Configuring the Probe for IBM Tivoli EIF rules file

The tivoli_eif.rules file contains a set of commented-out include statements, each of which declares a subordinate rules file. To enable the Probe for IBM Tivoli EIF to monitor the target device, the commented-out include statement must be uncommented so that the probe includes the target device when monitoring events.

When a subordinate rules file is included in the tivoli_eif.rules file the probe will read this file in $OMNIHOME/probes/arch/ and monitor events generated on the target device.

Note: The following rules have been moved to the Probe Extensions Package; tivoli_eif_tpc.rules, tivoli_eif_tsm.rules and tivoli_eif_tec.rules. Where the $NC_PROBE_EXT is the home directory of the Probe Extension Package installation.

The following code extract from the rules file shows an example of these commented-out include statements:

# include "tivoli_eif_virtualization_pt1.rules"

# include "tivoli_eif_zos_tbsm.rules"

# include "$NC_PROBE_EXT/eif/IBM_TPC/tivoli_eif_tpc.rules"		

# include "$NC_PROBE_EXT/eif/IBM_TSM/tivoli_eif_tsm.rules"

# include "tivoli_eif_taddm.rules"

# include "$NC_PROBE_EXT/eif/IBM_TEC/tivoli_eif_tec.rules"

# include "itm_event.rules"

# include "kvm_tbsm.rules"

# include "predictive_event.rules"	

# include "tivoli_eif_virtualization_pt2.rules"

# include "kd4_tbsm.rules"                

# include "zos_event.rules"                   

# include "zos_event_user_defined.rules"                    

# include "zos_identity.rules"

Note: Both virtualization rules files are supplied with Netcool/OMNIbus V7.4.0, so this functionality is only supported with Netcool/OMNIbus V7.4.0 or later.