Installing PHP 5.3 on Windows 7 Professional.

Installing PHP on windows. ( since I want to set up my own WAMP server i.e Windows - Apache-MySQL and PHP  )

Go to this link where the PHP installer can be downloaded.

http://in.php.net/downloads.php



Download the installer



Run the executable
Accept the License Agreement.
( I did not accept any web server to be setup - as I had my own TomCat Apache web server. )

No changes here.


Run the installer - by choosing my directory to be installed and that was it.

This installs the PHP.

How to disable sysadmin password on ITM .

(Opinions and views are my own and not of my employer )

This was tested on ITM (IBM TIVOLI MONITORING ) 6.2.3 and I  believe it holds true for later versions also.

If after configuring the ITM and you want to disable the password , go to MEMS-> TEMS  Right click -> Configure and check on the "Advanced Settings Tab" and uncheck the "Security Validate User" checkbox.
Save and restart the TEMS.

This will let you login to ITM without entering the password.

See second snapshot below:




Not required.

Historical Data collection database query failed on the Perfomance Analyzer.

[Views and opinions are my own and not of my employer ]

Troubleshooting tips on the Performance Analyzer


This is an error you get if the ODBC connection is not configured right.
I found this on Windows and below are some details.
tested on : ITM 623fp1

See, the Usernameand schema - and the last Error - there is some error.




To resolve this.
Go to the MEMS console and Performance Analyzer and I had to change it to the appropriate user.


test the connection and restart the Performance Agent.
This should resolve the issue.