IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Version 8.1

Starting the Conductor

The Conductor provides single sign-on access to all the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus desktop tools that you can use to view and manage alerts.

About this task

To use the desktop tools, you must connect to a running ObjectServer by using valid authentication credentials.

Tip: You can optionally start desktop tools individually from the command line in UNIX or from the Windows Start menu. However, every time you start a desktop tool in this way, you need to enter your user name and password for authentication and connection to a selected ObjectServer.

To start the Conductor:

Procedure

  1. Perform the appropriate action for your operating system:
    Option Description
    UNIX From a command prompt, type: $NCHOME/omnibus/bin/nco &
    Windows
    • From the Windows Start menu, click Netcool Conductor.
    • From a command prompt, enter:

      %NCHOME%\omnibus\desktop\NCOConductor.exe
    The Login window for the Conductor opens.
  2. Complete this window as follows:
    Username
    Type your user name.
    Password
    Type your password. Asterisk (*) characters are shown in place of the text that you type.
    Note: If your user name and password are being verified against an external authentication source (rather than an ObjectServer), check whether this source supports multi-byte characters. If multi-byte characters are not supported, you must specify the user name and password with ASCII characters.
    Server
    The ObjectServer name defaults to NCOMS (Netcool/OMNIbus Master Server). If multiple ObjectServers are configured for your environment, all available ObjectServers are shown in this drop-down list. Select the ObjectServer to which you want to connect.
    OK
    Click this button to authenticate your login details.
    Note: You are allowed three attempts to log in. On each attempt, the Password field is cleared. If you fail to log in correctly at the third attempt, the program terminates.
    Cancel
    Click this button to cancel your login attempt.

Results

On successful login:
  • The UNIX Conductor opens as a window.
  • The Windows Conductor is represented as a bus icon in the Windows system tray. Right-click this icon to view the Windows Conductor menu.

    You can start a Conductor for each running ObjectServer. On Windows, each Conductor is allocated an icon in the system tray.

Parent topic: Accessing the desktop tools

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