I can state unconditionally that this is indeed possible. We do exactly what you want to do, but with CA-Unicenter. We use CA-7. From this, we use CAGTS to write CA-7's "browse log" to the z/OS SYSLOG (basically via WTO). We then use CA-OPS/MVS to trap some of the messages, which relate to job "abends" and "bad return codes". We format an SNMP message and send it to Orion using the CAOPSWTO() function in CA-OPS/MVS. I don't know how Orion is set up, but it reviews the SNMP trap text and formats up a ticket in CA-Unicenter.
Of course, this becomes much more difficult if you don't have any way to "trap" messages going to SYSLOG. You might be able to use TSSO from the CBTape to do this. I don't know TSSO. I also don't know if System REXX has a way to do the SYSLOG trapping. Perhaps somebody else here know this? At worse, you could use an MPF exit. That must be written in either HLASM or Metal-C (which I gather you don't have). Hum, can System REXX be used to implement a MPF exit? I also don't know the detail of writing an SNMP message. But it is just a specially formatted UDP message. You could do this in COBOL. Or maybe even in System REXX. Yet another thing that I don't know about. Without the proper tools, this is fairly difficult. If you have SDSF, and have installed z/OS JAVA (which is free), then personally, I would use the Java/SDSF interface to read the SYSLOG and send the SNMP trap. Java comes with a lot of classes which can do this sort of thing. -- 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 Paul Jodlowski > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 6:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: SolarWind(Orion) > > Hello all: > > I have been asked by our "network people" to see if the mainframe (z10 > running z/os v1.13) can send out snmp traps to Solarwinds(Orion) > > An example would be - if a important job should abend, they would like > it to send an snmp trap to Solarwinds which then will create a work > order in Track-It. > > We do not have any kind of monitoring software running on z/os except > for what comes with the system (RMF/SMF). > > I have seen references on the list to products CA-OPS/MVS and Netview > which we do not have. > All we have is Cobol v4.2, CICSTS 4.2 and Dyl-280. > > Thank you > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
