Benefits

The integration of Network Manager, Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus, and Netcool Configuration Manager consolidates the management of networking events in a single solution.

The integration offers the following benefits:

• Integration prevents the inefficiencies associated with the use of separate products to monitor different aspects of the same network. By sharing specific device information and preserving device groupings and hierarchies between Network Manager, Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus and Netcool Configuration Manager, you reduce the need to run separate device discoveries. You also reduce the need to maintain separate databases with separate device identifiers and duplicate network data. This improves the efficiency of network administration and monitoring.
• Device configuration problems form a significant percentage of all network problems. By integrating with Netcool Configuration Manager, you create a unified view of network events, including configuration changes made to network devices. This allows you to cross-reference all these event types, thereby helping you to monitor and address networking problems more efficiently from within a single solution.
• The ability to define network policies and enforce compliance with these policies helps you to manage your network more effectively, and also helps you to comply with network standards and regulations. By integrating with Netcool Configuration Manager, you include policy violation events in the list of network events to be monitored.

Integrating the products

You first install the required products and components and ensure that they are in working order. For more information, see the Related links below. You then configure the product integration itself.