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5.2 Event integration with Netcool/OMNIbus

If you are already using Netcool/OMNIbus to monitor events from other sources

in your enterprise, you can also view and manage situation events from a Tivoli

Enterprise Monitoring Server in the Netcool/OMNIbus console. Event integration

requires Netcool/OMNIbus V7.x and Netcool/OMNIbus V7.x probe for Tivoli EIF.

Setting up event integration for Netcool/OMNIbus involves three steps:

򐂰 Event Synchronization installation

򐂰 Configuring OMNIbus Server

򐂰 Tivoli Event Integration Facility (EIF) Interface

Before you begin setting up event integration, refer to 2.2.2, “Required software

for event integration with Netcool/OMNIbus” on page 30.

5.2.1 Installing Event Synchronization

You install Event Synchronization on the host of the Netcool/OMNIbus

ObjectServer using the IBM Tivoli Monitoring V6.2.0 Tools DVD or DVD image.

Installing Event Synchronization installs a new process, Situation Update

Forwarder, and its supporting binary and configuration files. This process is used

to forward updates to the situation events back to the monitoring server. On

Windows, a Situation Update Forwarder service is also created.

Note: If you already have policies that contain emitter activities that send

events to the Tivoli Enterprise Console, turning on Tivoli Event Integration

event forwarding will result in duplicate events. You can deactivate the emitter

activities within policies so you do not have to modify all your policies when

you activate Tivoli Event Integration Facility forwarding by using Disable

Workflow Policy/Tivoli Emitter Agent Event Forwarding when you enable EIF.

Using policies gives you more control over which events are sent and you may

not want to lose this granularity. Moreover, it is likely that the default policies

that are invoked from the Tivoli Enterprise Console emitter are doing little else.

If you deactivate these activities, there is no point in running the policy. You

may prefer to delete policies that are longer required, instead of disabling

them.

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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 environment, the EIF probe and Netcool/OMNIbus are installed on a

machine running the Red Hat V4.0 operating system. The Event Synchronization

component will be installed on the same machine.

The installation steps will now be discussed in detail:

1. On the computer where the ObjectServer is installed, launch the Event

Synchronization installation.

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

or DVD image and run the following command to initialize the installation

wizard:

ESync2000<xxx>.bin

where <xxx> indicates the appropriate operating system.

3. If the installer cannot locate OMNIbus in its usual place, Figure 5-6 on

page 323 is displayed. Click Next to continue the installation process.

Note: There are another two ways to install Event Synchronization: from

the command line or the command line using a silent install mode.

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Figure 5-6 Installation of Netcool/OMNIbus not determined

4. Click Next on the Welcome window.

5. Review the license agreement, select I accept the terms in the license

agreement, and click Next.

6. Click Next to install the synchronization component in the default location, or

use the Browse button to select another location and then click Next to

continue.

7. Complete the configuration fields, using Table 5-1 on page 312 as a

reference.

8. Click Next.

9. Complete the information about the files where events will be written using

Table 5-2 on page 314 as a reference.

10.Click Next.

11.Type the information from Table 5-3 on page 315 for each hub monitoring

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

specify information for at least one hub monitoring server.

12.Click Next to proceed.

13.When the installation is completed, a message is displayed telling you that the

installation has been successful. Click Finish to exit the wizard.