Deploying Integrated Virtual Ethernet (IVE)

Instructions on how to deploy IVE. This step involves setting up IVE component that collects performance data from DataChannel and passes them to Tivoli Monitoring

About this task

Perform the following steps on Tivoli® Netcool® Performance Manager server, as pvuser.

Procedure

  1. Extract IVE media (ive-52.tar.gz) in the $DC_HOME directory:
    cd $DC_HOME
    . ./dataChannel.env
    gunzip ive-52.tar.gz
    tar xvf ive-52.tar
  2. Run the following command to generate dc.cfg file into /opt/proviso/datachannel/conf/ directory.
    dccmd debug CMGR "self dbCfgPrint" | egrep 
    '^(AMGR|CMGR|CNS|LOG|CME|FTE|BCOL|UBA|LDR|DLDR|DISC|PBL)' >> $DC_HOME/conf/dc.cfg
    Note: The installIVE.sh script refers to the generated dc.cfg file to get the user name. By default, it is PV_LDR_01.
  3. Run the install script and answer the prompts as follows:
    cd $DC_HOME/bin 
    ./installIVE.sh
    Enter the following data:
    • Database user name and password. By default, PV_LDR_01.
    The ive.cfg file is generated in the $DC_HOME/conf/ directory.
  4. Edit the ive.cfg file to change DB_USERNAME string from PV_LDR_01 to PV_ADMIN.
    The contents of ive.cfg file are as follows:
    #DC CFG
     
    #IVE
    IVE.1.1.ROOT_DIRECTORY=/opt/proviso/datachannel
    IVE.1.1.SCRIPTS_DIRECTORY=/opt/proviso/datachannel/scripts/IVE
    IVE.1.1.DB_USERNAME=PV_ADMIN
    IVE.1.1.DB_PASSWORD=AAAC
  5. Check the IVE_visual execution to make sure that it is calling dc.im in startIVE.sh script that is available in $DC_HOME/bin folder by using this command:
    $DC_BIN_HOME/pvexec IVE_visual $DC_BIN_HOME/visual -nologo -noherald $DC_BIN_HOME/dc.im 
    -headless -a IVE -f $DC_HOME/conf/ive.cfg -c 1 -l -name IVE.1.1 1&
  6. Start IVE by using this command:
    ./startIVE.sh