Installing common packs

You must install each common pack, and its dependent common packs, on the Tivoli Common Reporting component of the Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager system. After you have installed the common pack for a particular technology, the common pack contents are available in the Common Reporting user interface.

Report authors can then access the common pack contents, such as data models or reports, from the Common Reporting user interface in the Jazz for Service Management.

Overview of installing common packs for pack administrators
Wireless Pack Administrators can follow these steps to install existing common packs. Each step points to other topics for more detailed information.
Populating the database schema tables
Wireless users must populate the database schema tables by using the Common Pack Service pack_admin command.
Listing common packs in the repository
You can list the common packs in the repository by using the List Common Packs command.
Deploying a CIF (.tnpmmodel) file
You must deploy a CIF (.tnpmmodel) file to the Tivoli Common Reporting server to make a report package available for reporting. Any data sources that are defined in the common pack are also made available in Tivoli Common Reporting.
Adding multiple CIF (.tnpmmodel) files to deploy
You can add multiple common packs to the repository to create a combined model. You can load all CIF files found in the directory to the repository. Ensure that the combined model size is not more than 50 MB.
Uninstalling common packs
To uninstall a common pack from the Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager system, remove it from the plugins folder in Manager. Then, restart the Manager. You can also remove the downloaded common packs by using the pack_admin command.

Parent topic: Installing and Using Model Maker