IBM Tivoli Monitoring: Administrator's Guide Private Situation Operation
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IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.2.3 Fix Pack 1 Administrator's Guide SC32-9408-05 IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.2.3 Fix Pack 1 Administrator's Guide SC32-9408-05 Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the information in “Notices” on page 467. This edition applies to version 6, release 2, modification 3, fix pack 1 of IBM Tivoli Monitoring (product number 5724-C04 ) and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions. © Copyright IBM Corporation 2005, 2012. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Contents Figures ..............vii Enabling the HTTP proxy server ......49 Setting application properties for Linux and Tables ...............ix UNIX systems ............50 Setting the environment variable when the hub is on a z/OS system ...........51 About this information ........xi Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server configuration settings 52 Editing the portal server environment file . 52 Chapter 1. Introduction ........1 Portal server environment variables .....53 New in this release ............1 Pruning events on the portal server database . 54 New in Version 6.2.3 Fix Pack 1 .......1 Controlling the size of event attachments . 55 New in Version 6.2.3...........2 Controlling the number of logon attempts . 56 New in Version 6.2.2 Fix Pack 2 .......4 Duper process for optimizing situations ....57 New in Version 6.2.2 Fix Pack 1 .......8 New in Version 6.2.2...........9 Chapter 4. Setting up asymmetric New in Version 6.2.1 ..........12 encryption .............59 New in Version 6.2.0 ..........15 Setting the JRE for GSKit and starting Key Manager 59 IBM Tivoli Monitoring family of products ....18 Creating a new key database ........60 Tivoli Management Services components ....19 Creating a new public-private key pair and Tivoli Enterprise Portal client ........20 certificate request ............60 Desktop, Browser, and Java Web Start clients . 20 Using a temporary self-signed certificate.....61 Historical data collection .........21 Receiving the CA-signed certificate ......61 System administrator tasks ........21 Saving the password to a stash file ......62 Importing embedded WebSphere Application Server Chapter 2. Preparing your Tivoli (eWAS) certificates ............62 Enterprise Portal environment ....23 Browser client .............23 Chapter 5. Enabling user authentication 65 Java runtime environment (JRE) versions . 23 User authentication through the hub monitoring Allocating additional memory for the applet . 23 server ................66 First time logon ............25 Prerequisites for configuring authentication on Internet Explorer security settings ......25 the hub monitoring server ........66 Windows write and delete privileges .....26 Configuration procedure .........68 Adding your company logo and URL ....26 Ldapsearch for LDAP information ......70 Starting the Tivoli Enterprise Portal client ....27 User authentication through the portal server . 72 Using Web Start to download and run the desktop Prerequisites for configuring authentication on client ................27 the portal server ............72 Installing the IBM JRE ..........28 About single sign-on ..........74 Enabling tracing for the JRE ........29 Using Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services to Downloading and running the desktop client . 30 configure the portal server for LDAP Manually creating a shortcut for the Web Start authentication ............76 client ...............31 Using the Linux or UNIX command line to Starting the desktop client on another portal server 32 configure the portal server for LDAP Starting the browser client on another portal server 33 authentication ............79 Specifying the browser used for Launch Application Disabling LDAP authentication on the portal and for online help ............34 server ...............80 Add operating platforms to the Navigator view . 36 TEPS/e administration console .......81 Secure Socket Layer transmissions .......36 Mapping Tivoli Enterprise Portal user IDs to Enabling the Tivoli Integrated Portal Web Service LDAP distinguished names ........85 for charts ...............36 Importing and exporting LTPA keys .....86 Enabling FIPS for IBM Tivoli Monitoring ....37 Reconfiguring the browser client for SSO . 87 Tivoli Enterprise Portal distinguished names . 