IBM 5.5 manual Setting configuration options, Configuring failover

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Chapter 5. Setting configuration options

This chapter describes how to configure your Netcool/Precision TN installation, and how to troubleshoot some common issues.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•"Configuring failover" on page 51

•"Using Netcool/Precision TN with Cisco WAN Manager" on page 55

•"Configuring Netcool/OMNIbus process control" on page 58

•"Disabling use of Netcool/OMNIbus" on page 58

•"Configuring connections to known devices" on page 59

•"Configuring on-demand connectivity to devices" on page 61

•"Configuring remote load balancing" on page 62

Configuring failover

In the failover scenario described in this section, the primary and secondary servers share a single database. The primary server is a standard Netcool/Precision TN server, while the secondary server is a very limited (cold) server whose only purpose is to detect when the primary server goes down. This secondary server does not maintain connections to the NEs in the network nor bind to the RMI registry. It also performs no security checks, and as a result, remote clients in this configuration do not have access to the secondary server.

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Contents Netcool/Precision for Transmission Networks Administration GuideFirst Edition December 1 Contents Page Tables Page Figures Page About this guide PrefaceTypographical notation AudienceExample Description Syntax Syntax and sample subheadingsOperating system considerations Associated publicationsHow to send your comments Introduction to Netcool/Precision TN IntroductionHow Netcool/Precision TN works Deep discovery NETypesDiscovering and resolving network topology Discovering the contents of an NEDiscovering the existence of an NE Network circuit Network circuitsNetcool/Precision TN product components After discovery alarm correlationAfter discovery maintaining a real-time view of the network Scales to large networksNetwork Pilot client Netcool/Precision TN serverNetcool Installer modes Overview of the Netcool InstallerGUI mode Changing the Netcool suite installation directoryConsole mode Silent modeNew relational database Prerequisites Installing Netcool/Precision TNDatabase requirements Solaris system requirementsBrowser requirements Obtaining the software Installing Netcool/Precision TNNetcool Installer Welcome window Running the installation in GUI modeClick 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 Program Running the installation in silent modeViewing the installation log Viewing installed packages Setting up an Oracle databaseConfiguring advanced Oracle features Creating the Oracle schemaConnection concentration PrerequisitesOracle RAC Configuring your version of MySQL Setting up a MySQL databaseUsing an existing copy of MySQL Configuring Netcool/Precision TN Creating the MySQL schema Netcool/Precision TN executables Netcool/Precision TN directory structureThird-party and Open Source software Xerces-J XML APIs XP XML Parser for Java Starting the product components Running Netcool/Precision TNDownloading NETypes Starting Network Pilot Starting the databaseStarting the Netcool/Precision TN server Shutting the server down from Network Pilot Invoking the shutdown script from the command lineShutting down the server Page Introduction to visualization Integrating with Netcool/OMNIbusAdding fields to the ObjectServer and migrating data Configuring the Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer versionConfiguring the Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer versions 7.0 Adding fields to the ObjectServer Connecting to an ObjectServer that is not named NcomsConnecting to an ObjectServer Configuring Netcool/OMNIbus probes TL1 data collection / TL1-TSM Snmp Data Collection / Multi-Threaded Trapd probeAdding the menu to the Netcool/OMNIbus desktop Creating the visualization menu optionStarting the components Visualizing alerts in a desktopAdding the menu to the Netcool/Webtop desktop Starting the ObjectServer Opening an event listStarting the database Starting the Netcool/Precision TN server for visualizationMonitor box window Event list window Using the visualization menuPopulated event list window Visualize menu Network Pilot window Page Configuring failover Setting configuration optionsImplementation overview Shows an overview of the network in this configurationHow the heartbeat mechanism is implemented Configuring Oracle for use with failoverHow the semaphore mechanism is implemented Switching the state of a server Configuring the Netcool/Precision TN serversStopping servers running in failover configuration Running failoverDiscovering Cisco WAN Manager NEs Using Netcool/Precision TN with Cisco WAN ManagerPolling CWM SubNetwork Connections SNCs Polling CWM topological connectionsProperty Property Description Configurable properties in CiscoWanManagerExtensionDisabling use of Netcool/OMNIbus Configuring Netcool/OMNIbus process controlSyntax Configuring connections to known devicesPackaging and configuration See for details of each parameter RulesConfiguring on-demand connectivity to devices Dependencies Configuring remote load balancingPrecisiontn.xml properties file Appendix A. ReferenceSample Properties in the precisiontn.xml file Appendix A. Reference Defines the initial interval in seconds Table A2 describes the precisiontn command line options Netcool/Precision TN command line optionsEmbedded nameserver. By doing this, the nameserver Appendix B. Notices JBFA/SOM1 AIX AIX 5L Trademarks and Acknowledgements