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Implement the SNA Operations Environment

To provide a service-driven operations perspective of your networks, you need to implement the automation component of this product and then group resources into the services they provide by creating SNA group and service definitions. You may also want to manage messages by creating EventView rules.

After you have reviewed and decided on your operations requirements, you can start implementing the requirements into your SNA operations environment. This includes defining your automation requirements and monitor views.

Note: If you are planning a multisystem environment, you should create the definitions in a master region. When you connect two regions, you also synchronize their knowledge bases. The knowledge base in the source region overwrites the knowledge base in the target region (which is the region from which you attempt the connection). Use the master region as the source. Do not independently create definitions in regions that will later be connected.

How to Define Automation Requirements

To define your automation requirements, you create the system image, services, and EventView rules.

To define automation requirements

  1. Create the system image and the SNA group definitions.
  2. Load the system image in the region.
  3. (Optional) Link the regions if you are managing more than one system by using multiple regions and then repeat steps 1 and 2 in those regions.
  4. (Optional) Create an EventView rule set and associate it with the system image if you want to manage the messages on a system.
  5. Create services to provide a business view of the managed resources.

Define Monitor Views

You can customize your monitors to provide different views of the managed systems. You can create the following:

Note: For more information, see the Administration Guide.