Starting Network Manager

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You can start the Network Manager back-end processes, using the itnm_start command.

About this task

From Network Manager V4.2 and above, you must start Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus separately, using the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus commands.

Restriction: The itnm_start command is applicable only to UNIX™ installations, and to the server on which the Network Manager core components are installed.

Use the itnm_start command to start the Network Manager domain process controller, the ncp_ctrl process (which then starts all required Network Manager processes). Network Manager processes are responsible for network discovery, polling, root-cause analysis, network visualization and related activities.

To start Network Manager, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. Start the Network Manager front-end processes by starting Dashboard Application Services Hub. Use the following command (where server1 is the default name of the Dashboard Application Services Hub server): 
    JazzSM_HOME/profile/bin/startServer.sh server1
  2. Source the configuration file containing the Network Manager environment variables by entering the following command: 
    /opt/IBM/netcool/core/env.sh
  3. Change to the $NCHOME/precision/bin directory.
  4. Type this command:itnm_start -domain domain
    This command starts all of the Network Manager components that are installed on the server.
  5. Start the Dashboard Application Services Hub.

What to do next

You must now ensure that all Network Manager processes are up and running.