Enabling correlation of virtual management events in the Web GUI

You can configure the Web GUI to manage events that originate from a virtual environment. Copy a WAAPI command file from the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus host to the Web GUI host and run the WAAPI client on the file. Columns are added to the Event Viewer that define the relationship between the root-cause events and symptom events that originate from a virtual environment

Before you begin

Ensure that you have met the following prerequisites:

You configured the required environment for virtual management. The configuration differs depending on the products that are deployed in your environment. For more information, see the following topics:
- Configuring event management in a virtual environment using the Probe for SNMP and IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Knowledge Library
- Configuring event management of a virtual environment using IBM Tivoli Monitoring
You performed at least the minimum configuration for the Web GUI Administration Application Program Interface (WAAPI) client, and are familiar with how the WAAPI client works.

Procedure

To define this event relationship in the Web GUI:

On the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus host computer, change to the $NCHOME/omnibus/extensions/virtualization/common and copy the virtualization_webgui_config.xml file.
Add this file to the following location on the Web GUI host computer: WEBGUI_HOME/dir/waapi/bin.
To execute the command file, run the following command:
```
./runwaapi -file virtualization_webgui_config.xml
```
Define the event relationship in the Event Viewer:
1. Start the View Builder.
2. From the Available views list, select the view you want to apply the relationship
3. Click the Relationships tab, and from the list, select IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Root Cause/Symptom.
4. Click Save and Close to save and close the View Builder.
5. Launch the Event Viewer and edit your widget preferences, or, as an administrator, edit the widget defaults.
6. In the General Settings, select the view that was previously defined.
7. Click OK.