Preparing the event source

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Communication must be configured between the Problem Insights server and the product or component that provides the event information to be forwarded.

Procedure

Complete the following steps, depending on your event source. You can configure either the Z Data Analytics Platform, the Elastic Stack, or Splunk as the event source. However, only one of these event sources can be enabled at any given time.

  • If the Problem Insights server is installed on Linux®, complete the steps in Table 1, depending on your event source.
  • If the Problem Insights server is installed on z/OS®, complete the steps in Table 2, depending on your event source.
Table 1. Preparing the event source on Linux
Event source Steps
Z Data Analytics Platform In the <ZOA_HOME>/zoa_env.config file:
  1. Set ZDAP_ENABLED to true
  2. Set SPLUNK_ENABLED to false
  3. Set ELK_ENABLED to false
  4. Set all properties prefixed with ZDAP_ to the desired values as instructed in the configuration file
  5. Set all properties in the section Elastic Stack properties to the desired values as instructed in the configuration file
Elastic Stack In the <ZOA_HOME>/zoa_env.config file:
  1. Set ZDAP_ENABLED to false
  2. Set SPLUNK_ENABLED to false
  3. Set ELK_ENABLED to true
  4. Set all properties in the section Elastic Stack properties to the desired values as instructed in the configuration file
Splunk In <ZOA_HOME>/zoa_env.config:
  1. Set ZDAP_ENABLED to false
  2. Set SPLUNK_ENABLED to true
  3. Set ELK_ENABLED to false
  4. Set all properties in the section Splunk properties to the desired values as instructed in the configuration file
Table 2. Preparing the event source on z/OS
Event source Steps
Elastic Stack
  1. Copy <PI_HOME>/samples/elk.config to <PI_HOME>/config/
  2. Delete <PI_HOME>/config/splunk.config if it exists
  3. Set all properties in <PI_HOME>/config/elk.config to the desired values as instructed in the configuration file
Splunk
  1. Copy <PI_HOME>/samples/splunk.config to <PI_HOME>/config/
  2. Delete <PI_HOME>/config/elk.config if it exists
  3. Set all properties in <PI_HOME>/config/splunk.config to the desired values as instructed in the configuration file
Z Data Analytics Platform
  1. Copy <PI_HOME>/samples/elk.config to <PI_HOME>/config/
  2. Delete <PI_HOME>/config/splunk.config if it exists
  3. Set all properties in <PI_HOME>/config/elk.config to the desired values as instructed in the configuration file