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Performance Toolbox Version 1.2 and 2 for AIX: Guide and Reference

Appendix A. Installing the Performance Toolbox for AIX

If you are installing Performance Toolbox for AIX, the distribution media contains two install images: one for the Agent component and one for the Manager component. If you are installing Performance Aide for AIX, the distribution media contains only the install image for the Agent component. In both cases, the install image for the Agent component contains two installable options: server and tools.

Prerequisites

Version 2 of Performance Toolbox for AIX runs only with AIX Version 4.1 or later. Attempts to install Version 2 on other levels of AIX may succeed but the product will not run correctly.

Ordering Information

These are the Performance Toolbox for AIX Version 2 feature codes:

Performance Toolbox Network feature
Performance Manager which allows monitoring of remote systems in a networked environment.
Performance Toolbox Local feature
Performance Manager which allows monitoring of the local system. If you have the Performance Toolbox Network feature listed above it contains this local feature.
Performance Aide for 4.1
Supplies AIX 4.1 data to either the Network or Local features listed above.
Performance Aide for 4.2
Supplies AIX 4.2 data to either the Network or Local features listed above.

Performance Aide for AIX (Performance Toolbox for AIX Agent)

The prerequisites for Version 2 for both Performance Aide for AIX and the Agent component of Performance Toolbox for AIX are the following:

Performance Toolbox for AIX Manager

The prerequisites for the Manager component of Performance Toolbox for AIX Version 2 are the following:

Installation

Before you install Performance Toolbox for AIX on a system, you must decide whether you will be using that system to monitor other systems or if it is simply a system you want to monitor.

Performance Aide for AIX (Performance Toolbox for AIX Agent)

To install the Performance Aide for AIX, use SMIT or the following command (if installing from tape, otherwise substitute the proper installation device for "/dev/rmt0.1"):

installp -avgIX -d /dev/rmt0.1 perfagent

Performance Toolbox for AIX (Agent and Manager components)

To install the Performance Toolbox for AIX (both Agent and Manager components), use SMIT or the following command (if installing from tape, otherwise substitute the proper installation device for "/dev/rmt0.1") as described here.

For the Performance Toolbox Network feature:

installp -avgIX -d /dev/rmt0.1 perfmgr.network

For the Performance Toolbox Local feature:

installp -avgIX -d /dev/rmt0.1 perfmgr.local
Note: If you use SMIT to install, make sure to request that prerequisite software be installed.

Installing Performance Toolbox for AIX on Systems Other Than IBM RS/6000 Hosts

The actual installation procedure varies between systems. Specific installation instructions are provided in a readme file included with the software.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites for installing an Agent component on a non-RS/6000 host are the following:

Installation

Once Performance Toolbox for AIX or Performance Aide for AIX is installed on a RS/6000, read the /usr/lpp/perfagent/README.perfagent file for further installation instructions.


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