Compatibility Check plug-in

The Compatibility Check plugin automatically adds fields and values required by Network Manager to the relevant databases in Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.

The plugin attempts to make the necessary database changes. If the changes cannot be made, the plugin generates an event of type ItnmConfiguration explaining what change was attempted.

Required fields

This plug-in does not have any required fields. The plug-in runs when Network Manager connects to a Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus ObjectServer.

Event map subscriptions

The Compatibility Check plug-in does not subscribe to the any event maps.

Configuration of the plug-in

You do not need to configure the plug-in for normal operation. All required parameters are set by default.
Table 1. Mandatory configuration of the compatibility check plug-in
Parameter name Description Default value Purpose
StartupStitcher Name of the stitcher in the StitcherSubDir directory to run when the plugin starts. StartupCheck If a startup stitcher name is supplied then this stitcher will be run without arguments at startup, upon SIGHUP, or upon failover or failback.
StitcherSubDir Name of the subdirectory within the $NCHOME/precision/eventGateway/stitchers/ directory containing the stitchers for this plug-in. CompatibilityCheck Specifying the name of this directory allows only this plug-in to parse its stitchers.

The following plug-in configuration parameters can optionally be set using the ncp_gwplugins.pl script.

Table 2. Optional configuration of the compatibility check plug-in
Parameter name Value Purpose Default

SchemaFile

Name of a schema file in $NCHOME/etc/precision/ to be parsed at initialization.

If a schema file name is supplied then this file will be parsed at startup, upon SIGHUP, or upon failover or failback, before any startup stitcher is run.

None