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Product and component versions

The following table lists the products and components that are supported in the current release of on-premises Netcool Operations Insight, which is version 1.6.6. Only this combination of product and component releases is supported in Netcool Operations Insight 1.6.6.

Install Netcool Operations Insight 1.6.6 with IBM Installation Manager 1.9.2.

Table 1. Netcool Operations Insight on premises 1.6.6 product and component versions

Product or component	Version	Change from previous release?	Download from Passport Advantage®	Download from Fix Central
IBM Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus core components	Version 8.1.0.29	No	G070BML	Version 8.1.0 Fix Pack 29 is available with version 1.6.6.
IBM Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI For compatible versions of IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact and IBM Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI, see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/netcoolomnibus/8.1?topic=upgrade-web-gui-installation-prerequisites	Version 8.1.0.28	Yes	Included in G070BML	Version 8.1.0.28 is available with version 1.6.6.
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 8 Plus Gateway for Message Bus	Version 8.0	No	M036KEN
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 8 Plus Gateway for JDBC	Version 8.0	No	CC8XSEN
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 8 Plus JDBC Gateway Configuration Scripts	Version 8.0	No	CC8XQEN
IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact For compatible versions of IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact and IBM Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI, see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/netcoolomnibus/8.1?topic=upgrade-web-gui-installation-prerequisites	Version 7.1.0.27	Yes	G070CML	Version 7.1.0.27 is available with version 1.6.6.
Db2®	Version 11.5 IBM Db2 Server Edition 11.5 for Netcool Operations Insight 1.6.6	Yes	G070JML Activation key: G01LWML	For more information, see Download Db2 Fix Packs by version for Db2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows
Operations Analytics - Log Analysis	Version 1.3.7	Yes	G070DML
Operations Analytics - Log Analysis Service Desk Extension	Version 1.1.0	Yes	G070FML Note: Only available with G070DML
IBM Operations Analytics Advanced Insights Multiplatform English eAssembly	Version 1.3.6	No	G070GML
Event Analytics	IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact Server Extensions for IBM Netcool Operations Insight_7.1.0.27	Yes	Included in Netcool/Impact 7.1.0.27
	IBM Netcool Operations Insight Extension for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI_8.1.0.28	Yes	Included in Web GUI 8.1.0.28
Event Search	Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Insight Pack Version 1.3.1	No	CNS6GEN Included in Operations Analytics - Log Analysis 1.3.7 eAssembly.
	Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Insight Pack Version 1.3.0.2	No	CN8IPEN Included in Operations Analytics - Log Analysis 1.3.7 eAssembly.
Topology Search	Network Manager Insight Pack Version 1.3.0.0	No	CNZ43EN Included in Operations Analytics - Log Analysis 1.3.7 eAssembly.
IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition	Version 4.2.0.15	Yes	G070LML	Version 4.2.0 Fix Pack 15
Network Health Dashboard	Version 4.2	No	G070MML	Version 4.2
IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager	Version 6.4.2.16	Yes	G070PML	Version 6.4.2 Fix Pack 16 is available with version 1.6.6.
IBM Agile Service Manager	Version 1.1.15	Yes	G070SML	Version 1.1.15
IBM Agile Service Manager Observers	Version 1.1.15	Yes	G070RML
IBM Agile Service Manager Application and Network Discovery	Version 1.1.15	Yes	G070TML
Jazz® for Service Management	Version 1.1.3.16	Yes	G070HML	Version 1.1.3.16
WebSphere® Application Server	Version 8.5.5.22 and version 9.0.5.12 Note: The IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager product uses a different version of WebSphere Application Server. For more information, see the version listed in the Software requirements topic in the IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager documentation.	Yes	Included in Jazz for Service Management.	Version 8.5.5 Fix Pack 22 Version 9.0.5 Fix Pack 12
IBM Cognos® Analytic ServerIBM Cognos Analytic Server	Version 11.1.7	No	G070VML	Version 11.1.7 The eAssembly includes the following components: IBM Cognos Analytics Server 11.1.7 IBM Cognos Analytics Client 11.1.7 IBM Cognos Analytics Installer 2.0

Integrations

Product and component details

Netcool/OMNIbus core components version 8.1.0

This product includes the following components. It is installed by Installation Manager. It is part of the base Netcool Operations Insight solution, so it must be installed, configured, and running before you can start the Networks for Operations Insight feature setup.

• Server components (includes ObjectServers)
• Probe and gateway feature
• Accelerated Event Notification (AEN) client

For systems requirements, see http://ibm.biz/Bd2LHA.

Important: The ObjectServer that manages the event data must be at version 8.1.0.

Netcool/OMNIbus Web GUI

This component includes the following subcomponents and add-ons. It is installed by Installation Manager. It is part of the base Netcool Operations Insight solution. The following extensions to the Web GUI are supplied in Netcool Operations Insight:

• Tools and menus for integration with Operations Analytics - Log Analysis.
• Extensions for Netcool Operations Insight: This supports the Event Analytics capability.
  Important: Both the Impact Server Extensions and the Web GUI extensions must be installed for the Event Analytics capability to work.

The Web GUI is installed into Dashboard Application Services Hub, which is part of Jazz for Service Management. Jazz for Service Management is distributed as separate installation features in Installation Manager. For systems requirements, see http://ibm.biz/Bd2LHt .

Db2 Enterprise Server Edition database

Db2 is the default database that is used for Netcool Operations Insight. Other types of databases are also possible.

