Understanding a bulk collector inventory

This section explains the following:

Importing bulk files
When bulk files are imported to the bulk collector, the collector creates resource files that are sent to the $PVMHOME/importExportBulk/bulk_N/Do directory on the DataMart machine, where N indicates the bulk collector number. Once the resource files arrive in the directory, DataMart starts an inventory based on the gathered data and transfers the resource files to the $PVMHOME/importExportBulk/bulk_N/Done directory when processing is complete.
Bulk collector inventory file sets
pollinv and pollprofile commands
The inventory polling process uses the pollinv command, which is configured in the machine cron and runs once an hour on the DataMart machine. The pollinv command browses the importExportBulk directory for profiles, and launches the pollprofile command, one per profile. The inventory command then inserts the resources (metadata) from the file set into the Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager database.
Inventory polling and the cron table
The Tivoli Netcool Performance Manager DataMart setup program inserts the following line into the DataMart user (for example, pvuser) crontab during setup.

Parent topic: Configuring inventory