IBM E027SLL-H - Tivoli Monitoring - PC, Troubleshooting Manual

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Setting the trace option for Tivoli Enterprise Console event
forwarding
If your monitoring environment is configured for IBM Tivoli Monitoring event
forwarding, you can forward situation events to the Tivoli Enterprise Console and
view events on the event server through the Tivoli Enterprise Portal. If you want
to forward situation events to and view updates from Tivoli Enterprise Console
event server in the portal client, you can set the trace for the event forwarder on
the Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server.
Use the event forwarding trace facility to diagnose problems with event
forwarding.
About this task
The event forwarding trace facility uses RAS1 tracing. Event forwarding is set
during installation. The acceptable values include:
v
STATE
v
DETAIL
v
ALL
The default trace value is STATE. If you change the trace level, you must restart
the monitoring server for the change to take effect.
Use the following instructions to set the trace levels:
:
1. In Manage Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Services, right-click the Tivoli
Enterprise Monitoring Server.
2. Click Advanced > Edit trace parms .
3. Under Enter RAS1 Filter add
UNIT:kfaot trc_class
where:
trc_class
Specifies STATE, DETAIL or ALL which produces increasingly more
trace information.
4.
The default log file location is
C:\IBM\ITM\CMS\logs\KMSRAS1.LOG
, change if
necessary.
5. Click OK to set the trace.
6.
Recycle the monitoring server for the trace to take effect.
1. Edit
install_dir/config/
hostname_ms_Tivoli_Enterprise_Monitoring_Server_ID.config
where:
install_dir
Specifies the installation directory of the monitoring server.
hostname
Specifies the host name value supplied during installation.
2.
Add
(UNIT:kfaot trc_class)
to the line
KBB_RAS1=’ERROR’
where:
trc_class
Specifies one of the following levels of trace detail:
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