IBM Enterprise Console manual Contents, Preface, AS/400 Alert Adapter, Understanding Adapters

Contents

Preface	. vii			Chapter 2. AS/400 Alert Adapter . . .	.	23
Who Should Read This Guide	. vii			Adapter Files	.	23
What This Guide Contains	. vii			Configuration File	.	24
Publications	. viii			Class Definition Statement File	.	25
IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console Library . . .	. viii			SELECT Statement Example	. 25
Prerequisite Publications	. viii			FETCH Statement Example	.	25
Related Publications	. viii			Keywords	.	25
Accessing Publications Online	. ix			Configuring the AS/400 Alert Filters	.	26
Providing Feedback about Publications . . .	. ix			Default Alert Filter	.	26
Contacting Customer Support	. ix			Integrating with an Existing Alert Filter . . .	.	27
Conventions Used in this Guide	. ix			Starting the Adapter	.	27
Typeface Conventions	. ix			STRTECADP	.	28
Operating System-dependent Variables and Paths			x	Stopping the Adapter	. 29
				ENDTECADP	.	30
Chapter 1. Understanding Adapters . .	. 1			Events Listing	.	32
Adapter Overview	.	.	1	Event Class Structure	.	32
				Troubleshooting the AS/400 Adapter	. 34
How Events Get Sent to the Event Server. . . . 1
				Logging Events in Test Mode	.	35
How Events Get to the Event Server From an
				TCP/IP Considerations	.	35
Endpoint	.	.	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	.	.	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	.	.	3
				Configuration File	.	37
Internationalization Support for Events . . .	.	.	3
				POSTEMSG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Event Information	.	.	4
Event Attributes	.	.	4	Chapter 3. AS/400 Message Adapter .	. 39
Adapter Files	.	.	7
Cache File	.	.	8	Adapter Files	.	39
Configuration File	.	.	9	Configuration File	.	40
File Location	.	.	9	Class Definition Statement File	.	41
File Format	.	.	9	SELECT Statement Example	.	41
Example	.	.	9	FETCH Statement Example	.	41
Keywords	.	.	9	MAP Statement Example	.	41
Event Filtering	.		14	Keywords	.	41
Regular Expressions in Filters . . . .	.		15	Starting the Adapter	.	45
Event Filter Examples	.		15	STRTECADP	.	46
Event Buffer Filtering	.		15	Stopping the Adapter	.	47
Event Buffer Filter Examples . . . .	.		16	ENDTECADP	.	48
BAROC File	.		16	Events Listing	.	50
Example	.		16	Event Class Structure	.	50
Rule File	.		17	Troubleshooting the AS/400 Adapter	.	51
Example	.		17	Logging Events in Test Mode	.	51
Format File	.		17	TCP/IP Considerations	.	51
Example	.		17	Starting an AS/400 Adapter after an IPL . . .	.	52
Class Definition Statement File	. 18			Adding an Autostart Job to QSYSWRK . . .	. 52
Example	.		18	Changing the AS/400 Startup Program . . .	.	52
Error File	.		19	Multiple AS/400 Message Queues	.	53
Initial Files	.		20	Configuration File	.	53
Troubleshooting Adapters	. 21			Using FTP to Execute AS/400 Commands . . .	. 53
Adapter Startup Errors	.		21
All Adapters	.		21	Chapter 4. NetWare Log File Adapter		55
Managed Node Adapters	. 21			NetWare Log File Adapter Reference Information. . 55
Endpoint Adapters	.		21
				Adapter Files	.	55
Non-TME Adapters	.		22
				Error File	.	55
				Prefiltering NetWare Events	.	56
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