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.

In AIX Version 4.3, the Performance Aide for AIX tools component (perfagent.tools) is shipped as an optionally
installable component with the base operating system media. In AIX 4.3.2 and later, the tools component must be installed before proceeding with the Agent or Manager installations.

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 4.3: Supplies AIX 4.3 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:

AIX Version 4 or later
bos.net.tcp.client at level 4.1 or higher (required for server option)
bos.sysmgt.trace at level 4.1 or higher (required for tools option)

Performance Toolbox for AIX Manager

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

AIX Version 4 or later
X11.base.rte at level 4.1 or higher
X11.base.lib at level 4.1 or higher
X11.motif.lib at level 4.1 or higher
perfagent.server at level 2.1 or higher
perfmgr.common at level 2.2 or higher

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.

If you plan to monitor only the local system, you need to install the complete Performance Toolbox Local feature (both the Manager and Agent components).
If you plan to monitor local and remote systems, you need to install the complete Performance Toolbox Network feature (both the Manager and Agent components) on the system.
If you plan to use local performance tools or monitor this system only from another system and not use this system to monitor other systems, you need to install either:
- Performance Toolbox for AIX Agent component
- Performance Aide for AIX (which provides Agent components for non-RS/6000 computers).

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

For the AIX 4.3.2 and later releases, the Performance Aide server component has a prerequisite to the tools component. Since the tools component (perfagent.tools) resides on the base installation media, it must be installed before the server component (perfagent.server). The Agent installation can then be installed with the following command:

installp -avgIX -d /dev/rmt0.0 perfagent.server

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.

Before executing the Performance Toolbox Manager or Agent components, the Internet superserver must be updated. This is performed by executing the following command on each installed node:

refresh -s inetd

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:

Performance Toolbox for AIX or Performance Aide for AIX is properly installed on a RS/6000 computer.
TCP/IP network access (with root authority) to the non-RS/6000 host.
/usr/lpp/perfagent/README.perfagent

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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