Using itx with the alerts forwarding service, About the alerts forwarding service, Installing the alerts forwarding service module – Grass Valley iTX System v.2.6 User Manual
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Using iTX with the Alerts Forwarding Service
Using iTX with the Alerts Forwarding Service
About the Alerts Forwarding Service
The Alerts Forwarding Service is an optional iTX service. It sends system alerts that the Alerts
Service has generated to an external SNMP monitoring system.
To use this service, you usually install it on the Time Server machine. You may, however, install
it on any server in your iTX system.
Installing the Alerts Forwarding Service module
1.
Double-click Setup.exe in the installation folder, iTX Suite, to start the installer.
The installer displays the iTX Installer dialog.
2.
Click Select Software to open the Select Software to Install dialog.
3.
Expand the External Interfaces category and then the Alert Forwarding Server category;
select Alerts Forwarding Service – SNMP Plugin.
Click OK to close the Select Software to Install dialog.
The iTX Installer dialog shows the components in the selected modules.
4.
Click Continue.
The installer performs the installation.
5.
Click Finish to close the iTX Installer dialog.
The Server Controller on the same machine automatically starts the Alerts Forwarding
Service.
Configuring the Alerts Forwarding Service
To configure the Alerts Forwarding Service, you need to enter the connection details that the
service is to use to connect to an external SNMP monitoring system. For this, you use the Alerts
Forwarding SNMP Plugin Configuration tool:
You may need to add the tool to a suitable layout.
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