Using processing environment of another instance

To configure an instance of Operations Manager to use the action processing environment of another instance, issue the DEFIPCS command. The following command is an example of utilizing the action processing environment of another Operations Manager instance:

DEFIPCS NAME SYS1 +
APPL GOMRSCC +
USER TCPIP +
ADDR SYS1.FULLDNS.COM +
PORT 43001

The command above starts the connector program provided by Operations Manager (APPL GOMRSCC) and instructs the program to connect on TCP port 43001 (PORT 43001) to the DNS name SYS1.FULLDNS.COM (ADDR SYS1.FULLDNS.COM) assigned to the TCP/IP service machine named TCPIP (USER TCPIP).

Note: Depending on your z/VM TCP/IP configuration, you may need to authorize OPMGRM1 (and any user ID running GOMMAIN) to use the ports specified in your DEFIPCS statements. Refer to the PORT or OBEY statements in the z/VM TCP/IP Planning and Customization (SC24–6125) documentation for information on enabling an application to use specific ports.

In addition to defining the IP sessions between Operations Manager instances, the procsys field of the ENV operand for an action, rule, schedule, or monitor must specify the IP session name (ipcsid) of the IP session connecting the remote instance. The following is an example of specifying the procsys field of the ENV operand:

RUN COMMAND ‘CP QUERY USERS’ ENV LVM,SYS1

The command above schedules the processing of the command ‘CP QUERY USERS’ on the local virtual machine (LVM) of the remote instance connection defined with the ipcsid SYS1 (SYS1).