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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console; Adapters Guide
  • Page 5 – Contents; Preface
  • Page 6 – iv
  • Page 7 – Appendix B. Format File Reference
  • Page 9 – Tivoli Enterprise Console; Who Should Read This Guide; vii
  • Page 10 – viii
  • Page 11 – or complete the customer feedback survey at; Contacting Customer Support; Registration and eligibility; Conventions Used in this Guide; The following typeface conventions are used in this book:; Bold; ix
  • Page 12 – Italics; Monospace; Code examples, output, and system messages appear in a; Operating System-dependent Variables and Paths
  • Page 13 – Chapter 1. Understanding Adapters; Adapter Overview; Adapters can monitor sources in the following ways:; How Events Get Sent to the Event Server; Adapters can send events to the event server using a TME; How Events Get to the Event Server From an Endpoint
  • Page 15 – Internationalization Support for Events
  • Page 16 – An event class name is followed by attribute information.
  • Page 19 – Adapter Files
  • Page 20 – Cache File; The format of the cache file is as follows:; maxsz; The maximum size of the cache file.; head
  • Page 21 – Configuration File; File Location; File Format; To specify configuration options:; To specify event filters:; Example; Keywords; Keywords use the following format: keyword=value
  • Page 22 – BufEvtMaxSize; YES; BufferEvents
  • Page 24 – This keyword is optional.; The default value for this option is NO.
  • Page 25 – ServerLocation; ServerPort
  • Page 26 – TestMode; Event Filtering; FilterMode
  • Page 27 – Event Buffer Filtering
  • Page 28 – BAROC File
  • Page 29 – Rule File; Format File; The purposes of a format file are as follows:
  • Page 30 – Class Definition Statement File; The following example shows a CDS file:
  • Page 31 – Error File; keyword, as shown in the following example:; Each line of the error file consists of the following information:; ERROR
  • Page 32 – Initial Files
  • Page 33 – All Adapters; Check the cache files to see if the event was cached.; Managed Node Adapters
  • Page 36 – if this keyword is not defined, meaning that the adapter
  • Page 37 – SELECT Statement Example; FETCH Statement Example; Recommended actions to be taken for the alert.
  • Page 39 – Integrating with an Existing Alert Filter; ) command. Create the data queue with the Create Data Queue; keyword is not specified, then a data queue is created and; Starting the Adapter
  • Page 40 – STRTECADP EVTADP; DESCRIPTION; Authorization; QSYSOPR; Arguments; EXAMPLES
  • Page 41 – Stopping the Adapter
  • Page 42 – ENDTECADP EVTADP; Comments; EVTADP; name; OPTION; The adapter is ended immediately.
  • Page 43 – Examples
  • Page 46 – Troubleshooting the AS/400 Adapter; command. This will display the Work with Job dialog.
  • Page 47 – Logging Events in Test Mode; keyword. For additional information, see the ServerLocation and; keywords on pages 13 and 14, respectively.; TCP/IP Considerations; Starting an AS/400 Adapter after an IPL; Adding an autostart job to a job queue; Adding an Autostart Job to QSYSWRK; Edit a source file member to add CL statements:; Create the program using the previous source program:
  • Page 48 – Changing the AS/400 Startup Program; Multiple AS/400 Alert Adapters
  • Page 49 – To create the configuration file, perform the following steps:
  • Page 52 – . The configuration file
  • Page 58 – configuration file. The
  • Page 60 – If *ALL is specified, then all adapters of all types are stopped.
  • Page 62 – source; Fully qualified message queue name.; origin; Protocol address of the system.; hostname; Name of the system from the host name table.; date; Date and time the message was sent.; msg; First level message text with replacement values.
  • Page 63 – command. This displays the Work with Job dialog.
