Integration for Tivoli

Installing the HP Insight Integration with the TEC 17
Installing the HP Insight Integration with the TEC
Overview of HP Insight Integration with the TEC
This section describes the primary elements and operations of the TEC, as well as the requirements and
procedures used to install the HP Insight Integration for Tivoli into an existing TME.
TEC components and Insight Integration
Operation of the TEC relies on the following three major components:
• Event adapters
• Event Server
• Event Console
Event adapters
Tivoli event adapters gather data from managed resources in the TME. Event adapters enable the TEC to
retrieve events from a variety of sources, including the Windows® Event Log, SNMP messages, log files, and
other management platforms such as Tivoli NetView or HP OpenView.
HP Insight Integration for Tivoli provides predefined event object definitions and classes (.cds and .oid files)
for over 2,641 events that integrate with both non-TME and TME ACF SNMP Adapters. This functionality
enables events generated by HP Insight Management Agents and HP Virtual Connect to be translated and
prioritized. The events then appear in the TEC.
Event Server
The Event Server is a central system that arbitrates all SNMP events in the distributed environment and
delivers updates to the TEC. The Event Server creates an entry in the Tivoli database for each incoming event
and evaluates each one against a set of rules to determine how to respond. Using an event rule base,
administrators can automate common tasks and actions based on incoming events.
HP Insight Integration for Tivoli provides a comprehensive set of over 2,641 predefined BAROC event class
definitions and over 400 rules. These classes and rules enable automated processing and correlation of
SNMP events generated by HP Insight Management Agents and HP Virtual Connect, and they can easily be
customized to suit individual TME requirements.
Event Console
The Event Console is a graphical user interface that displays incoming events received at the Event Server.
Multiple Event Consoles can be configured within a single TME as required.
System administrators can use the Event Console to retrieve, filter, and correlate incoming events or to
escalate SNMP traps to other Event Consoles for further processing.