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5.1.1 Installing Event Synchronization on event server

The installer for the Event Synchronization component is located in the /tec

directory of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.0 Tools DVD.

There are three methods for installing the component:

򐂰 Installing from a wizard

򐂰 Installing from the command line

򐂰 Installing from the command line using a silent install

In our test example, we used the Installation wizard as follows:

1. Log on to the host of the event server in an X Window System session, and

launch the Event Synchronization installer from the IBM Tivoli Monitoring

V6.2.0 Tools DVD media.

2. Change to the \tec subdirectory of the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.0 Tools DVD

and run the following command:

ESync2000Aix.bin

3. Click Next on the Welcome window.

4. Select I accept the terms in the license agreement and click Next.

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5. Complete the fields in Figure 5-2and click Next.

Figure 5-2 Tivoli Event Synchronization installation

Use Table 5-1 as a reference.

Table 5-1 The IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console Event Synchronization configuration fields

Field Description

Name of configuration file The name of the file where the Event

Synchronization configuration information is

stored. The default name is situpdate.conf.

Number of seconds to sleep when no

new situation updates

The polling interval in seconds. The minimum

value is 1, while the default value is 3. If there

are no situation events, the Situation Update

Forwarder rests for three seconds.

Number of bytes to use to save last

event.

Number of bytes that the long running process

will use when it saves the location of the last

event it processes. This value must be an

integer. The minimum (and default) is 50.

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6. Complete the information about the files where events will be written

(Figure 5-3) and click Next.

Figure 5-3 Tivoli Event Synchronization installation

URL of the CMS SOAP Server The URL for the SOAP Server configured on

the computer where the monitoring server is

running. The default value is cms/soap. This

value is used to create the URL to which IBM

Tivoli Enterprise Console sends event

information. For example,

http://hostname:port///cms/soap, where

hostname is the host name of the monitoring

server and port is the port.

Rate for sending SOAP requests to

CMS from Tivoli Enterprise Console

via Web Services

The maximum number of event updates sent

to the monitoring server at one time. The

minimum (and default) value is 10 events.

Level of debug detail for log The level of information for Event

Synchronization that will be logged. You have

the following choices:

򐂰 Low (default)

򐂰 Medium

򐂰 Verbose

Field Description

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Use Table 5-2 as a reference.

Table 5-2 The IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console Event Synchronization configuration fields

7. Use the information from Figure 5-4 on page 315 for each monitoring server

with which you want to synchronize events and click Add. You must specify

information for at least one monitoring server.

Field Description

Maximum size of any single cache

file, in bytes

The maximum permitted size, in bytes, for any

one event cache file. The minimum (and

default) value is 50000. Do not use commas

when specifying this value (specify 50000

instead of 50,000).

Maximum number of caches files The maximum number of event caches files at

any given time. The minimum value is 2, while

the default value is 10. When this value is

reached, the oldest file is deleted to make

room for a new file.

Directory for cache files to reside The location where event cache files are

located. The default locations are as follows:

򐂰 On Windows:

C:\tmp\TME\TEC\OM_TEC\persistence

򐂰 On UNIX:

/var/TME/TEC/OM_TEC/persistence

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Figure 5-4 Tivoli Monitoring Server Information

Use Table 5-3 as a reference.

Table 5-3 Tivoli Monitoring Server Information

8. When you have provided information about all of the monitoring servers, click

Next.

Field Description

Host name The fully qualified host name for the computer where the

monitoring server is running. This should match the

information that will be in events coming from this

monitoring server.

User ID The user ID to access the computer where the monitoring

server is running.

Password The password to access the computer.

Confirmation The password again.