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2.2.2 Required software for event integration with Netcool/OMNIbus
In order to install event synchronization and configure event forwarding for
Netcool/OMNIbus, you must install and configure the following products:
Netcool/OMNIbus V7.x
Netcool/OMNIbus V7.x probe for Tivoli EIF
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2.2.3 Required software for event integration with the Tivoli
Enterprise Console
In order to install event synchronization and configure event forwarding for Tivoli
Enterprise Console, you must install and configure the following products:
Tivoli Enterprise Console must have at least Fix Pack 3 installed.
IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2
2.2.4 Supported operating systems
The following tables show which operating systems are supported for the
different IBM Tivoli Monitoring components: monitoring server, portal server,
portal client, monitoring agent, Warehouse Proxy, and Warehouse Proxy
Summarization and Pruning agent. For additional information about the operating
For SNA
communication:
Windows 2000
Professional or
Server with
Service Pack 3
or above
Microsoft SNA
Server V3.0 or
later
IBM
Communications
Server V5.0 or
5.2
Microsoft SNA
Server V4.0
requires Service
Pack 1.
IBM
Communications
Server V5.0
requires fixes
JR10466 and
JR10368.
X
Product Supported
version
Component where the software is required
Monitoring
server
Portal
server
Portal
desktop
client
Portal
browser
client
Monitoring
agent
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systems supported, see
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/Tivoli_Support
ed_Platforms.html. Table 2-3 shows the support for monitoring components on
Windows computers.
Table 2-3 Supported Windows operating systems
Operating system
Monitoring
server
Portal
server
Portal
client
a
a. The Tivoli Enterprise Portal desktop client is supported on marked platforms. However, the browser
client can be accessed only from Windows computers running Internet Explorer 6 or 7.
OS
TMA
b
b. The OS Tivoli monitoring agent column indicates the platforms on which an operating system
monitoring agent is supported. This column does not indicate that any agent runs on any operating
system. For example, to monitor a Linux computer, we must use a Linux monitoring agent, not a
Windows monitoring agent.
WPA SPA
Windows 2000 Server (32-bit) X X X X X X
Windows 2000 Advanced Server (32-bit) X X X X X X
Windows XP (32-bit)
c
c. For the Windows XP and Windows Vista® operating systems, the Microsoft End User License
Agreement (EULA) does not license these operating systems to function as a server. Tivoli products
that function as a server on these operating systems are supported for demonstration purposes
only.
XXXX
Windows 2003 Server SE (32-bit) with
Service Pack 1
d
d. For Windows 2003 Server: If we do not plan to deploy Service Pack 1 in our environment at this
time, we must download and install Microsoft Installer 3.1 (KB893803), which is available from the
Microsoft Download Web site (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads).
XXXXXX
Windows 2003 Server EE (32-bit) with
Service Pack 1
d
XXXXXX
Windows Server® 2003 Data Center
(32-bit)
X
Windows 2003 SE (64-bit) X
Windows 2003 EE (64-bit) X
Windows Server 2003 Data Center (64-bit) X
Windows 2003 Server on Itanium2 X
Windows 2003 on VMWare ESX Server
V2.5.2 and V3.0
XXXXXX
Windows Vista (32-bit)
c
X
Windows Vista (64-bit)
c
X
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Table 2-4 shows the support for monitoring components on UNIX (non-Linux),
i5/OS®, and z/OS® computers.
Table 2-4 Supported UNIX, i5/OS, and z/OS operating systems
Operating system
Monitoring
server
Portal
server
Portal
client
OS
TMA
a
b
WPA
c
SPA
AIX V5.2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
d
(32) X
AIX V5.3 (32-bit and 64-bit)
d
(32) X
Solaris™ Operating Environment V8
(32-bit and 64-bit)
e
X
Solaris V9 (SPARC) (32/34)
f
(32) X (32)
Solaris V10 (SPARC) (32/34) (32) (32,64N)/
(32,64N)
(32)
Solaris V10 (x86-64) on AMD™
Opteron™
(32) (32,64N)/
(64N)
Solaris Zones (32)
g
(32,64N)/
(32,64N)
g
h
(32)
g
HP-UX 11i v1 (B.11.11) (32) on
PA- RIS C
i
X
HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) (64) on
PA- RIS C
i
X
HP-UX 11i v3 (B.11.31) (32/64) on
PA- RIS C
i
X
HP-UX 11i v2 (B.11.23) on Integrity
(IA64)
j
(32) (32,64N)/
(32,64N)
(32) (32)
HP-UX 11i v3(B.11.31) on Integrity
(IA64)
j
X
i5/OS 5.3 (64) X
i5/OS 5.4 (64) X
z/OS 1.6
k
l
(31) (31/64)
z/OS 1.7
k l
(31) (31/64)
z/OS 1.8
k l
(31) (31/64)
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