Configuring property settings for the Accelerated Event Notification client

You can configure the Accelerated Event Notification client to specify which ObjectServer you want the client to receive notifications from, how notifications are displayed, the type of information displayed, and retention settings for this information. You can also specify where the associated events are managed.

1. Perform the appropriate action for your operating system:

   Operating system	Action
   UNIX	Right-click over the floating notifier panel showing the connection state, and click Properties from the pop-up menu.
   Windows	From the Windows system tray, right-click over the icon depicting the connection state, and click Properties from the pop-up menu.

   The Accelerated Event Notifier Properties window opens.
2. From the Application tab, specify which ObjectServer you want to receive accelerated event notifications from, the type of event list within which you want to manage the accelerated events, and the Web browser for viewing online help.

   Complete the tab as follows:

   Notification Settings

   Use these fields to specify whether operators can view additional details for accelerated events in the desktop event list or the Web GUI Active Event List. Based on your selection, operators can use one or the other of these event lists to manage accelerated events.

   Server

   Select the name of the ObjectServer from which accelerated event notifications should be received. This list is populated with ObjectServer entries from the Server Editor.

   Note: In a failover configuration, connection to the name of a virtual pair is not supported. You must select either the (primary) or (backup) server name.

   View In

   Select Netcool Event list to use the desktop event list to manage accelerated events. Select Web GUI to use the Active Event List to manage accelerated events.

   Launch In Context Settings: Netcool Event list tab

   If you selected the Netcool Event list option in the Notification Settings area, you must use this tab to configure connection settings, and views, for the event list. Complete this tab as follows:

   Server

   Select the ObjectServer from which accelerated event notifications are received. This list is populated with ObjectServer entries from the Server Editor.

   View

   Specify the view that you want to apply to the event list. Either type the path to the .elv file, or click the ellipses (...) button to navigate to the .elv file.

   Launch In Context Settings: Web GUI tab

   If you selected the Web GUI option in the Notification Settings area, you must use this tab to configure connection settings, and views, for the Active Event List. Complete this tab as follows:

   Server

   Type the host name or IP address of the Web GUI server. The host name can be a short name or a fully-qualified name.

   If you type an IP address, you can specify an IPv4 or IPv6 address for the server. For IPv6 addresses, use brackets [] as delimiters. For example, for a literal IPv6 address of FEDC:BA12:3456:7890:FEDC:BA12:3456:7890, type:

   [FEDC:BA12:3456:7890:FEDC:BA12:3456:7890]

   Port

   Specify the port number on which the Web GUI server listens. The range is from 1 to 65536.

   SSL

   Select this check box to specify that page requests to the Web GUI server should be made by using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer (HTTPS).

   Version

   Specify the Web GUI server version.

   View

   Type the name of a view within the Web GUI server, which must be applied to the Active Event List.

   Browser Settings

   Use this area to specify a Web browser for displaying online help.

   Application

   Either type the path to the executable file, or click the ellipses (...) button to navigate to the file. If you manually type a path to the file name, the system checks whether it is valid.

   If you do not specify a browser for Windows, the default Windows browser is automatically used. On UNIX, you are prompted that you need to specify a browser.

3. From the Messages tab, configure settings for the history buffer and the pop-up notifier.

   Complete the tab as follows:

   History Settings

   Inbound event notifications are stored in a history buffer, which is automatically cleared at the end of each application session. You can view this information in the Historical Data Viewer window. Use these fields to configure the size of the history buffer.

   Remove Messages Older Than

   Specify how long messages should remain in the history buffer before being automatically removed. The range is from 0 to 10080 minutes. (10080 minutes equates to the number of minutes in a week.) A value of 0 indicates that this field is to be ignored, in which case the automatic removal of messages from the history buffer is controlled by the value of the Number of Messages to Keep field.

   Number of Messages to Keep

   Specify the maximum number of messages that the history buffer can store during a session. When this maximum number is attained, the oldest message will be removed to make way for a new incoming message. The number of messages can range from 1 to 1000.

