IBM Tivoli Interview Questions

 

Q1. What are the various Connector modes in TDI?

- Iterator

- Lookup Connector

- Addonly

- Update

- Delete

- Delta

- Server

Q2. How to disable port 3661 on windows server in ITM?

Log into the windows server as itmuser

Go to Startà Programsà IBM Tivoli Monitoringà Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services, to open ITM Agent Mangement console

Verify which all agents are installed as presented in the below screen ie Universal Agent /Monitoring Agent for Windows OS

Go to the directory C:IBMITMTMAITM6

Locate the following two files in this directory-

KNTENV à For Windows OS Agent

KUMENVà For Universal Agent ( This file will be present only if universal agent is installed on this server)

Open these files in wordpad and enter the below mentioned line at the end of file. KDC_FAMILIES=https:0

Open Registry Editor and expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINEàSOFTWAREàCnadleàKNTàVer610àPrimaryàEnvironment

On the Right-Hand Side window, right click on KDC_FAMILIES and click on modify.

On the value data filed enter the following value. https:0

 

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Q3. How to Checking process status by running the itnm_status command in ITNM?

On UNIX, operating systems, you can check the status of IBM Tivoli.

Netcool/OMNIbus, the Tivoli Integrated Portal, and Network Manager by using the itnm_status command.? steps.

To check the status of all Network Manager components on the current server:

Change to the $NCHOME/precision/bin directory.

Type the following command: itnm_status

This command displays the status of all the Network Manager components that are installed on the server.

Q4. How to Assign poller for MIB graphing in ITNM?

If you have defined additional pollers, and want to assign a poller to handle MIB graphing, edit the properties file.

You must have created the poller that you want to use for MIB graphing before you edit the file.

To assign a poller for MIB graphing:

Open the following file: $TIPHOME/profiles/TIPProfile/etc/tnm/tnm.properties.

Change the value of the tnm.graph.poller parameter from DEFAULT_POLLER to the name of the required poller.

Save and close the file

Q5. What are the phases of Discovery in ITNM?

Now that the discovery has started, can monitor the progress of the discovery on the Network Discovery Status page.

Use the status in the Discovery Phase field to determine how the discovery is running:

Until the first device is discovered, the discovery phase is Idle/Standby (0).

After the first device is discovered, the status changes to Discovering Network (1). As further devices are discovered, the count in the Processed IP Addresses field increases.

The discovery then runs through the following statuses:

-Downloading ARP (2)

-Downloading Connections (3)

-Correlating Connectivity (-1)

After the discovery is completed, the status reverts to Idle/Standby (0).

Q6. Name the various Other ITM Agents installed on unix/linux servers.

- ux Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS

- um Universal Agent - yn Monitoring Agent for WebSphere - ht Monitoring Agent for Web Servers - mq WebSphere MQ Monitoring Agent - mc WebSphere MQ Configuration Agent

Q7. What are the benefits of TADDM?

The benefits of TADDM are as follows:

TADDM provides the information about the current running application on the network.

TADDM helps in understanding the computing environment of your organization.

By TADDM we get to know which applications and services are deployed on the network.

TADDM can also discover the relationships between applications and services.

By the help of TADDM we can determine the network related problems.

By TADDM we can determine the compliance related problem.

Q8. Give the overview of TADDM Components.

Discovery Manager: The server running the TADDM discovery processes.

Administrative Console: It provides the server status, runtime and license information.

Discovery Client: A Java-based GUI on which we can configure and run discovery processes.

Domain Manager: A portal in the administrative console with which you can view all your configuration items and manage users.

Anchor Servers: These are required to run the discovery in firewall zones.

Windows Gateway Server: These are required to discover the windows systems.

Database(CMDB): The repository to store the information collected after discovery.

Q9. Write the command to split the ITM agents?

tacmd exportBundles -o SPD -t ux -e <full path of directory where to store the splitted image > -i <Full path to the directory where agent file after extracting>/unix

Q10. Write the command to export situation in ITM?

tacmd viewSit -s N_IGIS_Missing_MQService -e N_IGIS_Missing_MQService

Q11. Give the brief overview of CMDB?

It is a data store or logical collection of data that contains all the information about IT assets.

It maintains the relationship between these assets, CIs and their changes.

It can become the reliable and accurate source of information if managed properly.

The major difference between the CMDB and any other data repository is of making the relationship between the Configuration Items.

Q12. State the hardware requirements to install TADDM?

Discovery Server

2 to 4 CPUs with a minimum processor speed of 2Ghz per processor.

2. 4 to 8 GB of memory

3. 100 GB disk space

Anchor Server

2 CPUs with a minimum processor speed of 1 GHz.

2 GB Memory.

5 GB disk space.

 Windows Gateway

2 CPUs with minimum processor speed of 1Ghz per processor.

2 GB Memory.

2 GB disk space

Q13. State the OS requirements to install TADDM?

AIX 5.2, Fix Pack 7 or later, or 5.3(current release).

Red Hat Linux Advanced Server version 4 or 5(32 or 64 bit).

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 or 10(32 or 64 bit).

Sun Solaris SPARC version 9 or 10.

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter, Enterprise, or Standard, SP2 or greater (32 or 64 bit).

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for System, version 9.0 patch level 3 or version 10.0.

Q14. State the Database Requirements to install TADDM?

 IBM DB2 v9.1, Fix Pack 2

AIX(64 bit)

Solaris SPARC(64 bit)

Linux on System(64 bit)

Linux x86 (32 or 64 bit).

Windows (32 or 64 bit) operating systems.

Q15. How to Checking process status by running the itnm_status command in ITNM?

On UNIX operating systems, you can check the status of IBM Tivoli

Netcool/OMNIbus, the Tivoli Integrated Portal, and Network Manager by using the itnm_status command.? steps.

To check the status of all Network Manager components on the current server:

Change to the $NCHOME/precision/bin directory.

Type the following command: itnm_status

This command displays the status of all the Network Manager components that are installed on the server.

Q16. What are Domain-specific configuration files in ITNM?

Although in practice there are some files that you are unlikely to need to alter, in principle all of the following types of files can be made domain-specific:

Configuration files, that is, all files ending in .cfg

Discovery agent files, that is, all files ending in .agnt

Active Object Class files, that is, all files ending in .aoc

Text-based stitcher files, that is, all files in a stitchers directory ending in .stch

Q17. How to Assign poller for MIB graphing in ITNM?

If you have defined additional pollers, and want to assign a poller to handle MIB graphing, edit the properties file. You must have created the poller that you want to use for MIB graphing before you edit the file.

To assign a poller for MIB graphing:

Open the following file: $TIPHOME/profiles/TIPProfile/etc/tnm/ tnm.properties.

Change the value of the tnm.graph.poller parameter from DEFAULT_POLLER to the name of the required poller.

Save and close the file

Q18. What are the phases of Discovery in ITNM?

Until the first device is discovered, the discovery phase is Idle/Standby (0).

After the first device is discovered, the status changes to Discovering Network

The discovery then runs through the following statuses:

Downloading ARP (2)

Downloading Connections (3)

Correlating Connectivity (-1)

After the discovery is completed, the status reverts to Idle/Standby (0).

Q19. Write the steps to start TBSM?

.Stop ngf service

update alerts.status set RAD_FilterIDList = '', RAD_ServiceName='', RAD_IsIntermediateFunction=0, RAD_FunctionType=''

delete from service_deps table in Omnibus

start 104 ngf service first and then start

106 ngf service