Chapter 4: Configuring the technology pack
IBM Tivoli Netcool/Proviso Cisco IP Telephony 2.4.0.0 Technology Pack 59
15. Ensure that the bulk input files can be read.
To verify that the UBA application can read the bulk input files, follow these steps:
15-a. Place a bulk input file at the source input location.
— (Tivoli Netcool/Proviso v4.4.3 and later) The source input location for bulk input files is specified
using the URI parameter from the pack XSD file, which you can view using the Topology Editor.
— (Tivoli Netcool/Proviso pre-v4.4.3 only) The source input location for bulk input files is specified
using the URI parameter from the template file, which you added to the dc.cfg file in a previous step.
Within the configured file retrieval interval (typically, five minutes), the UBA application retrieves the
bulk input file and copies it to the following directory:
DATA_CHANNEL_HOME/UBA.<channel>.<collector>/<instance>/do/
where:
The UBA application then processes the bulk input file according to the instructions in the Bulk Adaptor
Design File.
Note: The first time that the UBA processes a bulk input file, it passes a metric to the CME. The CME rejects
this metric as a BAD_METRIC because the metric does not have an associated grouped subelement prior to the
time this metric is recorded. This is expected behavior. The CME accepts metrics from the bulk input files after
the inventory is run.
15-b.Ensure that the UBA application can successfully read the bulk input file that you copied into the
source input location, by issuing a tail command similar to the following example:
tail -f DATA_ CHAN NEL_ HOME /log/proviso.log | grep UBA.<channel>.<collector>- | more
The following table identifies the success messages that you should look for.
Variable Meaning
DATA_CHANNEL_HOME Is /opt/datachannel, by default.
<channel> Specifies the channel number (for example, 1) that you
specified when configuring this DataChannel.
<collector> Specifies the collector number (for example, 100) that you
specified when configuring this UBA bulk collector.
<instance> (Tivoli Netcool/Proviso v4.4.3 and later) Specifies the string for the INSTANCES parameter in the
pack XSD file. Typically, this string represents the name of
the pack and is read-only. You can view the string specified
for INSTANCES by using the Topology Editor.
<instance> (Tivoli Netcool/Proviso pre-v4.4.3 only) Specifies the string for the INSTANCES parameter in the
pack template file. You were instructed to copy this
parameter to the dc.cfg file in a previous step.