collection (HDC) and analysis.

  • Provides the ability to send application-specific events to Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC) and Netcool OMNIbus for advanced correlation and automation.

  • Is validated by IBM as Ready for IBM Tivoli.

Requirements

Versions of IBM Tivoli Directory Server Supported

IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.1
IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.2

Versions of IBM Tivoli Monitoring Supported

IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2
IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.1
IBM Tivoli Monitoring V.6.2.2

Operating System Support

AIX 5.3 (64 bit)
AIX 6.1 (64 bit)
Solaris V9 (SPARC) (32/64 bit)
Solaris V10 (SPARC) (64 bit)
Solaris V10 (x86-64) on AMD Opteron
HP-UX 11.23 and 11.31 on Itanium2
Windows 2003 Server SE (32 bit) with Service Pack1 or higher
Windows 2003 Server EE (32 bit) with Service Pack 1 or higher
Windows 2003 Server (64 bit) with Service Pack 1 or higher
Windows 2003 Server EE (64 bit)
Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Windows Server 2008 SE (32 bit)
Windows Server 2008 EE (32 bit)
Windows Server 2008 SE (64 bit)
Windows Server 2008 EE (64 bit)
Windows Server 2008 Data Center
Windows Server 2008 Data Center (64 bit)
Red Hat Enterprise and Desktop Linux 4 for Intel
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for AMD64/EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 for pSeries
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 for z/Series 31-bit
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 for z/Series 64-bit
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for AMD64/EM64T
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for pSeries
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 for z/Series 31-bit
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 for z/Series 64-bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for Intel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for zSeries 31-bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for zSeries 64-bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 for pSeries
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for Intel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for zSeries 31-bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for zSeries 64-bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for pSeries
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for Intel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for zSeries 31-bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for zSeries 64-bit
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 for pSeries

Requirement for pre-existing IBM Tivoli Monitoring agent

Blue Medora ITM Agents requires an pre-existing IBM published agent be installed prior to Blue Medora ITM Agent installation.  The Blue Medora Agent for Tivoli Directory Server does not ship IBM specific Java™,  IBM GSkit, or the IBM Tivoli Monitoring runtime libraries. Installing an IBM-provided agent (normally an OS agent) installs these elements.

Licensing Details

The Blue Medora Agent for IBM Tivoli Directory Server is a Blue Medora Category D Middleware Agent.  Please refer to the How to Buy page for pricing details of Blue Medora Category D middleware agents. 

Ready for Tivoli Validation

  Is the product Ready for Tivoli validated?   Yes    

Ready for IBM Linux Systems

  Is the product Ready for IBM Systems with Linux validated?   Yes    

Product Screenshots
Video Demonstration

Tivoli Directory Server - Demo

Tivoli Common Reporting - Report Package

Tivoli Common Reporting report package available?  Yes 

 

Blue Medora Agent for IBM Tivoli Directory Server TCR Report Package includes a set of historical reports, reporting against summarized data collected in the Tivoli Data Warehouse of IBM Tivoli Monitoring. The reports are designed to run against the Blue Medora Agent for IBM Tivoli Directory Server v6.2.0.

Example IBM Tivoli Directory Server TCR reports can be viewed here:

IBM Tivoli Directory Server Availability - Daily Detailed

IBM Tivoli Directory Server Availability - Weekly Detailed

IBM Tivoli Directory Server Availability -  Year to Date Overview

Blue Medora Agent for IBM Tivoli Directory Server TCR report package is available free of charge to any customer who has purchased Blue Medora Agent for IBM Tivoli Directory Server.