• Db2 Enterprise Server Edition 11.5 is for use with Operations Management components. For systems requirements, see http://ibm.biz/Bd2L4E.

Gateway for JDBC

This product is needed for the base Netcool Operations Insight solution. It is installed by Installation Manager. The system requirements are the same as for Netcool/OMNIbus 8.1. It is required for the transfer of event data from the ObjectServer to the IBM Db2 database.

Netcool/Impact

The 7.1.0.27 Fix Pack is available as a silent refresh. This product includes the following components. It is part of the base Netcool Operations Insight solution. It is installed by Installation Manager.

• Impact server
• GUI server
• Impact Server extensions: Includes the policies that are used to create the event analytics algorithms and the integration to IBM Connections.
  Important: Both the Impact Server Extensions and the Web GUI extensions must be installed for the Event Analytics capability to work.

For system requirements, see http://ibm.biz/Bd2L4Y.

IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis 1.3.7

Netcool Operations Insight works with IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis 1.3.7. IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis is part of the base Netcool Operations Insight solution. It is installed by Installation Manager. For system requirements, search for Hardware and software requirements within the relevant version of IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis at https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSPFMY .

Note: Operations Analytics - Log Analysis Service Desk Extension 1.1.0 is available with IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis 1.3.7.

Note: Operations Analytics - Log Analysis Standard Edition is included in Netcool Operations Insight. For more information about Operations Analytics - Log Analysis editions, search for "Editions" at the Operations Analytics - Log Analysis documentation, at https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSPFMY.

OMNIbusInsightPack_v1.3.1 for IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis

This product is part of the base Netcool Operations Insight solution. It is required to enable the event search capability in Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. The Insight Pack is installed into Operations Analytics - Log Analysis.

Gateway for Message Bus 8.0

This product is part of the base Netcool Operations Insight solution. It is installed by Installation Manager. The system requirements are the same as for Netcool/OMNIbus 8.1.0. It is used for the following purposes:

• Transferring event data to the IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis product.
• Supports the transfer of event data to Agile Service Manager by integrating with the Agile Service Manager Event Observer.

Jazz for Service Management

This component provides the GUI framework for the Netcool Operations Insight solution. It is installed by Installation Manager, and it includes the following subcomponents.

• Dashboard Application Services Hub 3.1.3.x
• Reporting Services (previously called Tivoli Common Reporting)

Note: For the cumulative patch to use for this version of Jazz for Service Management, see the web page for the relevant version of Netcool Operations Insight at this location: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home?lang=en#!/wiki/Tivoli%20Netcool%20OMNIbus/page/Release%20details

For the system requirements for Dashboard Application Services Hub, see http://ibm.biz/BdiVYN. The instance of Dashboard Application Services Hub hosts the version 8.1 Web GUI and the Seasonal Event Reports portlet. Jazz for Service Management is included in the Web GUI installation package but is installed as separate features.

You can set up Network Manager and Netcool Configuration Manager to work with Reporting Services by installing their respective reports when installing the products. Netcool/OMNIbus 8.1.0 and later can be integrated with Reporting Services 3.1 to support reporting on events. To configure this integration, connect Reporting Services to a relational database through a gateway. Then, import the report package that is supplied with Netcool/OMNIbus into Reporting Services. For more information about event reporting, see the Netcool/OMNIbus documentation, https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSSHTQ_8.1.0/omnibus/wip/install/task/omn_con_ext_deploytcrreports.html.

IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition

This product includes the core and GUI components for the optional Networks for Operations Insight feature.

For system requirements, see the following links:

• https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSSHRK_4.2.0/itnm/ip/wip/install/task/nmip_pln_planninginst.html
• http://ibm.biz/Bd2L4h

Network Manager Insight Pack 1.3.0.0 for IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis

This product is part of the Networks for Operations Insight feature. It is required to enable the topology search capability in Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. The Insight Pack is installed into Operations Analytics - Log Analysis. It requires that the OMNIbusInsightPack_v1.3.1 is installed.

Note: The Network Manager Insight Pack 1.3.0.0 can share a data source with the OMNIbusInsightPack_v1.3.1 only. It cannot share a data source with previous versions of the Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Insight Pack.

Probe for SNMP

This product is optional for the base Netcool Operations Insight solution. It is used in environments that have SNMP traps. It is required for the Networks for Operations Insight feature. For installations of the probe on the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus 8.1 server, use the instance of the probe that installs with IBM Installation Manager.

Syslog Probe

This product is optional for the base Netcool Operations Insight solution. It is required for the Networks for Operations Insight feature. For installations of the probe on the Netcool/OMNIbus 8.1 server, use the instance of the probe that installs with IBM Installation Manager.

Netcool Configuration Manager

This product has the following components. It is part of the optional Networks for Operations Insight feature.

• Core components
• Drivers
• OOBC component

For system requirements, see http://ibm.biz/Bd2L4J.

More information

For more information about the component products of Netcool Operations Insight, see the websites that are listed in the following table.

Table 3. Product information

Product	Website
IBM Netcool Operations Insight	https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSTPTP/welcome
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus and Web GUI	https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSSHTQ/landingpage/NetcoolOMNIbus.html
IBM Tivoli Netcool/Impact	https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSSHYH/welcome
IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis	https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSPFMY/welcome
Jazz for Service Management	https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSEKCU/welcome
IBM Tivoli Network Manager	Network Manager documentation
IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager	https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SS7UH9/welcome
Agile Service Manager	https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SS9LQB/welcome
runbook automation	https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSZQDR/com.ibm.rba.doc/RBA_welcome.html