Configuring the outbound CEI event service

The outbound Common Event Infrastructure (CEI) event service is required for IBM® Business Monitor. In the four-cluster topology, the outbound CEI event service is installed on the support cluster.

About this task

To view this administrative console page, click Servers > IBM Business Monitor configuration.

The outbound CEI event service requires an inbound CEI event service. If you installed a stand-alone version of IBM Business Monitor or used the deployment environment configuration wizard, the inbound CEI event service has already been created for you. If you are running IBM Business Monitor on Process Server, you can use the Process Server CEI event service. If you need to create a local CEI service, perform the steps in Creating an inbound CEI event service.

Procedure

To configure the outbound CEI event service, complete the following steps:

  1. In the list of components, click Outbound CEI event service. The status for the outbound CEI event service and event emitter factory is displayed. If you have an existing MonitorEmitterFactory, the name of the CEI event service that the event emitter factory is configured to use is listed in the status box. If you have not previously created the emitter factory or configured it to use a specific CEI event service, you will see the message "Local CEI event service exists, but event emitter factory does not exist." In that case, you must create and configure the emitter factory.
    Important: Before configuring the event emitter factory, you must have a local CEI service that IBM Business Monitor can use to send events. If you need to create a local CEI service, perform the steps in Creating an inbound CEI event service.
  2. Under Configure an event emitter factory, select the server or cluster for the event emitter factory.
  3. To launch the configuration wizard, click Configure the Event Emitter Factory.
  4. Return to the configuration page by clicking IBM Business Monitor configuration in the breadcrumb listing. When you click Finish, an outbound CEI event emitter factory named MonitorEmitterFactory is created for the cell. The status box for the outbound CEI event service is updated to indicate the CEI event service that the MonitorEmitterFactory is configured to use.
  5. Return to the configuration page by clicking IBM Business Monitor configuration in the breadcrumb listing.

Creating an inbound CEI event service

About this task

Use the wbmDeployCEIEventService command to install a CEI event service on a server or cluster and create the resources it requires (the service integration bus and messaging engine). You can also configure security and enable the default CEI event service data store if required. In the core topology for high availability, the CEI event service is installed on the support cluster.

To create and configure a new CEI event service, complete the following steps.

Procedure

  1. Open a command prompt, and change directories to the bin directory of the deployment manager profile (by default, DMGR01) where WebSphere® Application Server is installed, or to the bin directory of the stand-alone profile in a single-server environment.
  2. Launch wsadmin by running the following command:
    • Linux Unix wsadmin.sh
    • Windows wsadmin.bat
  3. Run the wbmDeployCEIEventService command interactively by entering the following at the command line:
    (jacl) $AdminTask wbmDeployCEIEventService {-interactive}
    (jython) AdminTask.wbmDeployCEIEventService('-interactive')
    Alternatively, you can run the command by providing all the parameters. See "Configuration commands (wsadmin)" in the reference section of the IBM Business Monitor information center for the list of parameters.
  4. Save the results using the following command:
    (jacl) $AdminConfig save
    (jython) AdminConfig.save()
  5. To synchronize the nodes, in the administrative console, click System administration > Nodes, select all of the nodes, and click Full Resynchronize.

Results

The CEI event service is enabled.