   Note: If you reduce the size of the history buffer during the current session, the oldest messages that are over and above the new limit are lost.

   Clear History

   Click this button to clear the history buffer. This action causes all the information in the Historical Data Viewer window to be deleted.

   Pop-up Settings

   Accelerated events are displayed using pop-up notifiers. Use these fields to configure the number and behavior of the pop-up notifiers that are visible on the screen.

   Display No More Than

   Specify the maximum number of pop-up notifiers that can be visible on the screen at any time. The range is from 1 to 10. If the maximum number of pop-up notifiers is currently visible on the screen and another notification is received, the oldest event is removed from the stack of pop-up notifiers, and replaced with the new event. Intermediate alerts are repositioned to maintain the order in which they were received.

   Popups Expire After

   Specify how long a pop-up notifier remains on the screen before it is automatically removed from the screen. The range is from 0 to 10 minutes. (You can also manually close pop-up notifiers.)

   Custom Settings: Visual tab

   Use these fields to specify whether to include details of the channel name and the ObjectServer from which notifications are received, within the pop-up notifier. You can also specify the point of insertion of new pop-up notifiers.

   Display Channel Name

   Select this check box to add the name of the channel on which an accelerated event notification was broadcast.

   Display Server Name

   Select this check box to add the name of the ObjectServer that forwarded the notification to the Accelerated Event Notification client.

   Insert New Messages At The

   Select Top if you want new pop-up notifiers to be added at the top of the pop-up stack. Select Bottom if you want new pop-up notifiers to be added at the bottom of the pop-up stack. This setting also controls the insertion point for entries in the history buffer and consequently, the Historical Data Viewer window.

   Custom Settings: System tab

   Use this tab to configure settings for data retention, logging, and sound.

   Maintain History

   Select this check box if you want to save the contents of the history buffer when you sign out or exit. When you sign in again, saved historical data that falls within the specified expiration limits for notifications can be viewed in the Historical Data Viewer window. Clear this check box (the default) if you do not want the contents of the history buffer to be reloaded when you next sign in.

   Log Notifications

   Select this check box to save the notification details to text log files that are maintained in your userhome/.netcool/nco_aen_settings/logs directory on UNIX, where userhome represents your home directory. On Windows, these files are stored in userhome\.netcool\nco_aen_settings\logs.

   Play Sound

   Select this check box to play an audio sound whenever notifications are received. The sound is muted by default if multiple notifications are received in rapid succession. Clear this check box (the default) to stop the sound from playing. Note that you cannot change the sound, and the workstation must have the relevant hardware for playing sounds.

   Default Settings

   Click this button to restore the default settings.

4. From the Channels tab, specify which of the defined channel columns are shown in the pop-up notifier, and the position of the data.

   Complete the tab as follows:

   Channel list

   This list shows all the channels over which you can receive accelerated event notifications. These channels are created by your system administrator, who also grants access rights to channels. From this list, select a channel that you want to configure. The columns configured for the channel, and their position within the pop-up notifier, are shown to the right.

   Note: Click-across functionality to the event list or the Active Event List is available only for events in the alerts.status table.

   Column data

   Each column that is configured for the selected channel is listed here.

   Filter

   Use these check boxes to construct a dynamic AND logic filter for the event list or Active Event List that is accessible from the pop-up notifier and the Historical Data Viewer window. Select the Filter check box for each column on which you want to filter.

   Position in Popup

   Use these fields to reposition column data within the pop-up notifier and the Historical Data Viewer window.

   Default Positions

   Click this button to reset the channel columns to their default position in the pop-up notifier.

5. From the Information tab, view version and build information about the Accelerated Event Notification client.
6. From the About tab, view the name and version of the product, together with copyright and trademark information.
7. Save or cancel your changes as follows:

   OK

   Click this button to save the property settings and close the window.

   Cancel

   Click this button to close the window without saving your changes.