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SAz/OS alert notification

How To


Summary

Installation of alert notification by SA z/OS.

Objective

SA z/OS alert notification is triggered by the invocation of the INGALERT command.
It can be used to perform one ore more of the following tasks:
  • Start notification escalation by IBM® Tivoli® System Automation for Integrated Operations Management (SA IOM)
  • Display an event on a centralized operator console such as IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console (TEC) or IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus (OMNIbus)
  • Create a trouble ticket in a service desk application such as IBM Tivoli Service Request Manager® (TSRM)
  • Perform an arbitrary task in a user-defined alert handler
The following communication methods are available for alert notification:
  • Use the peer-to-peer protocol of SA IOM to start a REXX script on the SA IOM server
  • Send a Tivoli Event Integration Facility (EIF) event
  • Send XML data the to IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator (TDI) and from there trigger the creation of the trouble ticket
  • Pass parameters to the user-defined alert handler that is called as a NetView command
Note - Support for collecting automation data by using the Tivoli System Automation for z/OS Monitoring Agent (TEMA) and feeding that data into the Tivoli Enterprise Portal (TEP).  See What's New in V4.2.0 topic.

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
28 March 2023

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ibm16232644