Adding the menu to the Netcool/Webtop desktop

Before you can add the visualization menu option to Netcool/Webtop, you must have Netcool/Webtop 1.1 and the latest patches installed. For information about how to do this, see the Netcool/Webtop Administration Guide. Once the product is installed, you need to follow the steps described in "Configuring the Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer version 3.6" on page 36.

To add the Visualize menu option to Netcool/Webtop:

1.Find the visualize.zip file in the

<netcool_install_dir>/etc/precisiontn/webtop directory and copy it to the Netcool/Webtop installation directory.

2.Unzip visualize.zip in the Netcool/Webtop installation directory.

3.Open the Netcool/Webtop Administration page and click on the Content tab.

4.Expand the Menus & Tools section and click on Menus.

5.Select a menu to add the Visualize tool to (for example, "alerts") and then click on the Modify menu.

6.In the resulting pop-up window, select Visualize from the selection box on the left.

7.Click the <- Add button.

8.Click the Ok button.

Visualizing alerts in a desktop

This section describes the process of starting the components that are used when visualizing alerts. It also describes the operation of the visualization menu option to display data.

Starting the components

When using Netcool/Precision TN visualization with Netcool/OMNIbus:

You must start the ObjectServer before you start the Netcool/Precision TN server.

If you are using Netscape as your web browser you must start Netscape before you start the Netcool/Precision TN server.

Netcool/Precision TN uses Netcool/OMNIbus security, so you must log in to Network Pilot using the Netcool/OMNIbus root user name and password.

See the Netcool®/OMNIbusAdministration Guide if you need additional instructions on how to start the Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer. For instructions on how to log in to the event list, see the Netcool®/OMNIbusUser Guide.

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IBM 5.5 manual Visualizing alerts in a desktop, Adding the menu to the Netcool/Webtop desktop, Starting the components