Tool: IBM Tivoli Netcool OMNIbus

IBM® Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus (TNO) provides key functionality at the core of the Netcool product suite to deliver carrier class event management capability to reduce mean time to repair, improve network and system performance, and reduce operational costs.

Netcool/OMNIbus collects, consolidates, de-duplicates, and correlates information from more than 1,000 network management platforms and devices, and presents real-time user-configurable views of faults, network, service, and business status. Environments supported by Netcool/OMNIbus include business applications, Windows® and UNIX® systems, data switches, voice switches, IP routers, and frameworks.

The Netcool/ObjectServer, the core component of Netcool/OMNIbus, is a high-speed memory-resident database that collects fault information throughout the network infrastructure. Netcool Probes and Netcool Monitors collect fault messages throughout the network and forward them in a common format to the ObjectServer for further processing and filtering. Using a point-and-click interface, you can prioritize events according to the business services they could potentially impact. You can react to events in real-time and see them in color-coded severity through event lists.

Netcool/OMNIbus allows network operations personnel to react to problems in their network infrastructure before they cause outages in service availability and to identify outages and their probable causes. These capabilities enable network managers to improve the reliability and functionality of their networks, thereby enhancing operating efficiencies, productivity, and profitability of network operators and users.

This tool can be applied to these processes and activities:

Process	Activity	Tool Mentor
Availability Management	Monitor, Analyze and Report Availability	TNO - Monitor, Analyze and Report Availability
Event Management	Correlate Events and Select Response	TNO - Correlate Events and Select Response
	Detect and Log Event	TNO - Detect and Log Event
	Filter Event	TNO - Filter Event
	Resolve Event	TNO - Resolve Event
	Close Event	TNO - Close Event
Incident Management	Identify and Log Incident	TNO - Identify and Log Incident
	Investigate and Diagnose Incident	TNO - Investigate and Diagnose Incident
	Resolve Incident and Recover Service	TNO - Resolve Incident and Recover Service
Problem Management	Detect and Log Problem	TNO - Problem Management
Service Execution	Deliver Service	TNO - Deliver Service

The IBM Tivoli Open Process Automation Library contains product extensions for this product to help speed your time to value. To view these extensions, visit IBM Tivoli Open Process Automation Library – Netcool/OMNIbus.

For more information about this product, see the detailed Product Description, User and Administration guides.