IBM® Control
Center uses
external systems event notifications to monitor the status of Global Mailbox system components. You can edit the
global.properties file to enable or disable external systems event
notifications for IBM Control
Center.
About this task
For external systems event notifications, an event is sent to IBM Control
Center when a system failure occurs.
When a Global Mailbox external systems failure is
resolved, IBM Control
Center receives an event
notification that indicates a successful resolution to the event. The notification includes the data
center that raised the event and which external system the event is for.To configure Global Mailbox external systems event notifications for
IBM Control
Center:
Procedure
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In the <shared_files_dir>/config/ directory, locate the
global.properties file.
Important: The <shared_files_dir> is the base directory that you
specified during installation.
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Open the global.properties file in a text editor.
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Specify the value true for the
com.ibm.mailbox.controlcenter.external.systems.enabled property to enable
external systems event notifications for IBM Control
Center.
The default value is
false:
com.ibm.mailbox.controlcenter.external.systems.enabled=true
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Save the global.properties file.
What to do next
You can enable tracing for the external systems events that are received by
IBM Control
Center. For more information about
enabling tracing, see Enabling tracing for IBM Control Center events.