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Table 1. Document modification history
Document version Publication date Comments

SC23-6039-00

April 27, 2007

First IBM® publication.

SC23-7669-00

June 25, 2007

Summary table updated.

Site referenced for downloading the gateway updated.

Support for the TO_STRING, TO_INTEGER, TO_DATE, and TO_TIME conversion operators added.

Support for concatenation within mapping definitions added.

SC23-7669-01

December 19, 2007

Summary section updated. Support for IBM Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus V7.2 added.

Platform support information updated.

"Backing up existing scripts" section updated.

"Map definition file" section updated.

"Technical notes" section updated.

"Troubleshooting" section updated.

SC23-7669-02

July 25, 2008

Summary section updated.

Support for Linux® for zSeries added.

Supported version and platforms section updated.

Gateway compliance with FIPS section added.

IPv6 connectivity section added.

Configuring the Database section modified.

Library path settings section updated.

Installation section modified.

New property Gate.FIPSMode added.

Command line options section added.

Example mapping sections updated.

Installing the Gateway for Oracle on Windows section added.

SC23-7669-03

July 21, 2009

Summary updated.

Audit mode and reporter mode updated.

Section added to discuss how the audit scripts are installed on UNIX and Windows platforms.

Section added to discuss how the reporter scripts are installed on UNIX and Windows platforms.

Section to discuss how the gateway interactive command tool is installed on Unix or Windows platforms.

Descriptions for the following properties added to Properties and command line options:
  • Gate.StatusTableName
  • Gate.DetailsTableName
  • Gate.JournalTableName
  • Oracle.UsePartitioning
  • Oracle.PartitioningField
  • Oracle.SendTimezoneData

Section added to discuss how changes made to nominated database tables can be monitored. See Specifying the alerts tables that the gateway monitors.

Section added to discuss the use of table partitioning within the Oracle database. See Partitioning Oracle tables.

Section added to discuss the association of time zones with events. See Specifying the time zone associated with events.

SC23-7669-04

November 26, 2010

Requirements information updated in Summary.

New section added to describe Tivoli Netcool/Reporter compatibility. See Tivoli Netcool/Reporter compatibility.

Audit and reporter mode information updated in Audit mode and reporter mode.

New section added to describe the gateway interactive command line (GICMD) tool. See Gateway interactive command line tool.

Information about setting environment variables updated in Setting environment variables.

Database configuration information updated in Configuring the Database.

Work area, and hard and soft limits, information updated in Work areas and limits.

SC23-7669-05

July 29, 2011

Information about operating system conventions added in Conventions used in this guide.

Frequently asked questions (FAQ) updated in Frequently asked questions.

Troubleshooting information updated in Troubleshooting.

SC23-7669-06

March 02, 2012

Information about using log file environment variables updated in Message log.

SC23-7669-07

November 30, 2012

Guide updated for Netcool/OMNIbus V7.4.0 release.

Details about installing gateways updated. See Installing the gateway.

SC23-7669-08

November 8, 2013

Audit mode and reporter mode updated.

Installing audit and reporter mode scripts on Netcool/OMNIbus V7.3.0 or later