The insightVew Monitoring Agent supports linux, unix and windows systems. It is verified for the following os and versions.

Linux:

• RedHat/CentOS 7, 8
• Fedora 31, 32
• Debian 9, 10
• Ubuntu 16, 18, 20

Unix:

• AIX 6.1
• HP-UX 11.23

Windows:

• Windows 7, 10
• Windows Server 2012, 2016

Note.
- Install the 'libnsl' package if not installed on CentOS 8, Fedora 31/32.
# sudo yum install libnsl
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To update the agent on windows, proceed as follows.

1. Copy the serverinfo.cfg file in the cfg directory.
2. Remove 'insightVew Monitoring Agent' program on the [Control panel]-[Program remove].
3. Install the new agent of windows.
4. Stop the following service of agent on the [Service].
insightVew Monitoring Agent
insightVew Monitoring Wdog of Agent
5. Restore the serverinfo.cfg file to the cfg directory of the new agent.
6. Start the 'insightVew Monitoring Wdog of Agent' service on the [Service].

To update the agent on linux, proceed as follows.

1. Stop the agent.
# ./ivmagent.sh stop
2. Copy the serverinfo.cfg file in the cfg directory.
3. Install the new agent of linux.
4. Restore the serverinfo.cfg file to the cfg directory of the new agent.
5. Start the agent.
# ./ivmagent.sh start
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You can post event message manually. Use this command in your script or command prompt window.

$ ./postimsg

Usage: postimsg -d "instdir" -r severity -m "message" [hostname=value] [source=value] [subsource=value] [alertgroup=value] [alertkey=value] [ostype=value] [sampling=value] [status=value]

-----------------------------------------------------------------
# instdir : installed directory of ivmagent
# severity : critical/warning/info
# message : event message
# hostname : hostname of occurred event (default = ivm)
# source : source of event (default = server)
# subsource : sub source of event (default = os)
# alertgroup : alert group of event (default = userdefined)
# alertkey : alert key of event (default = userevent)
# ostype : Linux/Unix/Windows (default = Linux)
# sampling : yes/no (default = yes)
# status : open/close (default = open)
-----------------------------------------------------------------

To start, stop and check the status of the agent, proceed as follows. On Windows, check the Service.

- Check the status
# ./ivmagent.sh status

- Start agent
# ./ivmagent.sh start

- Stop agent
​# ./ivmagent.sh stop

​[user@localhost ~]# ./install.sh
###########################################################################
#
#       Installation of insightVew monitoring server
#                              - by insightVew.com
#
###########################################################################

This script will install a monitoring server for Linux.
When you are ready to install, press any key...

What is the absolute directory path for installation? [/home/user/ivmserver] : /opt/ivmserver
/opt/ivmserver directory not exist ! Do you want to create /opt/ivmserver (y/n)? [y] :

  ...
  ... Unpacking ivmserver for Linux is done.
  ...
  ... Monitoring server for Linux installation is done.

The installation completed successfully.

Before start server, you must setup the follows.

- must be installed JDK 8 (http://jdk.java.net/)
- modify JAVA_HOME in the "/opt/ivmserver/tomcat/bin/catalina.sh"
- modify JAVA_HOME in the "/opt/ivmserver/jdbc/jdbcenv.cfg"

  ...

To start server, run "/opt/ivmserver/ivmserver.sh start"
If you want to auto start, run './cr_initd.sh' in the bin directory.

Thank you for using insightVew monitoring Service.

[user@localhost ~]#

[oxyzn@fortest ~]$ ./install.sh
###########################################################################
#
#       Installation of insightVew monitoring agent
#                              - by insightVew.com
#
###########################################################################

This script will install a monitoring agent for Linux.
When you are ready to install, press any key...

What is the absolute directory path for installation? [/home/oxyzn/ivmagent] :
/home/oxyzn/ivmagent directory not exist ! Do you want to create /home/oxyzn/ivmagent (y/n)? [y] :

  ...
  ... Unpacking ivmagent for Linux is done.

This agent requires insightVew Monitoring Server information.

What is the server ip? [monitoring.insightvew.com] :

What is the server port? [18575] :
  ...
  ... Monitoring agent for Linux installation is done.

The installation completed successfully.

  ...

If you want to auto start, run './cr_initd.sh' in the bin directory.

Do you want to start the agent now (y/n)? [y] :
Starting Monitoring agent..

Thank you for using insightVew monitoring Service.

[oxyzn@fortest ~]$

The insightVew Monitoring Server runs with Java Application Server, so you must meet the followings.

• Java Development Kit (JDK) Version 8

Server:

• OS : CentOS Linux 7.6 64bit, RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 7.4 64bit,  Ubuntu Server 20.04 64bit
• CPU : 4 Core or higher
• Memory : 8 GB or higher
• Disk : 10 GB or higher

Agent:

• OS : Linux/Unix (CentOS, RedHat, Ubuntu, AIX, HP-UX), Windows 64bit
• CPU : 1 Core or higher
• Memory : 1 GB or higher
• Disk : 300 MB or higher

Monitoring for Server OS:

• Linux : 'netstat' command needed.
• HP-UX : 'sar' command needed.

Monitoring for Docker Container:

• Linux : docker must be installed and add user to the docker group. (# sudo usermod -aG docker $USER)

Monitoring for Network Device:

• Linux : net-snmp, net-snmp-utils packages must be installed.

Monitoring for Oracle Database:

• Linux : Oracle Client must be installed.

Monitoring for VMware vSphere:

• Linux : enable ssh and set 'PasswordAuthentication yes' of the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file on the ESXi server.

* Requirement specifications may be higher depending on the environment.

If you install insightVew Monitoring On-premise, the default login id/password is as follows:

- Web Console : admin/admin1!
- Dashboard : admin/admin1!

* You can change the password of admin after login.

If you install on-premise, the server ip address must be your server's ip address that installed insightVew Monitoring Server.

Input your server's ip address when install agent.

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[oxyzn@ivm ]$ ./install.sh
###########################################################################
#
#       Installation of insightVew monitoring agent
#                              - by insightVew.com
#
###########################################################################

This script will install a monitoring agent for Linux.
When you are ready to install, press any key...

What is the absolute directory path for installation? [/home/oxyzn/ivmagent] :
/home/oxyzn/ivmagent directory not exist ! Do you want to create /home/oxyzn/ivmagent (y/n)? [y] : y

  ...
  ... Unpacking ivmagent for Linux is done.

This agent requires insightVew Monitoring Server information.

What is the server ip? :
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