Support Resources for Tivoli Netcool OMNIbus (OMNIbus Core)

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Abstract

Consider this the home page for the support of the OMNIbus product. Each button below will take you to a collection of information, documents, or links that have been identified as most relevant to the given category.

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Planning

The Prerequisite Scanner for Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus should be used to validate the prerequisites are met prior to an installation of OMNIbus.

	OMNIbus 8.1 Sizing Guide with recommendations on CPU Cores and RAM
	OMNIbus 8.1 Supported Operating Systems
	IBM Education Assistant Module recording on Object Server and Object Server Gateway Multiiter Architecture Overview
	OMNIbus 8.1 (latest version) product documentation for planning a new OMNIbus installation or upgrade

Installation and Migration

	Best Practices including OMNIbus 7.4 Best Practice Guide, Large Scale and geographically distributed architectures, and other best practice documentation on Developerworks
	OMNIbus 8.1 Example Installation Scenarios for OMNIbus and WebGUI
	OMNIbus 8.1 Multitier Architecture and High Availability
	Upgrading from OMNIbus 7.4 and earlier to OMNIbus 8.1
	Recommended Fixpacks for Omnibus Core and Omnibus WebGUI

Configuration and Administration

	Configuring the Object Server to use LDAP authentication
	Configuring the Object Server to use PAM authentication
	Configuring OMNIbus and the Process Agent to launch external actions.
	Understanding Object Server Backup and Recovery
	OMNIbus v7.3.0-v7.4.0 Deployment Engine installer Backup and Restore
	OMNIbus 8.1 Administering the Server Components

Object Server Triggers and Automations

	OMNIbus 8.1 Best Practices for Creating Triggers
	Introduction to the generic_clear trigger IBM Education Assistant Module
	IBM Support's Guide to Triggers in a Production Environment.
	Support Technical Exchange Training on Object Server Triggers
	IBM Support's Guide to SubSecond Triggers

Troubleshooting

	IBM Education Assistant Module on Object Server Key Performance Indicators
	Best Practices for Performance Tuning
	Post questions to the OMNIbus User's Forum
	Information to collect when opening a problem ticket with IBM Support.

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