The following steps are required before adding a monitored device to DPOD.
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- The user account needs to be
Privileged. - It is highly recommended to create a dedicated user for DPOD in the gateway for the following reasons:
It decouples DPOD user from other activities on the gateway. If a user is shared between several systems/components and gets locked/suspended because of another system/component, it will affect DPOD as well.
It allows better auditing with the ability to identify all actions made by DPOD on the gateway.
The user account needs to be defined as a local account in the gateway (not an LDAP account), otherwise DPOD will not be able to access the gateway in case of an LDAP issue (for sampling, fetching information, changing configuration, etc.).
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Make sure the user can actually login account is valid by actually logging in to the DataPower's Web GUI with that user account. If the user cannot login (for example, when password expires) - DPOD will not be able to communicate with the gateway successfully. |
Configure Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Ensure each of your monitored devices is configured to use NTP.
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- Set IBM DataPower Gateway Appliance Name. This is defined on [Administration->Device->System Settings->Appliance Name].
Important: Avoid using spaces in appliance names. - Configure the services in the XML Management interface [Network->Management->XML Management Interface] as follows:
- Enable SOAP Configuration Management
- Enable AMP Endpoint
- Enable SLM Endpoint
- Enable WS-Management Endpoint
- Firmware 6.X only - Disable (uncheck) SOAP Management URI
- Firmware 6.X only - Disable (uncheck) SOAP Configuration Management (v2004)
- Make sure the XML Management Interface is enabled
Backup the Monitored Device(s)
Before you Add Monitored Devices to DPOD, it is imperative that you take a backup of your entire system.
During the installation process DPOD will:
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