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Implementation with partition files
Address translation is an enhanced security feature of some firewall configurations. With this feature, components that must be reached across the firewall have two unique, but corresponding addresses: the external address (valid for components outside the firewall), and the internal address (valid for components inside the firewall).
In IBM Tivoli Monitoring, the component that typically must be reached for connection is the monitoring server; however, the Warehouse Proxy, which runs on Windows as a server-type application, must also be accessible to clients and also requires an external and internal address. A component on either side of the firewall knows only about the address that is valid for its side, its partition.
To accommodate sites with address translation, IBM Tivoli Monitoring uses a partition-naming strategy. This strategy requires two steps:
- The creation of a text file, called a partition file, as part of the configuration of a hub or remote monitoring server (or Warehouse Proxy). The partition file contains an entry that defines the address of that component in the other partition.
- The specification of a partition name (any alphanumeric string up to 32 characters) as part of the configuration of any agent, a hub or remote monitoring server, or Warehouse Proxy. A partition name must be specified for each component regardless of which side of the firewall it is located on.
- Sample scenarios
- Windows: Editing the partition file
- UNIX and Linux: Editing the partition file
- Create the partition file manually
- Sample scenarios
See scenarios on how to implement partition files in various configurations.
- Windows: Editing the partition file
You can create or modify the partition file using the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server Configuration option in Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services.
- UNIX and Linux: Editing the partition file
You can create or modify the partition file using the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server Configuration option in Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services.
- Create the partition file manually
If your site is using address translation, you must create a partition file. The partition file is a text file containing the name of a partition and its constituent interface address.
Parent topic:
Firewalls