  • Page 64 – Create the program using the previous source member:; Retrieve the code in the start-up program:
  • Page 65 – Multiple AS/400 Message Queues
  • Page 67 – Chapter 4. NetWare Log File Adapter; NetWare Log File Adapter Reference Information; The adapter service executable file
  • Page 68 – Prefiltering NetWare Events; The following attributes define prefilter statements:
  • Page 69 – PollInterval; keyword for new messages. The default value is 120 seconds.; PreFilter; Stop and restart the adapter for any changes to take effect.; The message text
  • Page 70 – For details about format files, see “Format File” on page 17.; Events Listing; Specified as an integer from zero (
  • Page 72 – The following NetWare events are defined in the BAROC file:
  • Page 74 – Starts the NetWare log file adapter in non-service mode.; Flags; Load tecadnw4; Description; ConfigFile
  • Page 75 – Troubleshooting the NetWare Log File Adapter; Start the adapter in debug mode:
  • Page 77 – Chapter 5. OpenView Adapter; OpenView Driver; using the SNMP API functions provided with OpenView NNM. This; Calling OVsReceive to receive commands from the ovspmd process.; Determining the OpenView NNM Version
  • Page 78 – Incoming Messages Format; enterprise; SNMP agent or proxy agent address; Event Correlation With NNM 6
  • Page 79 – Determining the OVsnmpEventOpen Filter Value; NNM input event tracing is turned on and adapter tracing is turned
  • Page 80 – Testing Tools; Testing Event Correlation With NNM 6
  • Page 81 – Event Correlation Example; value is
  • Page 82 – The installation configuration script.; path
  • Page 83 – filter; WellBehavedDaemon; OpenView Event Example
  • Page 84 – Object Identifier File
  • Page 85 – Change the .lrf file as needed and save it.; Starting and Stopping the Adapter
  • Page 86 – HPOV; hostIPaddress where the event originated; hostname where the event originated
  • Page 88 – OpenView Traps; Warnings
  • Page 89 – Troubleshooting the OpenView Adapter
  • Page 91 – readme; LogSources
  • Page 92 – UnmatchLog
  • Page 93 – The following events are defined in the BAROC file:
  • Page 94 – Troubleshooting the OS/2 Adapter; Perform the following steps to troubleshoot the OS/2 adapter:; and ServerPort are properly defined. If the event class appears
  • Page 95 – Chapter 7. SNMP Adapter; SNMP Driver
  • Page 96 – Specifies the port where the adapter listens for SNMP requests.; SNMP Event Example; Specifies the trap community string.
  • Page 98 – —OR—; SNMP
  • Page 100 – Rules Listing
  • Page 102 – Agent-independent Data; is used to communicate the priority of a clear-alert message.
  • Page 104 – Class Definition Statement File Changes; ) specifies that this is
  • Page 105 – file. For example, the BAROC class definition for the; Object Identifier File Changes; The following are the arguments for the tecad_snmp command:
  • Page 106 – TECADHOME
  • Page 107 – Chapter 8. IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console Gateways; Controlling Event Traffic at the Gateway
  • Page 108 – setting the value for the BufferFlushRate keyword.; Distribute the gateway ACP.
  • Page 109 – Worksheets and Calculations; The following are the calculations to control event traffic:; The configuration file names and their locations are as follows:
  • Page 110 – BufEvtPath; The following example shows how to specify this option:; EventSendThreshold; Specifies the timeout interval, in seconds, to wait for the
  • Page 111 – The default is five seconds.; The RetryInterval keyword is optional.; is not specified in the gateway configuration file,
  • Page 113 – Chapter 9. UNIX Log File Adapter; Event Server Configuration
  • Page 114 – The syntax for the init.tecad_logfile command is the following:
  • Page 115 – The UNIX log file adapter package consists of the following files:
  • Page 116 – field for new messages. The default value is 120 seconds.; The format file is described in detail in “Format File” on page 17.; The error file is described in detail in “Error File” on page 19.
