Integrate > IBM Tivoli > Configure > Managing the Integration Services

Managing the Integration Services

OpsCx for IBM Tivoli enables you to manage its event and topology integration services.

Starting and Stopping the Services

While you do not need to manually start or stop the integration services of OpsCx for IBM Tivoli in normal circumstances, there may be cases when this action is necessary. To start or stop the integration services, perform these steps:

  1. Open a Command Prompt window (command shell).

  2. If OpsCx for IBM Tivoli is hosted on a Linux system, change the current directory to /opt/OV/bin

  3. To start or stop all integration services, run the appropriate command:

    ovc -start TIVOLI

    ovc -stop TIVOLI

  4. To start or stop the event or topology integration service, run the appropriate command:

    ovc -start <ServiceName>

    ovc -stop <ServiceName>

    In these instances, <ServiceName> is tivolie, tivolim, or tivolit.

Restarting the Services

After reconfiguring OpsCx for IBM Tivoli, you must restart its integration services. You can restart either all integration services or a specific service if only a specific configuration file has changed. Perform these steps:

  1. Open a Command Prompt window (command shell).

  2. If OpsCx for IBM Tivoli is hosted on a Linux system, change the current directory to /opt/OV/bin

  3. To restart all integration services, run the following command:

    ovc -restart TIVOLI

  4. To restart the event or topology integration services individually, run the following commands:

    ovc -restart tivolie

    ovc -restart tivolim

    ovc -restart tivolit

Checking the Services States

Using the OpsCx for IBM Tivoli command-line interface, you can also check whether the integration services are running. Perform these steps:

  1. Open a Command Prompt window (command shell).

  2. If OpsCx for IBM Tivoli is hosted on a Linux system, change the current directory to /opt/OV/bin

  3. To check the states of all integration services, run the following command:

    ovc -status TIVOLI

  4. To check the individual status of the event or topology integration services, run the following commands:

    ovc -status tivolie

    ovc -status tivolim

    ovc -status tivolit