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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x
Typographical notation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .x
Note, tip, and warning information . . . . . . . . xi
Syntax and sample subheadings. . . . . . . . . . .xii
Associated publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
IBM Tivoli Netcool®/OMNIbus™ Installation
and Deployment Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiii
IBM Tivoli Netcool®/OMNIbus™ User Guide
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . xiii
IBM Tivoli Netcool®/OMNIbus™
Administration Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xiii
IBM Tivoli Netcool®/OMNIbus™ Probe and
Gateway Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Online help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Operating system considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
How to send your comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction to Netcool/Precision TN . . . . . . . . .1
How Netcool/Precision TN works . . . . . . . . . . . .2
NETypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Deep discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Netcool/Precision TN product components . . . .6
Netcool/Precision TN server . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Network Pilot client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Overview of the Netcool Installer . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Netcool Installer modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Changing the Netcool suite installation
directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
New relational database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Chapter 2. Installing Netcool/Precision
TN
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Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Solaris system requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Browser requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Database requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Installing Netcool/Precision TN . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Obtaining the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Running the installation in GUI mode . . . . . .14
Running the installation in console mode . . .19
Running the installation in silent mode . . . . .20
Viewing the installation log. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Viewing installed packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Setting up an Oracle database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Creating the Oracle schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Configuring advanced Oracle features . . . . .23
Setting up a MySQL database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Using an existing copy of MySQL. . . . . . . . . .25
Configuring your version of MySQL . . . . . . .25
Configuring Netcool/Precision TN . . . . . . . .26
Creating the MySQL schema . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Netcool/Precision TN directory structure . . . . .28
Netcool/Precision TN executables . . . . . . . . . . .28
Third-party and Open Source software. . . . . . . .29
Chapter 3. Running Netcool/Precision
TN
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Downloading NETypes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Starting the product components. . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Step 1 – starting the database. . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Step 2 – starting the Netcool/Precision TN
server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Step 3 – starting Network Pilot . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Shutting down the server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Shutting the server down from Network Pilot .
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