How process agents connect
You can set up a process control network system by configuring process control on several Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus hosts.
The process agents can then communicate with each other and run programs on request. Process agents running on Windows operating systems can communicate with process agents running on UNIX operating systems, and vice versa.
Running process agents in a routing configuration
When several process agents are connected by routing statements, each process agent in the process control network can be made aware of processes in the other process agents. A process agent configuration file is used to define processes, services, and hosts in the process control network, and to define routing statements.
The process control system supports full remote management of your process agents from a single console. You can add, modify, delete, start, and stop services and processes remotely. You can also view the status of both local and remote processes. If using Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator to manage process control, you can optionally save your changes to the configuration files of the process agents.
- Copy and modify the current configuration from an existing process agent to have visibility of the current processes.
- Update the configuration files for each of the other process agents by adding the new routing entry to the routing definition area in the files.
- Stop each of the existing process agents and their child processes by running the nco_pa_shutdown utility with the -option STOP setting. Then restart each process agent in order to pick up the new routing.