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3.Click the View button beside the Default drop-down list to display the default event list, as shown in Figure 13.

Figure 13. Event list window

Note: No alerts from NEs are presented until you have used Network Pilot to discover, or manually connect to, the NEs in the network.

Start Network Pilot as described in "Step 3 – starting Network Pilot" on page 32.

Using the visualization menu

Once you have completed the configuration and started the components, as described in earlier sections, Netcool/Precision TN automatically forwards all alerts to Netcool/OMNIbus for processing.

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Contents Administration Guide Netcool/Precision for Transmission NetworksFirst Edition December 1 Contents Page Tables Page Figures Page Preface About this guideAudience Typographical notationExample Description Syntax and sample subheadings SyntaxAssociated publications Operating system considerationsHow to send your comments Introduction Introduction to Netcool/Precision TNHow Netcool/Precision TN works NETypes Deep discoveryDiscovering the contents of an NE Discovering the existence of an NEDiscovering and resolving network topology Network circuits Network circuitAfter discovery alarm correlation Netcool/Precision TN product componentsAfter discovery maintaining a real-time view of the network Scales to large networksNetcool/Precision TN server Network Pilot clientOverview of the Netcool Installer Netcool Installer modesChanging the Netcool suite installation directory GUI modeConsole mode Silent modeNew relational database Installing Netcool/Precision TN PrerequisitesSolaris system requirements Browser requirementsDatabase requirements Installing Netcool/Precision TN Obtaining the softwareRunning the installation in GUI mode Netcool Installer Welcome windowClick Next to go to the Setup Type window Netcool Installer Setup Type window Netcool Installer Feature Selection window Netcool Installer Installation Progress window Running the installation in console mode Running the installation in silent mode Running the Installation ProgramViewing the installation log Setting up an Oracle database Viewing installed packagesCreating the Oracle schema Configuring advanced Oracle featuresPrerequisites Oracle RACConnection concentration Setting up a MySQL database Using an existing copy of MySQLConfiguring your version of MySQL Configuring Netcool/Precision TN Creating the MySQL schema Netcool/Precision TN directory structure Netcool/Precision TN executablesThird-party and Open Source software Xerces-J XML APIs XP XML Parser for Java Running Netcool/Precision TN Downloading NETypesStarting the product components Starting the database Starting the Netcool/Precision TN serverStarting Network Pilot Invoking the shutdown script from the command line Shutting down the serverShutting the server down from Network Pilot Page Integrating with Netcool/OMNIbus Introduction to visualizationConfiguring the Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer version Adding fields to the ObjectServer and migrating dataConfiguring the Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer versions 7.0 Connecting to an ObjectServer that is not named Ncoms Adding fields to the ObjectServerConnecting to an ObjectServer Configuring Netcool/OMNIbus probes Snmp Data Collection / Multi-Threaded Trapd probe TL1 data collection / TL1-TSMCreating the visualization menu option Adding the menu to the Netcool/OMNIbus desktopVisualizing alerts in a desktop Adding the menu to the Netcool/Webtop desktopStarting the components Opening an event list Starting the ObjectServerStarting the database Starting the Netcool/Precision TN server for visualizationMonitor box window Using the visualization menu Event list windowPopulated event list window Visualize menu Network Pilot window Page Setting configuration options Configuring failoverShows an overview of the network in this configuration Implementation overviewConfiguring Oracle for use with failover How the semaphore mechanism is implementedHow the heartbeat mechanism is implemented Configuring the Netcool/Precision TN servers Switching the state of a serverStopping servers running in failover configuration Running failoverUsing Netcool/Precision TN with Cisco WAN Manager Discovering Cisco WAN Manager NEsPolling CWM topological connections Polling CWM SubNetwork Connections SNCsConfigurable properties in CiscoWanManagerExtension Property Property DescriptionConfiguring Netcool/OMNIbus process control Disabling use of Netcool/OMNIbusConfiguring connections to known devices Packaging and configurationSyntax Rules See for details of each parameterConfiguring on-demand connectivity to devices Configuring remote load balancing DependenciesAppendix A. Reference Precisiontn.xml properties fileSample Properties in the precisiontn.xml file Appendix A. Reference Defines the initial interval in seconds Netcool/Precision TN command line options Table A2 describes the precisiontn command line optionsEmbedded nameserver. By doing this, the nameserver Appendix B. Notices JBFA/SOM1 Trademarks and Acknowledgements AIX AIX 5L