Efficient automation with IBM Netcool Impact.

Performance Management
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Policies via events
intelligently.

IBM Netcool Impact is an essential element of IBM Netcool Operations Insight and IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps. You can easily automate your event management.

In order to process events, data from various data sources is often required or event data must be processed on a case-by-case basis. This is ensured by policies. The execution of policies is controlled by events.

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Our solution in practice.

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A policy is triggered via a flexibly customisable http request. The required parameters and authentication data are transmitted to the request via JSON.

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View into the solution

The base The Message Bus Probe receives a URL request with JSON data (policy and authorisation information to be triggered) and forwards an event to the Netcool OMNIbus.

Particularly important aspects for the development of the solution are the authorised call of the URL, the consideration of the policy execution time and the suppression of too frequent calls of the policy in quick succession.

Two approaches can be used to check the authorisation: In the first approach, the check is based on the configuration of mappings within the framework of the Message Bus Probe rules. In the second approach, a data source for authorisation data is integrated into Impact and checked in the central automation control policy.
Deduplication and the skilful use of the expiry time of events helps to avoid too frequent calls in quick succession.
Based on event filters in Netcool Impact, it is now determined that this is a policy automation event. After the execution restrictions for the respective policy have been checked, the Automation Control Policy starts the policy specified by parameter.
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