If you choose not to take advantage of sending data with the Electronic
Service Agent™ over Extreme Support, you can still use the character-based
interface to transmit data.
PM iSeries™ asks
you a series of questions about the configuration and use of your servers.
The Configure PM eServer™ iSeries display asks you questions about
how you want your servers to send and receive PM iSeries performance
data. The first part of the process involves setting up your network. The
second part asks you how you want to transmit your data. When you use the
character-based interface, you can use a direct dial line to transmit data.
Follow
these steps to send data with SNA:
- Activate PM iSeries
You must start PM iSeries to
take advantage of its data collecting capabilities.
- Select which network configuration you want to use.
Determine
which network configuration you will use to transmit data. Choose how you
connect to IBM® by
using a direct dial line, an existing Internet Service Provider (ISP), or
a virtual private network (VPN). If you want to use ISP or VPN, you must configure
a Universal Connection.
If you decide to use the direct dial line to
report data to IBM,
you have several choices as to how you configure your network. Select which
configuration is appropriate for your network, and perform the steps outlined
for that particular configuration from the Configure PM eServer iSeries display:
- As a single server that sends its data directly to IBM.
- As a host server, which means that you want your server to receive performance
data from other servers (remote servers) and then forward the data to IBM.
The host server cannot be at a release level that is earlier than other servers.
In other words, the host server must be at the same release level or later
than other servers.
- As a remote server, which means that you can send performance data to
a host server. You identify on the Configure PM eServer iSeries display
that you need a remote server, and then use option 5 (Work with remote iSeries systems) from the PM eServer iSeries menu to define your remote servers.
- Work with remote servers.
If you choose to set up
your network for a host server, you need to identify those servers that will
send their data to your host server. You can ignore this step if you are using
a single server or a remote server.
- Customize PM iSeries.
After you have configured your network, you need to establish the
global parameters for the operation of the PM iSeries software.
You need to define the PM iSeries data
telephone number if you would like to connect to IBM with a direct dial line.
Once you have configured your servers, you are ready to do the
other tasks for managing PM iSeries.