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IBM Tivoli Monitoring > Version 6.3 > User's Guides > Log File Agent User's Guide > Requirements and agent installation and configuration > Agent-specific installation and configuration IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3

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Forwarding events to Tivoli Netcool OMNIbus ObjectServers

You can configure the Tivoli Log File Agent to forward events to one or more Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServers.

Procedure

1. Configure the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer to receive Tivoli Enterprise Console events.

2. Install the Probe for Tivoli EIF as described in the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Probe for Tivoli EIF Reference Guide.

3. Run the Probe for Tivoli EIF.

4. Configure the Tivoli Log File Agent to forward events to the Probe for Tivoli EIF listener port by setting the Send EIF Events to OMNIbus value to Yes.

5. Optional: To forward events to more than one Netcool OMNIbus ObjectServer, add an entry to the configuration file to indicate the number of servers: NumAdditionalServers=n, where n is a positive integer not greater than 8.

6. Configure the location of the primary EIF Probe by setting the ServerLocation and ServerPort variables in the .conf file. ServerLocation can be either a host name or IP address. ServerPort is the network port number that your EIF probe is listening on, For example, ServerLocation=probehost.mycompany.com and ServerPort=5529.

   If you completed the previous optional step to forward events to more than one server, you can specify the additional servers using the same configuration names, but with an index number appended, starting at 1, for example:

   BufEvtPath=/tmp/main.cache
   ServerLocation=1.2.3.4
   ServerPort=1000
   NumAdditionalServers=2
   BufEvtPath1=/tmp/alt1.cache
   ServerLocation1=2.3.4.5
   ServerPort1=1000
   BufEvtPath2=/tmp/alt2.cache
   ServerLocation2=3.4.5.6
   ServerPort2=3000

   In this example, the configuration causes the agent to send EIF events to three receivers simultaneously: the default receiver and two alternates. The default receiver must always be configured before the alternates can be used. The alternates are optional. To, you can specify failover values for the server locations, such as: ServerLocation1=2.3.4.5,2.3.4.6. Only the BufEvtPath, ServerLocation, and ServerPort variables can have different values for the alternative configurations. All other values are copied over directly and are the same on all receivers.

7. Start the Tivoli Log File Agent, see Start the agent for more information.

• Configure the ObjectServer
  Configure the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer to map Log File agent custom fields to Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer fields.

• Forwarding events with custom variables to Tivoli Netcool OMNIbus ObjectServers
  You can configure the Tivoli Log File Agent to forward custom variables in events that are sent to Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServers.

• Probe for Tivoli EIF
  You can use the Probe for Tivoli EIF to forward events from an external event source to the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer.

• Probe for Tivoli EIF properties
  You use properties to specify how the probe for Tivoli EIF interacts with the Monitoring Agent for Log Files.

• Run the Probe for Tivoli EIF on UNIX
  Use this procedure to start and stop the Probe for Tivoli EIF on UNIX systems.

• Run the Probe for Tivoli EIF on Windows
  Use this procedure to start and stop the Probe for Tivoli EIF on Windows systems.

Parent topic:

Agent-specific installation and configuration

Related tasks:

Configure from the configuration panel

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