Adding and Configuring Managed Systems

You can start Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i from the IBM i Main Menu.

To Start Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i

  1. From the IBM i Main Menu, enter POWERTECH.
  2. Enter 2 to view the Powertech Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i Main Menu.

To start Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i from the Command Line

Type PTNSLIB07/WRKPTNS or PTNSLIB/WRKPTNS depending on your product library.

Adding Managed Systems (Endpoints)

The following instructions explain how to add systems for management by Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i. Once managed systems (endpoints) have been configured in Powertech Central Administration, they can be connected to a designated managing system (Manager) to be managed centrally from that system or a web browser.

Each system to be managed requires a licensed Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i installation. Once an Endpoint to be managed has been installed, it can be licensed from within the Management System. After adding systems, assign them to System Groups in order to manage them together.

If you intend to use Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i on the Management System only, you can skip the instructions in this section.

Defining Systems

NOTE: When a system is defined as an Endpoint and connected to the Management System, Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i is also accessible by an administrator by logging in to the Endpoint directly. Changes made to an Endpoint directly are not reflected in Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i's configuration on the Management System. Use Audits to identify discrepancies between the Management System and Endpoints (see Auditing Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i Rules).

Before you begin, select the system you would like to use as the Management System. This is the system that will be used to manage Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i across your network. Then, identify the systems to be managed, or Endpoints. Then, proceed with the following instructions:

On Each Endpoint

  1. Install Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i on each system for which you want to manage user rules. At installation, each system is a Management System for itself.
  2. To allow one system to be the Management System, sign on to each Endpoint system and do the following: Type POWERTECH on a command line and then take menu option 80, Central Administration.
  3. On the Central Administration Main Menu, select option 3, Network Configuration Menu.
  4. On the Network Configuration Menu, select option 1, Work with Systems.
  5. Enter option 2, Change, next to the endpoint system.
  1. Pick a port number to use on both the Endpoint and Management System.
    • Each Endpoint can use the same port number (recommended).
    • Each Endpoint can have a different port.
    • On the Change System panel, enter a description, the IP address or the name by which the system is known, and the port number that will be used to communicate with the Central Administration Management System. You will use this port number when you add the system to the network from the Management System. It is recommended that you set all the ports to the same number so that it is easily remembered, but this is not required. The same port number is required for the Management System and the Endpoint. If you change to a different port number, you will need to do so for the Management System and the Endpoint.
  2. Start the Central Administration monitor jobs using the command PPLSTRMON. This starts four monitor jobs in the PTWRKMGT subsystem: PPLCMNMON, PPLCMNSVR, PPLEVTMON, and PNSEVTMON. Beginning in Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i Version 8.0, executing the PPLSTRMON command will also start monitor jobs, PTNSGMSTR, which sends data to Insite for graphical display; and SUMCAPTRAN, which captures server activity, if configured within the product to do so.
NOTE: PNSEVTMON must be running to manage any type of rule (for example, User, Location, Pre-filter), server settings, and product configuration settings in Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i. This monitor job passes this information from Managing System to Endpoint, and sends back history records of any changes on an Endpoint up to the Managing System. If PNSEVTMON gets shut down, you can issue PTNSLIB07/PNSSTRMON (or PTNSLIB/PNSSTRMON, depending on your product library) to restart the monitors, restoring the ability to pass configuration information and history data back and forth between the Managing System and the Endpoint.

On the Management System

  1. Sign on to the system designated as the Management System and do the following: Type POWERTECH on a command line and then take menu option 80, Central Administration.
  2. On the Central Administration Main Menu, select option 3, Network Configuration Menu.
  3. Start the monitor jobs: PPLSTRMON
  4. On the Network Configuration Menu, select option 1, Work with Systems. The Work with Systems panel lists all systems that have been defined in Central Administration.
  5. Press F6 to add a new system. Enter a brief description of the system on the Create System panel. Specify the address (either the IP address or the name by which the system is known) and the port number you entered on the endpoint system that is used to communicate with the system.
  6. Press Enter to include the Endpoint as a managed system. A temporary system name displays in the System column while the Endpoint is being added.
  7. Wait about one minute (depending on your system).
  8. Press F5 (Refresh). The actual system name displays. The status indicator on the right will turn green when it has completed the connection and necessary data transfer.
  9. Select Option 5 to view the system. The system name and system information (serial number, model number, and whether the system is the Central Administration Management System) display on the panel.
    NOTE: The monitor jobs must also be running on the Endpoint for it to be included as a managed system.
  1. You also can enter product license information for an Endpoint. Enter option 7, Licenses next to the system name to display the Work with Licenses for System panel. Select the product for which you want to enter the license code with option 2. Use the License Entry panel to enter the license code.

Configuring Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i Product Security Roles

A product administrator on the PTADMIN Authorization list has unencumbered access to all aspects of both Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i and Central Administration. This high level of authority may be excessive if a Powertech user does not require access to every function in order to perform their required administrative tasks. To delegate access to the required subset of product functions, define Product Security Roles. A Role overrides the global authorities provided by the PTADMIN authorization list and defines the user's authority over the managed systems. For example, if a user is Report Personnel, and does not require access to non-report-related functions, you can define a "Report" Role, then assign this Role to the individual responsible for running reports in order to issue them access to only report-related functions.

Switching Systems

After you have installed and licensed Powertech Exit Point Manager for IBM i on one or more Endpoints, you can log in to the Management System to manage any of these systems.

Press F7 in the green screen (in any panel that includes this option) to open the Select Systems panel, which allows you to choose a new system to work with.