IBM 5.5 manual

SC32-6001-00

IBM

Netcool/Precision for Transmission Networks

5.5

frontmatter.fm November 27, 2006

Administration Guide

Contents

Main Page Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chapter 4. Integrating with Netcool/OMNIbus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Appendix A. Reference. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Appendix B. Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Tables Page Figures Page Preface About this guide Audience Typographical notation Note, tip, and warning information !!Attention: Attention is used for highlighting vital instructions, cautions, or critical Syntax and sample subheadings Syntax: Sample: Associated publications IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Installation and Deployment Guide IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus User Guide IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Administration Guide IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Probe and Gateway Guide How to send your comments Chapter 1. Introduction Introduction to Netcool/Precision TN How Netcool/Precision TN works NETypes Deep discovery STEP 1 discovering the existence of an NE STEP 2 discovering the contents of an NE STEP 3 discovering and resolving network topology STEP 4 network circuits After discovery: alarm correlation After discovery: maintaining a real-time view of the network Scales to large networks Netcool/Precision TN product components Netcool/Precision TN server Network Pilot client Overview of the Netcool Installer !!Attention: The directory structure for products using the Netcool Installer is not Netcool Installer modes GUI mode Console mode Changing the Netcool suite installation directory !!Attention: You must not move, copy, or delete executable or other required IBM Tivoli files New relational database Chapter 2. Installing Netcool/Precision TN Prerequisites Solaris system requirements !!Attention: Earlier versions of these browsers might cause Network Pilot to exhibit some Browser requirements Database requirements Installing Netcool/Precision TN !!Attention: If you want to run Netcool/Precision TN with Netcool/OMNIbus then you Obtaining the software Running the installation in GUI mode Page Page Page Page Running the installation in console mode Running the installation in silent mode Running the Installation Program Viewing the installation log Viewing installed packages Setting up an Oracle database Creating the Oracle schema Configuring advanced Oracle features Prerequisites Oracle RAC Connection concentration Setting up a MySQL database Using an existing copy of MySQL Configuring your version of MySQL Configuring Netcool/Precision TN Creating the MySQL schema Netcool/Precision TN directory structure Netcool/Precision TN executables Third-party and Open Source software Page Chapter 3. Running Netcool/Precision TN Downloading NETypes Starting the product components Step 1 starting the database !!Attention: The server must be running before you start the other Netcool/Precision TN Step 2 starting the Netcool/Precision TN server Step 3 starting Network Pilot Shutting down the server Shutting the server down from Network Pilot Invoking the shutdown script from the command line Page Chapter 4. Integrating with Netcool/OMNIbus Introduction to visualization Configuring the Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer version 3.6 Adding fields to the ObjectServer and migrating data Configuring the Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer versions 7.0 and 7.1 Adding fields to the ObjectServer Connecting to an ObjectServer that is not named NCOMS Connecting to an ObjectServer Configuring Netcool/OMNIbus probes SNMP Data Collection / Multi-Threaded Trapd probe TL1 data collection / TL1-TSM Configuring Netcool/Webtop event lists in Netcool/Precision TN Creating the visualization menu option Adding the menu to the Netcool/OMNIbus desktop Adding the menu to the Netcool/Webtop desktop Visualizing alerts in a desktop Starting the components Opening an event list Page Using the visualization menu Page Page Page Page Chapter 5. Setting configuration options Configuring failover !!Attention: You must use an Oracle database to run Netcool/Precision TN in this failover Implementation overview How the semaphore mechanism is implemented How the heartbeat mechanism is implemented Configuring Oracle for use with failover Configuring the Netcool/Precision TN servers !!Attention: The minimum requirement is for the precisiontn.xml and Running failover Starting the servers Switching the state of a server Stopping servers running in failover configuration Using Netcool/Precision TN with Cisco WAN Manager Discovering Cisco WAN Manager NEs Polling CWM topological connections Polling CWM SubNetwork Connections (SNCs) Configurable properties in CiscoWanManagerExtension Configuring Netcool/OMNIbus process control Disabling use of Netcool/OMNIbus Configuring connections to known devices Syntax Rules Configuring on-demand connectivity to devices Dependencies Configuring remote load balancing Appendix A. Reference precisiontn.xml properties file Sample: - Properties in the precisiontn.xml file Note: The app.install.root property defines <netcool_install_dir>. The following example shows the property definition section in the precisiontn.xml file: Page Page Netcool/Precision TN command line options TableA2 describes the precisiontn command line options. Page Appendix B. Notices Notices Page Trademarks and Acknowledgements