Chapter 1: Introduction

This chapter discusses the following topics:

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Overview

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How is the Data Collected?

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How is the Data Processed and Loaded into the Database?

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How is the Data Reported?

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Overview

Netcool/Proviso Technology Packs are individually installed modules that contain discovery, grouping, collection, and reporting instructions created by Technology Pack developers or Professional Services personnel for a specific network technology or network equipment provider, such as Adva Optical Metro Ethernet.

Once installed, a Technology Pack “programs” Netcool/Proviso to inventory and group specific network resources, perform mathematical calculations on raw or aggregated data streams collected from these resources, and produce key performance monitoring metrics that are stored on the Netcool/Proviso database. Reporter sets designed for each Technology Pack query the database for this information and display the results on a web portal in the form of specialized report tables, graphs, and charts.

This chapter provides an overview of how Technology Packs work with Netcool/Proviso to collect, process, load, and report data from a network environment.

How is the Data Collected?

Inventory

After a Netcool/Proviso Technology Pack has been installed, an inventory process must be run so that the Technology Pack’s target network resources can be identified and modeled within Netcool/Proviso as sub- elements. Sub-elements must be created before data from any network resource can be collected, processed, and stored in the database.

How sub-elements are discovered depends on whether the target resources are SNMP resources or non-SNMP resources:

•For SNMP network resources, a Technology Pack provides a discovery formula. Discovery formulas are used to evaluate network resources, determine which resources become sub-elements, and set values for items defined as properties in the formula. Once all the sub-elements have been discovered and created in the database, the inventory process organizes the sub-elements according to the grouping rules provided by a

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