TBSM installation requirements

This topic describes the TBSM base installation requirements.

Before you can set up the IBM Tivoli Composite Application Manager for Transactions integration with TBSM, you need to install these components:

• TBSM
• Netcool/OMNIbus
• Tivoli® Event Integration Facility (EIF) Probe
• Discovery Library Toolkit
• For particular TBSM versions, install the following product updates:
  • TBSM V4.2, Interim Fix 2 (or the latest cumulative interim fix that includes Interim Fix 2. See the section that follows regarding installing the latest Interim Fix.)
  • TBSM V4.2.1, Fix pack 1

You install TBSM and Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus using the launchpad of TBSM, or you can use the TBSM product DVD. Select the TBSM installation program. You can install the components on separate hosts.

To deploy the transactions and application integration, you need to have TBSM and Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus installed with the components and options described in Table 1.

For more information, see the Installation Guide at TBSM Information Center.

The EIF probe maps situation events from IBM Tivoli Monitoring to events for Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer. TBSM monitors the ObjectServer for events that affect service models.

You can install the EIF Probe using the launchpad of TBSM, or you can install the probe using the TBSM product DVD. Although you can install the Tivoli EIF probe on the TBSM server, you should install it on the event source server. When you install the probe on the event source server, the probe can provide a secure sockets layer (SSL) connection between itself and the TBSM server. If you decide to install the probe on the same server on which TBSM is installed, you cannot change the installation location; the probe will be installed in the $OMNIHOME\probes directory.