Configuring the gateway to run with Tivoli EIF

The gateway can be configured to run with the Tivoli Event Integration Facility (Tivoli EIF) using the Tivoli EIF configuration file specified in the Gate.TIVOLI_EIF.Config property, which is defined in the NCO_GATE.props file.

The following example shows sample settings for the configuration file specified in the Gate.TIVOLI_EIF.Config property:
TransportList=t1
t1Type=SOCKET
t1Channels=c1
c1ServerLocation=tec server ip_address
c1Port=port_number
BufEvtPath=$OMNIHOME/var/tivoli_eif/eifcache
BufferEvents = YES
EventMaxSize=32768

For more information on Tivoli EIF, see IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Event Integration Facility Reference.

Before running the gateway for the first time, you must make the following changes to the configuration file specified in the Gate.TIVOLI_EIF.Config property:
  1. Accept the default values for the TransportList, t1Type, and t1Channels properties.
  2. Set the c1ServerLocation property to the IP address of the Tivoli EIF server.
  3. Set the c1Port property to the port number of the Tivoli EIF server.
    Note: On UNIX, the Tivoli EIF server uses a port mapper. To take advantage of this, set the port number to 0. On Windows, the Tivoli EIF server does not use a port mapper; the default port on Windows is 5529.
  4. On UNIX and Linux operating systems, do not use the $OMNIHOME environment variable in the path specified in the BufEvtPath property. Instead, expand $OMNIHOME to the full path of the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus installation.

    On Windows operating systems, do not use the %OMNIHOME% environment variable in the path specified in the BufEvtPath property. Instead, expand %OMNIHOME% to the full path of the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus installation.

  5. Set the BufferEvents property to the value YES.
Note: The BufferEvents and BufEvtPath properties determine store and forward (SAF) configuration. If you want to disable SAF, set the BufferEvents property to the value NO, in which case the BufEvtPath and EventMaxSize properties are not needed.