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Event Integration Facility probe installation prompts
The Tivoli EIF Probe is used to support event flows from event source products such as Tivoli Enterprise Console, IBM Tivoli Monitoring , and NetView.
Although you can install the Tivoli EIF probe on the TBSM 4.1.1 server, it is strongly recommended that the probe be installed at the event source server. One advantage to installing the probe on the event source server is the probe's capability to provide a secure sockets layer (SSL) connection between itself and the TBSM 4.1.1 server. The details of the SSL connection are described in the Netcool/OMNIbus 7.1 Installation Guide.
Starting the EIF probe installer
You can use the TBSM 4.1.1 Launchpad to install the Tivoli EIF probe, or you can install the probe from the TBSM 4.1.1 product DVD.
From the launch pad, Select Install Tivoli EIF Probe and click Run the Tivoli EIF Probe installation program.
To start from the DVD on a UNIX® system:
- Change to the platform/TBSM directory, where platform is the operating system (such as Linux®, AIX®, HPux, or Solaris™).
- Type ./tbsmEifProbe.
To start from the DVD on a Windows system, complete the following steps:
- Change to the Win32\TBSM directory.
- Type tbsmEifProbe.exe.
ObjectServer install prompts
Note: For localhost to work correctly in TBSM 4.1.1 on UNIX hosts, the /etc/hosts file needs to be configured so that when you ping localhost, you get the computer's IP address, not 127.0.0.1.
The Configured Value column is provided so that you can add your configured values. To create a PDF of this page, click here
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| Prompt |
Description |
Default |
Configured Value |
| Name |
ObjectServer name. Required. |
NCOMS |
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| Hostname |
Required |
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| Port |
Must be in the range 1241-65535. Required. |
4100 |
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Probe listener install prompts
| Prompt |
Description |
Default |
Configured Value |
| Probe Listening port |
This is the port number where an event source product such as TEC, ITM, and NetView have been configured to forward events to. Must be in the range 1241 - 65535. Required. |
5530 |
|
| Setup Tivoli EIF probe for failover |
Select this option to have the probe's property file setup for failover. If you select this option, you must setup the primary ObjectServer for failover. |
Disabled |
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| Setup Tivoli EIF probe as a Windows service. |
Optional and only available on Windows installations. Select this option to have the server create a Windows service definition that will start the probe when the Windows OS is started. The name of the service is NCO NONNATIVE Probe (NCOTivoliEIFProbe). |
Disabled |
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