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Contents

Title and Copyright Information

Preface

• Audience
• Related Documents
• Documentation Accessibility
• Document Revision History

Part I Installing Charging Traffic Monitor Components

1 Overview of Installing Charging Traffic Monitor

• About Charging Traffic Monitor
• Overview of Charging Traffic Monitor Installed Components
• Overview of Charging Traffic Monitor Installation Procedure
• Ensuring a Successful Charging Traffic Monitor Installation
• Directory Placeholders Used in This Guide

2 Planning a Charging Traffic Monitor Installation

• Overview
• vCollector Probe Performances
• Charging Traffic Monitor Centralized Engine Performances
• Annex 1: vCollector Probe Bill Of Materials (Oracle X6-2)
• Annex 2: Charging Traffic Monitor Centralized Engine Bill of Material (Oracle X6-2)
• Annex 3: RFC and 3GPP Compliancy Statement

3 Charging Traffic Monitor System Requirements

• Supported Software and Hardware Requirements
• Supported Internet Browsers
• Information Requirements
  • Oracle Database Connection Information
  • Java Connection Information
  • WebLogic Server Connection Information

4 Charging Traffic Monitor Pre-Installation Tasks

• Creating Your Charging Traffic Monitor System Architecture
• Installing and Configuring Oracle Linux
• Enabling Online Charging System Diameter Traffic Capture
• Installing and Configuring Oracle Database
  • Recording Oracle Database Information
  • Adding a Connect Descriptor Name for a Pluggable Database
• Installing and Configuring Java
  • Java Information You Need to Record
• Installing and Configuring WebLogic Server
  • WebLogic Server Information You Need to Record

5 Installing Charging Traffic Monitor

• About Installing Charging Traffic Monitor
• Installing Charging Traffic Monitor on the Server that Hosts Oracle Database and WebLogic Server
• Installing the vCollector Probe on a Server with SSH access
• Charging Traffic Monitor Post-Installation Tasks
  • Configuring Charging Traffic Monitor
  • Configuring the vCollector Probe
  • Creating a Secure Connection between the vCollector Probe and the Kafka Broker

Part II Charging Traffic Monitor Administration

6 Administration of Charging Traffic Monitor

• Administering Charging Traffic Monitor
  • Creating a List of Subscriber Of Interest Entries
    • Updating the of-interest-subscribers Configuration File
  • Changing the Display of the Service Type
    • Updating the service_type Configuration File
  • Changing the Display Name in the Session Results Table IMEISV-TAC Column
    • Updating the imeisv_tac Configuration File
  • Changing the Duration Time Between Each Time Slot in the Session Duration Chart
    • Updating the session.duration.slots Parameter
  • Changing the Timeout Duration for a Diameter Session
    • Updating the session.timeout.seconds Parameter
  • Increasing the Number of Tracked Diameter Transactions in a Session
    • Updating the session.max.initiate.terminate.transactions Parameter
  • Setting the Charging Traffic Monitor KPI Data Retention Time
    • Verifying Current Usage
    • Updating the Charging Traffic Monitor Data Retention Time
    • Updating the storage Configuration File
• Administering the vCollector Probe
  • Verifying the SSL Connection Between the vCollector Probe and Kafka Broker
• Administering Oracle Database
  • Automating Oracle Database Shutdown and Startup with a Linux Service Script
  • Automating the Opening of a Pluggable Database when Restarting Oracle Database
• Administering WebLogic Server
  • Replacing Certificates
  • Managing Users
  • WebLogic Server Domain Configuration
  • Automating WebLogic Server Shutdown and Startup with a Linux Service Script
• TroubleShooting the Charging Traffic Monitor Components
  • Troubleshooting Checklist
  • Using Error Logs to Troubleshoot Charging Traffic Monitor
    • Working with the vCollector Probe Logs
    • Working with the Charging Traffic Monitor Logs
    • Working with Oracle Database Logs
    • Working with WebLogic Server Logs
  • Diagnosing Charging Traffic Monitor User Interface Problems
    • Refreshing the Browser
    • Unable to Perform Any Task after Logging In
    • Trouble Viewing Data in Charging Traffic Monitor
  • Diagnosing vCollector Probe Problems
  • Diagnosing Charging Traffic Monitor Processing Engine Problems
  • Getting Help for Charging Traffic Monitor Problems
  • Known Problems
    • ORA-01034 Error when the Wrong ORACLE_SID Value is Entered
    • User Error when Entering the Wrong SSL Values
  • Secure Deployment Checklist
• Working with the vCollector Probe Troubleshooting Utility
  • Accessing the vCollector Probe Utility
  • Understanding the rat Section
    • Sniffers Module
    • Filters Module
    • Packet Publishers Module
  • Understanding the panther Section
    • Receiver Module
    • Correlator Module
    • Publishers Module
    • Kafka Module

7 Charging Traffic Monitor Reference

• Charging Traffic Monitor Configuration Reference
  • ctm-configuration-param Configuration File Environment Variables
  • rat.conf Configuration File Parameters