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Launch in Context
If a Tivoli Business Service Manager (TBSM) service was created from a Discovery Library Adapter (DLA) book generated by IBM Tivoli Monitoring, you can launch into the Tivoli Enterprise Portal from the TBSM service. This function is only supported in Internet Explorer on the Windows operating system.
The Launch in Context to TEP menu option is enabled only if the service contains additional attributes that contain the data used to construct a URL for the Enterprise Portal web console. There are two attributes created as part of the TBSM Discovery Library Toolkit service creation process. The Discovery Library Toolkit obtains the launch data from either an IDML book produced by the Tivoli Monitoring Services DLA or from the Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager. The user can create their own services and provide valid and correct values to these attributes.
The IBM_Tivoli_Monitoring_Services_sourceContactInfo attribute contains the host name and the port number of the Tivoli Enterprise Portal associated with the TBSM service.
For example:
The IBM_Tivoli_Monitoring_Services_sourceToken attribute contains the information about the resource in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal.
For example:
managed_system_name=Primary:MYWINHOST:NT&object_id;=p@Primary:MYWINHOST:NT
The values for these attributes come from the DLA book for Tivoli Monitoring or from the Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager. Any service which is not an associated Tivoli Monitoring resource does not have the above attributes.
Installing launch in context for a client
To enable the launch in context feature on a TBSM client or a client with the Active Event List (AEL) for IBM Tivoli Netcool/Webtop, you need to install and configure some files as described in the installation section of the TBSM information center
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Launching Tivoli Enterprise Portal from a service
To enable the launch in context feature on a TBSM client or a client with the Active Event List (AEL) for IBM Tivoli Netcool/Webtop, you need to install and configure some files as described in the installation section of the TBSM information center.
To launch the resource in Tivoli Enterprise Portal from TBSM, complete the following steps:
- In the Service tree or Service Viewer, right-click the service.
- From the menu that opens, right-click Integrations.
- From the menu that opens, click Launch TEP.
When the launch in context is issued for the first time, a new browser opens, providing a link for asisp_launch_browser.exe.
- Download the .exe file and copy it to C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer directory as directed.
- Issue the Launch TEP option again. A new browser opens.
- Enter the Tivoli Enterprise Portal user ID and password.
After you enter your user ID and password, the resource is displayed in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal.
