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What are the instructions for setting up Performance Analysis for DB2 agent to restart after a reboot on Unix platform automatically? -
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What are the instructions for setting up Performance Analysis for DB2 agent to restart after a reboot on Unix platform automatically? -
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Configuring the Agent to Start at System Boot (UNIX)This section applies only to UNIX platforms. These settings are not necessary for Windowsinstallations.To ensure 24X7 historical recording, the Foglight Performance Analysis for DB2 LUW Agent mustbe automatically started at system boot. This is accomplished by configuring the quest launcherprocess to start when the system boots and causes all Foglight Performance Analysis for DB2 LUWAgent components to start on the designated Host.Important Quest Launcher is a service designed to start, connect to, and stop processes and also manage userauthentication.The following sequence does not grant the Foglight Performance Analysis for DB2 LUW Agent anyadditional privileges. A privileged account is needed only for Agent registration within the systemstartup files. The Agent continues to execute under the OS account under which it has been installed.Caution If you select not to configure the Agent to start on system boot, you must manually start the Agent uponany system boot, via the Quest Launcher.To automatically start the Agent, perform the following steps:1 Log on to the DB2 Instance host using the root account, or any other account with Writeprivileges on the DB2 Instance host.2 Enter the following command:cd <installation directory>/binwhere installation directory is the directory where the product has been installed.3 Enter the following command:quest_launcher_install installThis configures the Quest Agent Manager launcher service to start at system boot.4 If you are running a multi-tier configuration, repeat step 1 through step 3 for the middle-tierHost. -
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RedHat 7, the starting file is systemd instead of initi.d. The systemd is an init system used by some Linux distributions to bootstrap the user space and manage all processes subsequently, instead of the UNIX System V or Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) init systems. In Redhat 7, the file starting file to edit is systemd.