Contents

Preface

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Chapter 2. AS/400 Alert Adapter . . .

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23

Who Should Read This Guide

. vii

Adapter Files

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23

What This Guide Contains

. vii

Configuration File

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24

Publications

. viii

Class Definition Statement File

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25

IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console Library . . .

. viii

SELECT Statement Example

. 25

Prerequisite Publications

. viii

FETCH Statement Example

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25

Related Publications

. viii

Keywords

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25

Accessing Publications Online

. ix

Configuring the AS/400 Alert Filters

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26

Providing Feedback about Publications . . .

. ix

Default Alert Filter

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26

Contacting Customer Support

. ix

Integrating with an Existing Alert Filter . . .

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27

Conventions Used in this Guide

. ix

Starting the Adapter

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27

Typeface Conventions

. ix

STRTECADP

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28

Operating System-dependent Variables and Paths

 

x

Stopping the Adapter

. 29

 

 

 

 

ENDTECADP

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30

Chapter 1. Understanding Adapters . .

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Events Listing

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32

Adapter Overview

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1

Event Class Structure

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32

Troubleshooting the AS/400 Adapter

. 34

How Events Get Sent to the Event Server. . . . 1

Logging Events in Test Mode

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35

How Events Get to the Event Server From an

 

 

 

 

TCP/IP Considerations

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35

Endpoint

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1

Starting an AS/400 Adapter after an IPL . . .

. 35

How Events Get to the Event Server From a

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adding an Autostart Job to QSYSWRK . . .

. 35

Managed Node

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3

Changing the AS/400 Startup Program . . .

. 36

How Events Get to the Event Server From a

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multiple AS/400 Alert Adapters

. 36

Non-TME Adapter

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3

Configuration File

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37

Internationalization Support for Events . . .

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3

POSTEMSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Event Information

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4

 

 

 

Event Attributes

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4

Chapter 3. AS/400 Message Adapter .

. 39

Adapter Files

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7

Cache File

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8

Adapter Files

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39

Configuration File

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9

Configuration File

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40

File Location

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9

Class Definition Statement File

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41

File Format

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9

SELECT Statement Example

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41

Example

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9

FETCH Statement Example

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41

Keywords

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9

MAP Statement Example

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41

Event Filtering

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14

Keywords

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41

Regular Expressions in Filters . . . .

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15

Starting the Adapter

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45

Event Filter Examples

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15

STRTECADP

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46

Event Buffer Filtering

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15

Stopping the Adapter

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47

Event Buffer Filter Examples . . . .

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16

ENDTECADP

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48

BAROC File

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16

Events Listing

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Example

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16

Event Class Structure

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50

Rule File

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17

Troubleshooting the AS/400 Adapter

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51

Example

.

 

17

Logging Events in Test Mode

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51

Format File

.

 

17

TCP/IP Considerations

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51

Example

.

 

17

Starting an AS/400 Adapter after an IPL . . .

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52

Class Definition Statement File

. 18

Adding an Autostart Job to QSYSWRK . . .

. 52

Example

.

 

18

Changing the AS/400 Startup Program . . .

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52

Error File

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19

Multiple AS/400 Message Queues

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53

Initial Files

.

 

20

Configuration File

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53

Troubleshooting Adapters

. 21

Using FTP to Execute AS/400 Commands . . .

. 53

Adapter Startup Errors

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21

 

 

 

All Adapters

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21

Chapter 4. NetWare Log File Adapter

 

55

Managed Node Adapters

. 21

NetWare Log File Adapter Reference Information. . 55

Endpoint Adapters

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21

 

Adapter Files

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55

Non-TME Adapters

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22

 

Error File

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55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prefiltering NetWare Events

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