I've heard of Orion. We have it. We send SNMP traps to it from z/OS using CA-OPS/MVS. It opens tickets in CA-Unicenter for CA-7 tracked events. We use CA-GTS (ECHO processor) to write some of the CA-7 messages to the z/OS system log. CA-OPS/MVS has rules based on these messages which use the OPSCAWTO() function to send SNMP traps. It's really quite easy.
)MSG someid )PROC server=a.b.c.d msg="Hello from z/OS" xx=opscawto(server,msg,'d') return "SUPPRESS" /* don't write to SYSLOG */ The CA-supplied ENF and ENFSNMPM must be running to do this. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Timothy Sipples > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 2:57 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: z/OS Feeding SolarWinds > > Sounds interesting, Jim. So you just need to emit some SNMP > for SolarWinds > (Orion, specifically), correct? > > You could take the "roll your own" approach. There's a fairly good > introduction to SNMP here, to get acquainted: > > http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27007146 > > There's also some pretty good information if you search the IBM-MAIN > archives for SNMP. > > That said, it'd probably be easier to let your current > monitoring tools do > the lifting, if possible, since presumably those work. What sort of > monitoring tools do you have on z/OS, if any? Tivoli NetView, > for example? > Also, let's brainstorm a bit on what statistics/metrics would be both > "cool" and useful. There are lots of possibilities. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------ > Timothy Sipples > Resident Enterprise Architect (Based in Singapore) > E-Mail: [email protected] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
