ARCserve Unicenter TNG Integration

ARCserve or ASO Unicenter TNG Integration

Release Notes

06/16/2000

Notes: This component integrates ARCserve or ASO and Unicenter TNG. It supports both Unicenter TNG and Unicenter TNG Framework. The following instructions apply to both Unicenter TNG and Unicenter TNG Framework.

Requirements:

ARCserve or ASO for Windows NT and UNIX support (uses the ARCserve or ASO NT Manager to manage Windows NT and/or UNIX versions of ARCserve or ASO)

-Unicenter TNG or Unicenter TNG Framework

-ARCserve or ASO v6.5 for Windows NT (or above)

ARCserve or ASO for UNIX support (uses the ARCserve or ASO UNIX JAVA manager to manage UNIX version of ARCserve or ASO)

-Unicenter TNG and AgentWorks

-ARCserve or ASO v6.6 for UNIX (or above)

-AgentWorks on the UNIX machine

Contents

This document contains information on the following topics:

Installation
Creating ARCserve or ASO Objects and ASO/ARCserve View
Working with Remote Repository
Features
Using Alert Unicenter TNG Notification
Directory Structure
Removing the ARCserve or ASO Unicenter TNG Integration Pack
Discovering and Managing ARCserve or ASO Unix machines

I. Installation

Notes: ARCserve or ASO Unicenter TNG Integration MUST be installed on the same computer with Unicenter TNG WorldView components.

Click the install button to install the ARCserve or ASO Unicenter TNG Integration component.
Select the ARCserve or ASO platforms that you wish to support.
When asked to select the Unicenter TNG repository, select your local or remote repository and then click on OK to continue.
When asked to sign on to the repository, enter the User ID and password for the repository.
Click on OK when you are informed the Setup is completed

The Setup Program installs necessary components into both Unicenter TNG and ARCserve or ASO directories. It creates two program icons "ARCserve or ASO Object Creation" and "Unicenter TNG Integration Notes" under the "ARCserve or ASO" program group.

II. Creating ARCserve or ASO Objects and ASO/ARCserve View

The Object Creation program discovers ARCserve and ASO servers on the network and creates ARCserve and ASO objects in the Unicenter TNG repository. It creates ARCserve or ASO objects under each ARCserve or ASO server's Unispace. This program also creates a business process view called ASO/ARCserve View, which represents a view of all ARCserve and ASO objects.

NOTE: Prior to running the Object Creation program, you need to run the Unicenter TNG Auto Discovery program. This will discover machines and synchronize ARCserve or ASO servers on the network and ARCserve or ASO objects in the repository if any new ARCserve or ASO servers have been installed or the repository was rebuilt.

NOTE: If you are working with a remote repository, please read the section, Working With Remote Repository.

· Launch "ARCserve Object Creation" or "ASO Object Creation" program from the program group "ARCserve" or "ASO for Windows NT".

· Select "Delete existing objects" if you want the program to delete all ARCserve and ASO objects in the repository before creating the new ones. This allows you to keep ARCserve and ASO servers on the network and ARCserve and ASO objects in the repository synchronized. If "Delete existing objects" is not selected, the program adds new ARCserve and ASO objects and updates existing ones if necessary.

· Click the Start Button to proceed. When you are asked to sign on to the repository, enter the repository User ID and password, and then click OK.

· You may click the Stop Button to abort the operation or wait until the process completes.

· Click the Start Button to re-start or Close Button to exit the program.

NOTE: The Setup Program also creates ARCserve and ASO class definitions in the Unicenter TNG object repository. If you rebuild the repository, all ARCserve and ASO class definitions will be removed. You will need to either re-install the program or run the ASTNGCLS.EXE utility to recreate ARCserve and ASO class definitions. The ASTNGCLS utility is located in TNGWV\BIN directory (TNGFW\BIN if you are running Unicenter TNG Framework).

III. Working with Remote Repository

The Object Creation program by default creates ARCserve and ASO objects in the local Unicenter TNG repository. In the case where the local WorldView was set up to work with the repository on a remote machine, the Object Creation program requires an additional parameter. Run the Object Creation program from a command prompt as follows. From the ARCserve or ASO home directory, enter:

"ASTNGX.EXE /R REPOSITORY_NAME" or

"ASTNGX.EXE /R"

If the repository name is not specified with "/R", the program will display a dialog for entering an available repository after the Start Button is clicked.

Note: Unicenter TNG Framework does not support remote repository configuration.

IV. Features

· New Cheyenne Alert Unicenter TNG Notification (Windows NT)

Cheyenne Alert for ARCserve 2000 or ASO v6.6 supports Unicenter TNG Notification. All events can be sent to the Unicenter TNG Event Manager Console Logs and WorldView.

· Operations on ARCserve or ASO Object

Under Unicenter TNG 2-D or 3-D Map, you will see ARCserve or ASO View and ARCserve or ASO Objects. When you right-click on an ARCserve or ASO object the context menu appears, From the menu you can launch ARCserve or ASO Backup Wizard, Restore Wizard, Device Wizard, and ARCserve or ASO Manager to perform various tasks on this ARCserve or ASO server.

