There are alternatives to purchasing IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact. Many NOCs require only simple automated diagnostics, notifications, and/or escalation processes. The purpose of this document is to explore Impact alternatives for these cases through either:
Omnibus Automations and Database Fields
Probe Rules and Database Fields
Customized Scripts and Database Fields
Several case studies are provided within this document that fully document how this is done:
Lights Out NOC: Automated notification and escalation.
XinY: Flagging X Events occurring in Y period of time.
Parent Child Event Hierarchy: For organizing events.
Event Audit: What policy/automation/probe touched which events when.
Impact Replacement: A Impact-like PERL script that emulates Impact behavior. Procedures to emulate policies can be written and embedded in the script to replace Impact functionality.
Omnibus Automations and Database Fields
Probe Rules and Database Fields
Customized Scripts and Database Fields
Several case studies are provided within this document that fully document how this is done:
Lights Out NOC: Automated notification and escalation.
XinY: Flagging X Events occurring in Y period of time.
Parent Child Event Hierarchy: For organizing events.
Event Audit: What policy/automation/probe touched which events when.
Impact Replacement: A Impact-like PERL script that emulates Impact behavior. Procedures to emulate policies can be written and embedded in the script to replace Impact functionality.
