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Specify EIF forwarding for a situation event
When the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server has been configured for the Tivoli Event Integration Facility, situation events can be forwarded to the event receiver. Use the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Situation editor to set the destination event receiver for individual situations.
One of the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server configuration options is Tivoli Event Integration Facility. When this option is enabled, the default EIF receiver is specified in the event server Location and Port Number window that opens (and described in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation and Setup Guide and Tivoli Event Integration Facility Reference). Thereafter, all situation events are forwarded to the EIF receiver by default, using the severity derived from the situation name or the Critical severity if none can be derived.
You can override this default for individual situations through the EIF tab of the Situation editor in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal.
Up to eight event destinations can be specified for a forwarded situation event. The event destination association can be done on the EIF tab of the Situation editor. The event destinations must be predefined with the tacmd createEventDest command. Changes to the list of event destinations do not take effect until either the tacmd refreshTECinfo command is issued or the hub monitoring server is recycled. Additionally, if this is the first time that you have configured the EIF forwarding after a Tivoli Management Services upgrade, you also must recycle the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server and users must restart the Tivoli Enterprise Portal to see the EIF tab in the Situation editor.
Alternate event destinations that were specified in the tecserver.txt file from earlier releases will be defined as valid event destinations automatically as part of the tecserver.txt file migration.
If multiple default event destinations are specified (in other words, multiple event destination servers have Default set to 'Y'), they all must be selected in the Tivoli Enterprise Portal for events to be forwarded to all defined default destinations.
Complete these steps to specify the destination EIF receiver and severity for forwarded events:
Procedure
- In the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Navigator view, either right-click the Navigator item that the situation is associated with and click Situations or click Situation Editor in the main toolbar.
- Select the situation to forward.
- Click the EIF tab.
- Select Forward Events to an EIF Receiver to specify that an EIF event is sent for each event that opens for this situation.
- Select the EIF Severity to apply to forwarded events for this situation. <Default EIF Severity> uses the same severity that is used for the situation at this Navigator item.
- To assign other EIF receivers instead of or in addition to the <Default EIF Receiver>, use one of the following steps:
- To add a destination, select it from the Available EIF Receivers list and move to the Assigned list. (After selecting the first destination, you can use Ctrl+click to select other destinations or Shift+click to select all destinations between the first selection and this one.)
- To remove a destination, select it from the Assigned EIF Receivers list and move to the Available list.
The Available EIF Receivers list shows all of the defined EIF destinations that were defined through Manage Tivoli Monitoring Services or with the tacmd createEventDest command. See the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Command Reference.
- Save the situation definition with your changes by clicking Apply, to keep the Situation editor open, or OK, to close the Situation editor.
Parent topic:
Situation event integration with Tivoli Enterprise ConsoleRelated reference:
Tivoli Event Integration Facility Reference
Tivoli Monitoring Installation and Setup Guide
Tivoli Monitoring Command Reference