V. Using Alert Unicenter TNG Notification (Windows NT/2000)

In order to ensure that ARCserve or ASO events are sent to Unicenter TNG, please refer to the ARCserve 2000 or ASO Administrator's Guide. In particular, read the sections on Alert options. Also read Chapter 11, Using the Alert Manager. In particular, read the section Using the Unicenter TNG Option. Briefly, here are the requirements

In ARCserve or ASO for Windows NT/2000, Alert Manager, ensure the service is running by pressing the right green arrow, or choose Service, Start Service. NOTE: The service must be running to send events to the Unicenter Event Management Console Logs and WorldView.
Under Configuration, Default, right click on CA Unicenter TNG, and choose Unicenter TNG Settings. Enter the host name for the Event Management computer and for the WorldView computer. Enter the repository username and password. NOTE: This is the repository username, not the NT user name. In Application/Class Mapping enter "ARCserve" as an application name and "ASO" as a TNG class for ASO objects or "ARCserve" for ARCserve objects.
Chapter 12, Using Alert Manager goes on to describe setting up the Alert Specifications in the Alert Manager. In addition to that, you must configure alerts at the backup job and restore job level. Start the ARCserve or ASO Manager, and choose File Open to select an existing job script. If you do not have any existing job scripts choose Classic Quick Access and select Backup or Restore. To configure alerts select Backup, Options or Restore, Options and select the Alert panel. Select an event; for example, Job Failed. Press the Configure button under Methods & Recipients. Press the Rename button under Configuration, and give this configuration a name of your choice. Under the Unicenter TNG method, highlight the severity level for the event; for example, select Critical for Job Failed. Press the modify button and make your selections under Event Management Console Attributes. Be sure to click the Send to console checkbox. If you want to update the WorldView map, click the Update object status in WorldView repository button. Press OK and press OK again at the Methods & Recipients Configuration window. Press Add to add this event to the list. Repeat the steps to add any other events you want to send to Unicenter TNG, then press OK to save the options. To save the job, choose File, Save. You can recall and run this job at any time.
An ARCserve or ASO critical event will turn the ARCserve or ASO object in the map to orange. To reset the map, right click on the ARCserve or ASO object and choose Open Details. On the Status panel, the Status and Severity fields will report MAJOR. Change them to NORMAL to reset the ARCserve or ASO object to green.

VI. Directory Structure

Listing of Files Installed to the ARCserve or ASO Directory

ARCSERVE\ASTNGX.EXE

ARCSERVE\CHEYTNG.DLL

Listing of Files Installed to Unicenter TNG Directory

TNG\BIN\ARCSERVE.TNG

TNG\BIN\ASTNGCLS.EXE

TNG\BIN\ASRUN.EXE

TNG\MODELS\ARC_TNG.3DS

TNG\ICONS\ASTNG00.ICO

TNG\ICONS\ASTNG01.ICO

TNG\ICONS\ASTNG02.ICO

TNG\ICONS\ASTNG03.ICO

TNG\ICONS\ASTNG04.ICO

TNG\ICONS\ASTNG05.ICO

TNG\ICONS\ASTNG06.ICO

NOTE: If you are running Unicenter TNG Framework, the TNGWV directory is named TNGFW.

Listing of Files Installed to Unicenter TNG Directory in a ARCserve or ASO UNIX only setup

all of the above files installed to TNG Directory plus..

TNG\SERVICES\CONFIG\AWS_NSM\DM\as6Agent.dat

TNG\SERVICES\CONFIG\AWS_NSM\DM\as6Agent.cnf

TNG\SERVICES\CONFIG\AWS_NSM\DM\nodes.dat

TNG\SERVICES\CONFIG\MIBS\as6Agent.txt

TNG\BIN\ARCUXGO.EXE

TNG\BIN\ARCUXGO.INI

TNG\SERVICES\CONFIG\AWS_WVGATE\AWWVCFG.DAT (modified to include ARCserve or ASO support)

TNG\SERVICES\CONFIG\AWS_WVGATE\GWFILTER.DAT (modified to include ARCserve or ASO support)

TNG\SERVICES\TOOLS\CLASSLD.BAT (modified to include ARCserve or ASO support)

TNG\SERVICES\BIN\INSTALL_MIBS.BAT (modified to include ARCserve or ASO support)

VII. Removing the ARCserve or ASO Unicenter TNG Integration Pack

Selecting Add/Remove Programs from Control Panel will remove ARCserve or ASO Unicenter TNG Integration.

VIII. Discovering and Managing ARCserve or ASO Unix machines

If you installed support for ARCserve or ASO for Windows NT and UNIX

Discovering

The discovery program is unable to discover ARCserve or ASO UNIX on subnets not containing any Windows NT machines. To discover these machines, you must specify the subnet containing the ARCserve or ASO UNIX machines you wish to discover. This can be done using the DSCONFIG.EXE utility located in the ARCserve or ASO home directory (refer to the DSCONFIG.EXEs On-line Help for further information). Once specified, press Discover Now button to discover ARCserve or ASO UNIX machines, and then launch the ARCserve or ASO Object Creation Utility.

Managing

Once the ARCserve or ASO Unix machine is discovered, an icon will be created in the ASO/ARCserve View as well as the machine's unispace. Right click on the icon to manage the server.

If you installed support for ARCserve or ASO UNIX only

Discovering

TNG Unicenter Agentworks will automatically discover an ARCserve or ASO Unix machine if "as6Agent" is running on the Unix machine.

Managing

Once the ARCserve or ASO Unix machine is discovered, an icon will be created in the ASO/ARCserve View as well as the machine's unispace. Although the ARCserve or ASO for Windows NT manager will support ARCserve or ASO for Unix, it is not required. You may still launch the JAVA manager from WorldView.

Whenever the JAVA manager is launched from world view it tries to connect to the default port used by ARCserve or ASO(6060). You may reconfigure this in the file TNG\BIN\arcuxgo.ini. To change it for all machines, change the default settings. To change it for a specific machine, you must create a section with the machine name from Unicenter.

For information on changing WorldView icon colors and receiving events, please refer to the ARCserve or ASO Unix manual.