Rules files

The ObjectServer module and each Internet service monitor provide a rules file for converting monitor events into alert information which is used by IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.

The ObjectServer module's rules file acts as a wrapper for individual Internet service monitor rules files, each of which contains rules specific to the elements generated by that monitor.

Note: To define lookup tables for processing events generated by a specific monitor, define them at the start of the ObjectServer rules file rather than in the monitor rules file. Rules file parsing requires that lookup tables appear before any processing statement, so any lookup tables that are defined in a monitor rules file result in parser errors in the ObjectServer rules file.

If you modify the rules files, you must restart the Databridge for the changes to take effect. On UNIX®, you can force the ObjectServer module to re-read the rules files by issuing the command kill -HUP pid, where pid is the process ID of the ObjectServer module process. For information about rules files and their syntax, see the Netcool/OMNIbus Probe and Gateway Guide. By default, rules files are located in the $ISMHOME/etc/rules directory.