Prerequisites for Tivoli Common Reporting

• IBM® Tivoli Monitoring


• Tivoli Common Reporting

  • IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.3 includes Tivoli Common Reporting 3.1, which is a component of Jazz™ for Service Management.

  • IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.2.3 includes Tivoli Common Reporting 2.1.1.

  • IBM Tivoli Monitoring 6.2 Fix Pack 2 includes Tivoli Common Reporting for Asset and Performance Management Version 1.3. This version of Tivoli Common Reporting includes Cognos® Business Intelligence and Reporting Version 8.4.

  The reports for the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.3 operating system agents, can be installed with Tivoli Common Reporting 3.1 or 2.1.1. For other monitoring agents, see the agent's user guide to determine the supported versions of Tivoli Common Reporting.

  If you have not done so already, install and configure Tivoli Common Reporting, using the information found in one of the following information centers:

  • IBM Tivoli Common Reporting Information Center for Tivoli Common Reporting Version 2.1.1
  • Jazz for Service Management Information Center for Tivoli Common Reporting Version 3.1

  To ensure that Tivoli Common Reporting is running, go to http://computer_name:port_number/ibm/console/. The default port number for http is 16310 and for https is 16311. The default path to the server is /ibm/console. However, this path is configurable, and might differ from the default in your environment.

  If you already have an earlier version of Tivoli Common Reporting and you install a newer version in a different directory, the port assignment is different to avoid a conflict.

• Report packages

  Your product might have a separate reports package that must be extracted. See your product user's guide for instructions. This does not apply to the OS Agent reports, which are extracted as part of their installation.

• Historical data stored in a database manager product supported by IBM Tivoli Monitoring Version 6.2 Fix Pack 1 or later.


• BIRT reports in this guide are historical reports, reporting against data collected in Tivoli Data Warehouse 6.2 Fix Pack 1 or later. For information about supported databases, refer to "Supported databases for the Tivoli Data Warehouse" in the IBM Tivoli Monitoring Installation and Setup Guide.


• For the IBM Tivoli Monitoring agent reports Cognos package, refer your monitoring agent user's guide, which describes each report. In particular, they contain the required views for each report. If these views are not present, the report might not work. In order to ensure that the required views are present, run the following query against the Tivoli Data Warehouse:
  • DB2

    select distinct "VIEWNAME" from SYSCAT.VIEWS where "VIEWNAME" like '%V'

  • Oracle

    select distinct "VIEW_NAME" from USER_VIEWS where "VIEW_NAME" like '%V'

  • MS SQL Server

    select distinct "NAME" from SYS.VIEWS where "NAME" like '%V'

Notes:

1. In Tivoli Common Reporting for Asset and Performance Management, both BIRT and Cognos report engines can co-exist.
2. Although it is not required, you can install the Eclipse BIRT Report Designer, Version 2.2.1. Eclipse BIRT Report Designer, along with the Tivoli Common Reporting: Development and Style Guide, can be used to edit report templates or create new reports.

For software requirements for running the BIRT Report Designer and to download it, refer to Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools on the Eclipse web site or the IBM developerWorks® Tivoli Common Reporting space. Download the development and style guide from the IBM Tivoli Common Reporting Information Center .