  • Page 120 – Default Rules; command. If a Su_Success event is received within 90 seconds of the
  • Page 121 – Troubleshooting the UNIX Log File Adapter; Stop any UNIX log file adapters that are currently running:
  • Page 123 – Chapter 10. Windows Event Log Adapter; README; The adapter installation batch file.
  • Page 124 – HostnameIsAdapterHost; field from the Windows NT Event Log.; LanguageID; Messages are formatted in English.; DEFAULT
  • Page 125 – NumEventsToCatchUp; n represents any number other than zero (
  • Page 126 – PreFilterMode
  • Page 127 – In the following statement, all event logs are monitored:; option, the All or None option is used and the list of event; file, you must restart the adapter for the changes to; Prefiltering Windows Log Events; configuration file keywords.; Log
  • Page 129 – Registry Variables; directory. The following are the; ApplicationEventsProcessedTimeStamp; , you must also change; criteria are met, and a message similar to the following is; ApplicationEventsProcessed
  • Page 130 – variable if you want an event to be read; to a lower number. The PollingInterval setting is in; variable if you want an event to be read and
  • Page 131 – Low Memory Registry Variables
  • Page 132 – Adapter Administrator Roles for Windows; Select Create Administrators from the Administrators icon.
  • Page 133 – Event Class Structure; NT
  • Page 136 – Starts the Windows event log adapter in non-service mode.; SYNOPSIS; none; Specifies that no Windows event logs are monitored.; FileReplicationLog; more than one event log, separate the entries with a space.
  • Page 137 – Troubleshooting the Windows Event Log Adapter
  • Page 139 – Chapter 11. Windows NT Event Log Adapter
  • Page 141 – Start with the next event in the logs.; keyword for new messages. The default value is 120; Each PreFilter statement must be on a single line.
  • Page 142 – Prefiltering Windows NT Log Events
  • Page 144 – Non-English Format Files
  • Page 146 – account so that the adapters can send events to the event server.
  • Page 150 – Starts the Windows NT event log adapter in non-service mode.; Specifies that no Windows NT event logs are monitored.
  • Page 151 – Troubleshooting the Windows NT Event Log Adapter
  • Page 153 – Appendix A. Files Shipped with Adapters; The NetView for OS/390
  • Page 157 – This appendix contains details about format files.; Format File Location; See “File Location” on page 9 for more details.
  • Page 158 – Format Specifications; The END keyword completes the format specification.
  • Page 159 – Log File Example
  • Page 161 – Windows NT Example; The following example is a Windows NT message:; importance becomes apparent as discussed in “Mappings” on page 149.; Mappings
  • Page 162 – date set by mfoster; derived from the value assigned to the set_by attribute.
  • Page 163 – Additional Mapping Considerations; Specify only one mapping for each BAROC file attribute.
  • Page 164 – format specification. The event created by the log file; The following list describes how values were assigned:; class, two %s conversions are specified without any
  • Page 165 – Activating Changes Made with a Format File
  • Page 166 – See “Starting the Adapter” on page 80.
  • Page 167 – Appendix C. Class Definition Statement File Reference; The CONTAINS operator is valid only on string values.
  • Page 168 – Table 3 describes each statement in the example:; Class Definition Statement File Details
  • Page 169 – SELECT Statement; AS/400 adapters do not support KEY parts in CDS files.
  • Page 170 – type; FETCH Statement
  • Page 171 – An example of a FETCH statement is the following:; MAP Statement; An example of a MAP statement is the following:; MAP_DEFAULT Statement
  • Page 172 – Object Identifier to Name Translation
  • Page 173 – Class Definition Statement File Syntax Diagrams
  • Page 177 – Notices
  • Page 178 – IBM Corporation
  • Page 179 – Trademarks
  • Page 181 – Glossary; The following cross-references are used in this glossary:
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Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Who Should Read This Guide . . . . . . . . vii What This Guide Contains . . . . . . . . . vii Publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console Library . . . . viii Prerequisite Publications . . . . . . . . . viii Related Pub...

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