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Netcool/Impact 7.1.0 Policy Changes for RFE IRISCART-779 are missing on upgrade from FP22 to FP23

Troubleshooting


Problem

The policies required for RFE IRISCART-779 are not updated in Impact on upgrade from FP22 -> FP23. The 3 affected policies are
  1. RE_ACT_GROUPSYNTHETIC.js
  2. PG_PROCESSPATTERNS.js
  3. PG_PROCESSTYPES.js

Symptom

With RFE IRISCART-779 correctly in place, it is expected that the ParentIdentifier fields is not updated for Related Events groupings. However, with the out-of-date policies, the ParentIdentifier field is updated.

Cause

The updated policies are saved correctly in the $IMPACT_HOME/add-ons/RelatedEvents/importData/Policy/com.micromuse.response.dblayer.PolicyOrgNode directory but they are not pushed to Impact by the Installer.

Environment

This only affects Impact FP23 systems, with NOI Extensions, which have been upgraded from FP22. And this is only relevant if RFE IRISCART-779 is required.  For more information on RFE IRISCART-779 see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/noi/1.6.3?topic=analytics-connecting-premises-event

Diagnosing The Problem

On a FP23 Impact system, with NOI Extensions, check for the word ceaScopingFeature in the policy PG_PROCESSTYPES. If this word is missing then the policies are not up to date.

Resolving The Problem

To resolve the issue apply the up-to-date policies in the add-ons/RelatedEvents/importData/Policy/com.micromuse.response.dblayer.PolicyOrgNode directory to Impact using nci_policy command.
Set the IMPACT_HOME environment variable and use the following commands to push the updated policies to Impact
$IMPACT_HOME/bin/nci_policy NCI push impactadmin <password> $IMPACT_HOME/add-ons/RelatedEvents/importData/Policy/com.micromuse.response.dblayer.PolicyOrgNode/RE_ACT_GROUPSYNTHETIC.js
$IMPACT_HOME/bin/nci_policy NCI push impactadmin <password> $IMPACT_HOME/add-ons/RelatedEvents/importData/Policy/com.micromuse.response.dblayer.PolicyOrgNode/PG_PROCESSPATTERNS.js
$IMPACT_HOME/bin/nci_policy NCI push impactadmin <password> $IMPACT_HOME/add-ons/RelatedEvents/importData/Policy/com.micromuse.response.dblayer.PolicyOrgNode/PG_PROCESSTYPES.js
i.e.
$IMPACT_HOME/bin/nci_policy NCI push impactadmin impactpass  $IMPACT_HOME/add-ons/RelatedEvents/importData/Policy/com.micromuse.response.dblayer.PolicyOrgNode/RE_ACT_GROUPSYNTHETIC.js
$IMPACT_HOME/bin/nci_policy NCI push impactadmin impactpass  $IMPACT_HOME/add-ons/RelatedEvents/importData/Policy/com.micromuse.response.dblayer.PolicyOrgNode/PG_PROCESSPATTERNS.js
$IMPACT_HOME/bin/nci_policy NCI push impactadmin impactpass  $IMPACT_HOME/add-ons/RelatedEvents/importData/Policy/com.micromuse.response.dblayer.PolicyOrgNode/PG_PROCESSTYPES.js
No restart is required.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
03 November 2021

UID

ibm16513200