Upgrading Event Analytics

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You can upgrade the IBM® Netcool® Operations Insight® packages for Event Analytics by applying the latest fix packs.

About this task

To perform the upgrade, use the IBM Installation Manager Update functions to locate update packages, and update your environment with the following product update packages:
  • Packages for IBM Tivoli® Netcool/Impact:
    • IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact GUI Server_7.1.0.26
    • IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact Server_7.1.0.26
    • IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact Server Extensions for Netcool Operations Insight_7.1.0.26
  • Packages for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus:
    • IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus_8.1.0.28
  • Packages for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI:
    • IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI_8.1.0.27
    • Netcool Operations Insight Extensions for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI_8.1.0.27

Procedure

The product update packages must be updated individually. Complete steps 1 - 3 for each product update package.

  1. Start Installation Manager. Change to the /eclipse subdirectory of the Installation Manager installation directory and enter the following command to start Installation Manager:

    ./IBMIM

  2. Configure Installation Manager to point to either a local repository or an IBM Passport Advantage® repository, where the download package is available. Within the IBM Documentation content for Installation Manager, see the topic that is called Installing packages by using wizard mode.
    See the following URL within IBM Documentation for content on Installation Manager:

    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSDV2W/im_family_welcome.htmlexternal link

  3. In the main Installation Manager window, click Update and complete the following type of installation wizard instructions to complete the installation of your update package:
    1. In the Update Packages tab, select the product group to find related update packages, and click Next. A list of the available update packages displays.
    2. From the list of available update packages, select one update package that you want to install, and click Next. Remember you can install only one update package at a time.
    3. In the Licenses tab, review the licenses. Select I accept the terms in the license agreements and click Next.
    4. In the Features tab, select the features for your update package, and click Next.
    5. Complete the configuration details, and click Next.
    6. In the Summary tab, review summary details. If you need to change any detail click Back, but if you are happy with summary details click Update and wait for the installation of the update package to complete.
    7. When the installation of the update package completes, the window updates with details of the installation. Click Finish.

What to do next

  1. Verify that the correct packages are installed. After you update each package, and to ensure that you have the correct environment, verify that the following packages are installed.
    • Packages for IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact:
      • IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact GUI Server_7.1.0.26
      • IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact Server_7.1.0.26
      • IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact Server Extensions for Netcool Operations Insight_7.1.0.26
    • Packages for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus:
      • IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus_8.1.0.28
    • Packages for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI:
      • IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI_8.1.0.27
      • Netcool Operations Insight Extensions for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI_8.1.0.27
  2. Configure the ObjectServer for Event Analytics. For more information about configuring the ObjectServer for Event Analytics, see Configuring the ObjectServer.
  3. Connect to a valid database from within IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact. To configure a connection to one of the Event Analytics supported databases, see the following topics:
  4. If you add a cluster to the Impact environment, you must update the data sources in IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact 7.1. For more information, see Configuring extra failover capabilities in the Netcool/Impact environment.
  5. If you want to make use of the pattern generalization feature in Event Analytics, you must configure the type properties used for event pattern creation in IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact. For more information about configuring the type properties used for event pattern creation in IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact, see Configuring event pattern processing.