software. The Universal Agent can monitor and retrieve data from any application that produces data values. Essentially, IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.1 can now monitor any unique application regardless of whether the base product supports it. Examples of optional monitoring agents include: Monitoring Agent for IBM Tivoli Monitoring 5.x Endpoint DB2® Agent Oracle Agent Microsoft SQL Agent Microsoft Exchange Agent Active Directory Agent 2.1.5 Warehouse Proxy Agent The Warehouse Proxy Agent is a unique agent that performs only one task. The Warehouse Proxy Agent collects and consolidates all the historical data collections from the individual agents to store in the Tivoli Data Warehouse. If using Tivoli Data Warehouse, one Warehouse Proxy Agent is required for each IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.1 installation. It uses Open Database Connectivity