87 Chapter 3. Editing the portal Migrating authentication from the monitoring server configuration settings ........43 to the portal server ............88 Tivoli Enterprise Portal client configuration settings 43 Editing the client parameters .......43 Chapter 6. User administration ....91 Portal client parameter list ........44 Administer Users ............91 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2005, 2012 iii Users and User Groups .........92 Chapter 10. Configuring connectors Permissions .............92 for the common event console ....143 Applications .............95 Common Event Console Configuration window 143 Navigator views ............96 ITM Connector tab ..........144 Member Of and Members ........96 TEC Connector tab ..........144 Managing user IDs ............96 OMNIbus Connector tab ........146 Adding a user ID ...........97 Names of Extra Columns tab .......147 Viewing and editing a user ID .......98 Best practices for using event synchronization . 149 Removing a user ID ..........99 Troubleshooting problems with connection to Tivoli Default user .............99 Enterprise Console server on Linux systems . 149 Managing user groups ..........100 Viewing user group memberships .....100 Chapter 11. Maintaining monitoring Adding a user group ..........101 Reviewing and editing a user group.....102 agents ..............151 Removing a user group .........102 Agent tasks in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal....151 Notes on user administration ........103 Adding an agent through the Tivoli Enterprise Troubleshooting logon error messages .....106 Portal ...............151 Configuring an agent through the Tivoli Chapter 7. Audit logging ......109 Enterprise Portal ...........152 Starting, stopping, and recycling an agent Audit log XML elements mapped to the ITM Audit through the Tivoli Enterprise Portal .....153 attribute group .............111 Updating an agent through the Tivoli Enterprise Audit log XML example ..........113 Portal ...............154 Audit environment variables ........115 Removing an agent through the Tivoli Enterprise Portal ...........155 Chapter 8. Situation event integration Updating an agent through the command-line with Tivoli Enterprise Console ....119 interface ...............156 Default mapping of situation events to Tivoli Changing the monitoring server an agent connects Enterprise Console events .........119 to.................156 Expanding a generic event message situation Self-describing monitoring agents ......157 description .............121 Self-describing event flow at the monitoring Generic mapping for agent specific slots . 122 server ...............159 Assigning severity for Tivoli Enterprise Console Self-describing agent installation ......161 events ...............123 Self-describing auto refresh and seeding . 166 Localizing message slots.........123 Environment variables that control the Situation event statuses and Tivoli Enterprise self-describing capability ........168 Console event generation ........124 Disabling the self-describing capability at the Synchronizing situation events .......126 monitoring server ...........169 Checking the Tivoli Enterprise Console event Disabling the self-describing capability at the cache ...............126 agent ...............170 Changing the configuration of the event Determining if agents are enabled for synchronization on the event server .....127 self-description ............171 Defining additional monitoring servers for the Troubleshooting for self-describing agents . 173 event synchronization on the event server . 127 Closing sampled events .........128 Chapter 12. Agent Management Changing rule set parameters for the omegamon.rls Services .............177 rule set file ..............128 Features of the Tivoli Agent Management Services 177 Tuning considerations .........130 Tivoli Agent Management Services installation and Using the Rules Check utility ........130 configuration .............179 Editing the Event Integration Facility configuration 131 Monitoring the availability of agents .....183 Specifying EIF forwarding for a situation event . 134 Managing the agent manually ........183 Customizing the event message .......135 Updating the XML used by the MCS Attribute Service ...............136 Chapter 13. Agent autonomy .....185 Displaying events from the Universal Agent on the Autonomous capabilities .........185 Tivoli Enterprise Console .........139 Environment variables for autonomous behavior 189 Using the NetView console through the Tivoli Situation limitations ...........195 Enterprise Console event viewer .......140 UTF-8 encoded XML files .........198 Configuring Agent Management Services on Tivoli Chapter 9. Situation event integration System Monitor Agents ..........199 with Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus .....141 Private situations ............200 iv IBM Tivoli Monitoring: Administrator's Guide Private situation operation ........200 Impact of large amounts of historical data on Private situation XML specification .....203 the monitoring server or agent ......326 Exported enterprise situation XML specification 209 Requests for historical data from large tables 327 Private situation examples ........214 Scheduling