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Netcool/Precision for Transmission Networks

5.5

IBM

Administration Guide

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IBM 5.5 manual Netcool/Precision for Transmission Networks, Administration Guide

Contents

Netcool/Precision for Transmission Networks Administration Guide First Edition December 1 Contents Page Tables Page Figures Page About this guide Preface Typographical notation Audience Example Description Syntax Syntax and sample subheadings Operating system considerations Associated publications How to send your comments Introduction to Netcool/Precision TN Introduction How Netcool/Precision TN works Deep discovery NETypes Discovering the existence of an NE Discovering the contents of an NEDiscovering and resolving network topology Network circuit Network circuits Netcool/Precision TN product components After discovery alarm correlationAfter discovery maintaining a real-time view of the network Scales to large networks Network Pilot client Netcool/Precision TN server Netcool Installer modes Overview of the Netcool Installer GUI mode Changing the Netcool suite installation directoryConsole mode Silent mode New relational database Prerequisites Installing Netcool/Precision TN Browser requirements Solaris system requirementsDatabase requirements Obtaining the software Installing Netcool/Precision TN Netcool Installer Welcome window Running the installation in GUI mode Click 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 mode Viewing the installation log Viewing installed packages Setting up an Oracle database Configuring advanced Oracle features Creating the Oracle schema Oracle RAC PrerequisitesConnection concentration Using an existing copy of MySQL Setting up a MySQL databaseConfiguring your version of MySQL Configuring Netcool/Precision TN Creating the MySQL schema Netcool/Precision TN executables Netcool/Precision TN directory structure Third-party and Open Source software Xerces-J XML APIs XP XML Parser for Java Downloading NETypes Running Netcool/Precision TNStarting the product components Starting the Netcool/Precision TN server Starting the databaseStarting Network Pilot Shutting down the server Invoking the shutdown script from the command lineShutting the server down from Network Pilot Page Introduction to visualization Integrating with Netcool/OMNIbus Adding fields to the ObjectServer and migrating data Configuring the Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer version Configuring the Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer versions 7.0 Adding fields to the ObjectServer Connecting to an ObjectServer that is not named Ncoms Connecting to an ObjectServer Configuring Netcool/OMNIbus probes TL1 data collection / TL1-TSM Snmp Data Collection / Multi-Threaded Trapd probe Adding the menu to the Netcool/OMNIbus desktop Creating the visualization menu option Adding the menu to the Netcool/Webtop desktop Visualizing alerts in a desktopStarting the components Starting the ObjectServer Opening an event listStarting the database Starting the Netcool/Precision TN server for visualization Monitor box window Event list window Using the visualization menu Populated event list window Visualize menu Network Pilot window Page Configuring failover Setting configuration options Implementation overview Shows an overview of the network in this configuration How the semaphore mechanism is implemented Configuring Oracle for use with failoverHow the heartbeat mechanism is implemented Switching the state of a server Configuring the Netcool/Precision TN serversStopping servers running in failover configuration Running failover Discovering Cisco WAN Manager NEs Using Netcool/Precision TN with Cisco WAN Manager Polling CWM SubNetwork Connections SNCs Polling CWM topological connections Property Property Description Configurable properties in CiscoWanManagerExtension Disabling use of Netcool/OMNIbus Configuring Netcool/OMNIbus process control Packaging and configuration Configuring connections to known devicesSyntax See for details of each parameter Rules Configuring on-demand connectivity to devices Dependencies Configuring remote load balancing Precisiontn.xml properties file Appendix A. Reference Sample 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 options Embedded nameserver. By doing this, the nameserver Appendix B. Notices JBFA/SOM1 AIX AIX 5L Trademarks and Acknowledgements