A.19 IBM Tivoli NetView

Table A-21 IBM Tivoli NetView Adapter Properties

Property

Specify…

Command.Ping

The command used for the Ping function. The syntax varies among operating systems. The default is ping ‑t.

Command.Trace.Route

The command used for the TraceRoute function. The syntax varies among operating systems. The default is tracert.

ConditionMapping

Maps one or more NetView conditions to Operations Center severity codes. The default is blank, which uses the default mappings. To define a particular code map, use the following format, separating each mapping with a semicolon:

Netview_condition=Formula_code;Netview_condition=Formula_code;

Table A-22 shows the default mappings between NetView and Operations Center.

DiscoveryDepth

The number of levels that the adapter loads upon startup from the management software. The default is 2.

MaxAlarms

The maximum number of alarms that the adapter queries and retains. Exceeding this value removes alarms on a first in, first out basis. Enter 0 to allow an unlimited number of alarms. The default is 500.

NetViewCharacterEncoding

For use with some non-English character sets. Performs character conversion when set to a canonical character set name, as listed at: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/intl/encoding.doc.html.

RequestDepth

The number of levels that the adapter opens from the management software after opening a branch using the Operations Center console. The adapter performs an incremental load, which prevents overloading the system when large managed networks are involved. The default is 2. This setting affects elements below the second level of the element hierarchy only. Requests made for the root element (1) returns only the first two levels.

Script.onConnected

A script that executes when the adapter successfully connects to the object server. All of the Script.* properties are optional.

Script.onDisconnected

A script that executes when the adapter disconnects from the object server.

Script.onError

A script that executes if the adapter fails for any reason. For example, the script can print the reason for the failure as msg using log.info(msg).

Script.onInitialized

A script that executes when the adapter initializes.

Script.onStarted

A script that executes when the adapter starts, either manually or automatically when the Operations Center server starts.

Script.onStopped

A script that executes after manually stopping the adapter.

ServerHost

The hostname of the server where the management software is installed.

ServerPort

The TCP/IP port number on which the Operations Center ORB listens. The default for NetView and OpenView is 1572.

SeverityMapping

Maps one or more NetView severity codes to Operations Center severity codes. The default is blank, which uses the default mappings. To define a particular code map, use the following format, separating each mapping with a semicolon:

Netview_code=Formula_code;Netview_code=Formula_code;

For example, to change the severity mapping of indeterminate alarms within NetView to UNMANAGED within Operations Center, change the SeverityMapping value to:

indeterm=unmanaged;

Table A-22 shows the default mappings between NetView and Operations Center, and Table A-23 lists the possible Operations Center code mapping values.

Table A-22 lists the default mapping between NetView states and Operations Center codes. Use the ConditionMapping adapter property to change any of the mappings.

Table A-22 NetView State and Operations Center Default Mapping

NetView State Values

Operations Center Codes

normal

OK

acknowledge

OK

minor

MINOR

critical

CRITICAL

unmanaged

UNMANAGED

major

MAJOR

restricted

INFORMATIONAL

testing

INFORMATIONAL

unknown

UNKNOWN

Table A-23 lists the default severity mappings between NetView and Operations Center. Use the SeverityMapping adapter property to change any of the mappings.

Table A-23 Default NetView and Operations Center Severity Code Mappings

NetView Severity Codes

Operations Center Severity Codes

cleared

OK

unknown

UNKNOWN

indeterm

UNKNOWN

warning

INFORMATIONAL

minor

MINOR

major

MAJOR

critical

CRITICAL

The following list consists of valid Operations Center values for state/severity mapping:

Some values are synonyms of others. For example, INFO and INFORMATIONAL are the same, as are usage_idle and idle. The UNMANAGED and INITIAL values are also synonyms.