Before you can connect to a process agent by using Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator,
you must ensure that the process agent has started.
About this task
You can start the process agent automatically by using
the supplied startup scripts on UNIX,
or by running the process agent as a Windows service.
You can also start the process agent manually by running the $NCHOME/omnibus/bin/nco_pad command.
To
connect to a process agent:
Procedure
- From the Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator window,
select the Reports menu button.
- Click the PA icon. The Process
Agent Report window opens. This window displays all the
process agents that were selected when the Import Connections Wizard
was last run.
Tip: After you have
started Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator, you can select at any time to import new server
communication information that is specified in the Server Editor. This information
facilitates communication between Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus server components
such as ObjectServers, gateways, process agents, and proxy servers.
- Select the process agent to which you want to connect and
then perform either of the following actions:
- If you are connecting for the first time or want to enter
updated authentication information to be used when connecting, click Connect
As in the toolbar. The Process Agent Security window
opens. Go to step 4.
- If you want to connect by using previously-specified authentication
information, click Connect. The Process
Agent Security window opens with the previously-specified
authentication details. Go to step 5.
- Complete the Process Agent
Security window as follows:
- Username
- Type the user name that is used to log into the process agent.
- On UNIX, any user that needs access to the process agent must be a member
of a UNIX user group that you identify as an administration group for this
purpose. On Windows, the user must be a valid user with a local or domain
account.
- Password
- Type the password that is used to log into the process agent.
- Always use for this connection
- Select this check box to indicate that the specified user name and password
should be saved for automatic reuse on subsequent connection attempts to this
process agent. These settings last for the length of the application session.
- Use as default
- Select this check box if you want the values specified for the user name
and password to be automatically filled in the next time this window is displayed. These
settings last for the length of the application session.
Note: If you select both check boxes, the Always
use for this connection setting takes precedence.
- Verify or cancel the authentication
as follows:
- OK
- Click this button to verify the credentials for connection, and close
the window. The Service/Process Details pane opens. This
pane contains information about the processes and services that are configured
for the selected process agent.
- Cancel
- Click this button to close the Process Agent Security window
without attempting to connect to the process agent. You return to the Process
Agent Report window.
What to do next
When you first connect to existing process agents with Netcool/OMNIbus Administrator,
the remote processes are only visible if they have been defined manually
in the configuration of the local process agent. To make remote processes
visible to all linked process agents, select each service or process
in turn, click the
Edit button, and close the
resulting window without making any changes. Save each configuration
file after that process is complete.