Functional Overview - e IBM Tivoli Composite - IBM

Chapter 1: The Netcool/Proviso Product Suite
For each resource file, the Bulk Collector defines the correct inventory profile to be used. All files related to
a profile are stored in the same profile directory, which is named after the profile. For example, if the profile
is named bulk_50, the directory is named bulk_50/.
An inventory polling command is created and run periodically to browse the profile directories. The
inventory polling command does the following:
— Creates a profile in the database if one does not exist
— Moves profiles out of the staging directory
— Merges all files that have the same inventory arguments and values into a single file
— Launches inventory commands upon each file
To configure DataLoad on a Bulk Collector, you would perform the following tasks:
1. Create new formulas in the database with type import, if necessary, in order for the data to be collected.
Also the Bulk Collector has to support that formula in its design in order for the data to be collected.
2. (Optional) Configure the inventory poll period if you want to change it from the default value of an hour.
Note: Resources are written to a flat file on the Bulk Collector, which is then pushed to the inventory server. The
inventory server takes care of synchronizing with the database.
3. Define the data collection request to collect and store data for network resources using the Bulk formulas.
For more information, see the Netcool/Proviso DataMart Configuration Guide.
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