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Subject: RE: [nv-l] Has anyone implemented the full TEC integration (correlation rules) NV 7.1.4 and TEC 3.9
From: "Van Order, Drew \(US - Hermitage\)" <dvanorder@deloitte.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:40:57 -0600
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Yup--4.1. I'm going to try remarking out the state correlation comments
per Jane's suggestion and see what happens. I've got a PMR going as
well!

Thanks--Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com [mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com]
On Behalf Of Paul
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:03 PM
To: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [nv-l] Has anyone implemented the full TEC integration
(correlation rules) NV 7.1.4 and TEC 3.9


D0h, I read the whole thread and never scrolled over the
subject, three lashes and all that. Anyhow, are you
running framework or not?

Paul


Van Order, Drew (US - Hermitage) wrote:
> I really screwed up guys--was looking at the 7.1 guide. The 7.1.4 UNIX

> Guide has some decent information that gets you going in the right 
> direction. I ran the upgrade script and cycled the daemons. 
> Unfortunately, I see no events at TEC, nothing in wtdumprl, and
nothing 
> in the /etc/Tivoli/tec cache files. I know TEC_ITS.rs exists because I

> looked at it yesterday. Old tecint.conf:
>  
> ServerLocation=dsmrdux02
> TecRuleName=Trap2Tec.rs
> ServerPort=0
>  
> New tecint.conf:
>  
> ServerLocation=dsmrdux02
> TecRuleName=TEC_ITS.rs
> ServerPort=0
> DefaultEventClass=TEC_ITS_BASE
> BufferEvents=YES
> UseStateCorrelation=YES
> StateCorrelationConfigURL=file:///usr/OV/conf/nvsbcrule.xml
> ## The following four lines are for debugging the state correlation
engine
> # LogLevel=ALL
> # TraceLevel=ALL
> # LogFileName=/usr/OV/log/adptlog.out
> # TraceFileName=/usr/OV/log/adpttrc.out
>  
>  
> TFNC events are coming through. Any suggestions? Thank you for your 
> patience--Drew
> 
>     -----Original Message-----
>     *From:* owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
>     [mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com] *On Behalf Of *James Shanks
>     *Sent:* Thursday, January 15, 2004 2:39 PM
>     *To:* nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
>     *Subject:* RE: [nv-l] Has anyone implemented the full TEC
>     integration (correlation rules) NV 7.1.4 and TEC 3.9
> 
> 
>     Drew -
> 
>     The phrase "nvserverd.baroc" does not appear anywhere in the 7.1.4
>     Admin Guide and the section Chris pointed to has revision bars on
>     every page indicating that is new and changed material.  Are you
>     certain that you are reading the 7.1.4 version?
> 
>     James Shanks
>     Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
>     Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group
> 
> 
>       *"Van Order, Drew \(US - Hermitage\)" <dvanorder@deloitte.com>*
>     Sent by: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
> 
>     01/15/2004 02:59 PM
>     Please respond to nv-l
> 
>              
>             To:        <nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com>
>             cc:        
>             Subject:        RE: [nv-l] Has anyone implemented the full
>     TEC integration (correlation rules) NV 7.1.4 and TEC 3.9
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     Thank you. I read this yesterday, but it's older information,
>     referencing nvserverd.baroc, when it's now netview.baroc. I guess
>     that's my point; there are fragments of information in different
>     documents. I only found the new files because I was pointed to the
>     release notes! You have to piece it together as best you can and
>     hope what you are reading is correct. I'm very grateful for you
>     folks on the list. If this new correlation works, it is material
for
>     a chapter in a redbook or the next set of NV manauls.
>     -----Original Message-----*
>     From:* owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
>     [mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com] *On Behalf Of *Christopher
Haynes*
>     Sent:* Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:51 AM*
>     To:* nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com*
>     Subject:* RE: [nv-l] Has anyone implemented the full TEC
integration
>     (correlation rules) NV 7.1.4 and TEC 3.9
> 
> 
>     Drew,
>            Check out the stuff starting at the bottom of page 110 of
teh
>     NetView Administrator's Guide.
> 
>
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/netview/SC32-1246-00/en_US/PDF/d
uyl2mst.pdf
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     thanks,
>     Chris Haynes
>     haynesch@us.ibm.com
>     Tivoli Quality Assurance Manager
>     (919) 224-1217
> 
> 
>       *"Van Order, Drew \(US - Hermitage\)" <dvanorder@deloitte.com>*
>     Sent by: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
> 
>     01/15/2004 12:32 PM
>     Please respond to nv-l
> 
>              
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>            cc:        
>            Subject:        RE: [nv-l] Has anyone implemented the full
>     TEC integration (correlation rules) NV 7.1.4 and TEC 3.9
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     No doubt I overlooked something between the KB and manuals--where
>     can I find this script? I did a find for TEC_* and tec_* no file
>     resembling that name. If you can also point me to where this is
>     documented, I would be grateful. Thanks James--Drew
>     -----Original Message-----*
>     From:* owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
>     [mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com] *On Behalf Of *James Shanks*
>     Sent:* Thursday, January 15, 2004 11:01 AM*
