Enabling predictive eventing in the Web GUI

Run a WAAPI command file, which is provided with the server component, on the Web GUI server to create the configurations that are required to show predictive events that are generated by IBM Tivoli Monitoring in event lists.

The Web GUI Administration API (WAAPI) command file is called predictive_events_web_gui.xml. It creates the following resources for use with predictive events:

Default global filter
Default global view
Tools. The ShowDetailsInTEP requires the host name and port number of the Tivoli Enterprise Portal host. If the port number differs from the default, it must be manually changed in the tool. See step 5
Submenu for the event lists that contains the tools. The submenu must be manually added to a menu so that it can be accessed by right-click on a predictive event.
Prompts
.jsp file, images, and a stylesheet

Before you begin

Configure the server components for predictive eventing. See Configuring predictive eventing in your integrated environment.
Enable and configure the WAAPI client. Familiarize yourself with how the WAAPI client works. See Remotely administering the Web GUI server.
Enable single sign-on (SSO) between the Web GUI server and the Tivoli Enterprise Portal server. If SSO is enabled, users do not have to log in to Tivoli Enterprise Portal after clicking a predictive event. See Configuring and maintaining single sign-on.

Procedure

On the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus server, copy the contents of the $NCHOME/omnibus/extensions/itmpredictive directory to the WEBGUI_HOME/waapi/bin directory on the Web GUI server:
On the Web GUI server, change to the WEBGUI_HOME/waapi/bin directory.
To execute the command file, enter the following command:
./runwaapi -file predictive_events_web_gui.xml
Add the submenu to a menu, so that the predictive eventing tools can be run from an event list:
1. Click Administration > Event Management Tools, and click Menu Configuration.
2. From the Available menus list, select alerts and click Modify.
3. In the Menus Editor window, select menu from the Available items list.
4. Select the Predictive Events submenu and click Add selected item.
  The submenu is added to the list in the Current items pane on the right side of the page.
Configure the ShowDetailsInTEP tool to open Tivoli Enterprise Portal:
1. Click Administration > Event Management Tools > Tool Creation.
2. Select ShowDetailsInTEP.
  The tool is displayed with the following entry in the URL field: http://teps_host:15200/LICServletWeb/LICServlet
3. Replace teps_host with the host name on which Tivoli Enterprise Portal is installed. Change the port number if it differs from the default.

Results

Operators can now use the predictive eventing tool to start Tivoli Enterprise Portal from the event lists.