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How to Configure Netcool to Integrate with the NerveCenter Universal Platform Adapter

As long as the NerveCenter Universal Platform Adapter and the Netcool's NerveCenter probe are installed and running, NerveCenter will be able to send inform packets to Micromuse Netcool/OMNIbus. There are a few additional ways you may want to configure the integration between NerveCenter and Netcool.

Some of these configurations involve altering Netcool's nervecenter.rules file. This file is typically found in the following directory:

$OMNIHOME/probes/platform/

Where $OMNIHOME is the installation directory used by Micromuse, which is typically /opt/Omnibus.

The following list describes some of the ways you may want to customize your Netcool/NerveCenter integration.

• Should the platform adapter's host or port change, you must configure the platform adapter settings accordingly. See "Command line reference for Integrating NerveCenter with Netcool" on page 141 for further instructions. You may also need to reconfigure the Inform Configuration setting in NerveCenter Administrator to reflect the new host or port. See How to Specify the Destination of Inform Packets Sent to Micromuse Netcool/OMNIbus.
• If you change the probe's host so that it differs from the machine on which the platform adapter resides, you must change the default -nhost setting for the adapter to the machine that is running the probe. See "Command line reference for Integrating NerveCenter with Netcool" on page 141 for further instructions. You may also need to change your Netcool configuration. See your Micromuse Netcool/OMNIbus documentation for further details.
• You may want to create a new event list or modify an existing list to display only traps received from NerveCenter. Creating or modifying a list would involve creating a new filter that displays only informs sent from NerveCenter. See your Micromuse Netcool/OMNIbus documentation for further instructions.
• You may want to customize an Event List to display fields defined in the nervecenter.rules file.
• By default, messages received from NerveCenter display in the Event List as "See Details." You may want to associate more meaningful messages with NerveCenter informs.

  To create more meaningful messages, edit the @Summay field value in the nervecenter.rules file.

• You can create a new or change an existing NerveCenter inform recipient at any time. See How to Specify the Destination of Inform Packets Sent to Micromuse Netcool/OMNIbus for further instructions.