>     To:* nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com*
>     Subject:* RE: [nv-l] Has anyone implemented the full TEC
integration
>     (correlation rules) NV 7.1.4 and TEC 3.9
> 
> 
>     Drew -
> 
>     I'm stumped about what is confusing to you.
>     There is no configuration for you to do, other than run the
>     tec_its_upgrade script and create a new tecint.conf (which happens
>     nicely if you rename your old one and create a new one from
>     serversetup).
> 
>     The script changes the configuration of the NetView events in
>     trapd.conf so that they work with the new TEC rules.  It makes
>     TEC_ITS_BASE the new default event class instead of the old
>     Nvserverd_Event  class.  And it removes severity as passed field,
>     because severity will be set dynamically by the new TEC rules, and
>     they cannot do that correctly if you are sending your choice of
>     severity instead.  The NetView ruleset is the same one we shipped
in
>     NetView 7.1.3 :  TEC_ITS.rs.  Bring it up in the NetView ruleset
>     editor and you'll see that it just picks out specific NetView
events
>     and sends them to TEC.  If you want additional events, from Cisco
or
>     something, you'll have to add those, but those lie outside of the
>     new integration.
> 
>     That's all there is to the NetView side.
> 
>     James Shanks
>     Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
>     Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group
>       *"Van Order, Drew \(US - Hermitage\)" <dvanorder@deloitte.com>*
>     Sent by: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
> 
>     01/15/2004 11:24 AM
>     Please respond to nv-l
> 
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>           cc:        
>           Subject:        RE: [nv-l] Has anyone implemented the full
TEC
>     integration (correlation rules) NV 7.1.4 and TEC 3.9
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     I started on it last night, and it does have some very useful
>     information. Unfortunately the NV side is where I am struggling
the
>     most; namely the trap configurations and NV forwarding ruleset.
>     Until that is understood and confirmed configured correctly to
match
>     what TEC expects it's tough to tell how well the TEC rule is
>     working. I just opened a sev 3 PMR; also offered to help write any
>     documentation that could be considered a guide. Like most IT
folks,
>     I don't have the luxury of focusing on one project at a time, and
>     really need to slam and jam when solutions are deemed shrink wrap.
> 
>     Thanks for looking into this!
>     -----Original Message-----*
>     From:* owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
>     [mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com] *On Behalf Of *Christopher
Haynes*
>     Sent:* Thursday, January 15, 2004 9:57 AM*
>     To:* nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com*
>     Subject:* Re: [nv-l] Has anyone implemented the full TEC
integration
>     (correlation rules) NV 7.1.4 and TEC 3.9
> 
> 
>     Drew,
>          I don't know if you have looked at it yet but you might want
to
>     check out the TEC 3.9 Rule Set Reference
> 
>
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/tividd/td/tec/SC32-1282-00/en_US/PDF/ecosm
st.pdf
> 
> 
>     It goes into detail about what all the rulesets do (including
>     netview.rls)
> 
>     thanks,
>     Chris Haynes
>     haynesch@us.ibm.com
>     Tivoli Quality Assurance Manager
>     (919) 224-1217
>       *"Van Order, Drew \(US - Hermitage\)" <dvanorder@deloitte.com>*
>     Sent by: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
> 
>     01/14/2004 08:09 PM
>     Please respond to nv-l
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>          cc:        
>          Subject:        [nv-l] Has anyone implemented the full TEC
>     integration (correlation rules) NV 7.1.4 and TEC 3.9
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     If there is a single document, can someone point me to it? I've
>     found pieces and parts in the different manuals, but it's not
>     working out of box (as advertised by our sales team):
> 
>         * Netview.baroc and netview.rls in rulebase
>         * Netview6000 traps in NV ruleset TEC adapter uses
>         * Netview6000 traps have TEC_ITS event classes mapped in
xnmtrap
>           Events reach TEC, but severities do not make sense, and I'm
>           sure this means any change rules in the ruleset will not
>           execute. For example, TEC_ITS_INTERFACE_STATUS is HARMLESS
at
>           TEC, yet message is interface xxx is down. However, I have a
>           SEGMENT_STATUS and NETWORK_STATUS event as WARNING in TEC,
but
>           the message indicates they are up. The netview6000 traps are
>           set from previous versions where TEC classes were OV_. I
>           directly edited TEC classes for each trap in xnmtrap, but I
>           think this issue pertains to TEC slots that are not being
>           passed in the trap or matching what the TEC rule expects.
> 
>           We are trying to replace TFNC, which has been worth every
>           penny. Do I need to feed the netview6000 MIB through
mib2trap
>           again--and will this populate xnmtrap properly? What's the
>           name of the mibfile that contains the netview6000 OID?
> 
>           Sorry for all the questions--since this integration crosses
NV
>           and TEC boundaries, I'm not sure if a PMR will get me
>           anywhere. I think I'm getting close, but there has to be an
>           easier way.
> 
>           Thanks--Drew
> 
>           */Drew Van Order/* */
>           ESM Architect/* */
>           (615) 882-7836 Office/* */
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