Add Arbor TMS

You can add Arbor TMS entities using the Add Entity UI or using the cloud agent command line interface (omcli) with the appropriate JSON files.

Step 1: Prepare Arbor TMS for monitoring.

Prerequisites

SNMP v1/v2 or SNMPv3 credentials are needed for monitoring. If SNMPv1/v2 is used, you must provide the SNMP community string that was entered during Arbor appliance configuration along with IP address of Cloud Agent which will be used for appliance monitoring. If SNMPv3 is used, you must provide the SNMPv3 user, plus authentication method (SHA or MD5) and password if authorization is used, plus the privilege method (only DES is supported) and privilege password if privilege is used. All of this needs to be manually configured beforehand in the appliance.. Read-only access is adequate for Arbor appliance monitoring.

Step 2: Decide how you want to add Arbor TMS.

You can add Arbor TMS entities using one of two ways:

• Add them from UI
• Use the agent's omcli add_entity command with the appropriate JSON files

Adding Entities from the UI

1. From the Management Cloud main menu, select Administration, Discovery, and then Add Entity. The Add Entity page displays.
2. Select the Arbor TMS Entity Type.
3. Enter the following UI properties.

   Arbor TMS Firewall UI Fields

   Entity Name: Name of this entity displayed in the Oracle Management Cloud console. Dispatch URL: snmp://<Fully qualified host name or IP address of the Arbor TMS Firewall> SNMP Port: Port where the Arbor TMS Firewall listens for SNMP requests - 161 by default (optional) SNMP Timeout: Timeout for SNMP requests in seconds - 30 secs by default (optional) Cloud Agent: Cloud agent monitoring the host where Arbor TMS Firewall is installed. Monitoring Credentials SNMP V1/V2 Community String: Community String for SNMP communication SNMP V3 Username: SNMPv3 username. Authorization Password: Password used for authentication Authorization Protocol: Protocol used for authentication. (MD5 or SHA) Privacy Password: password used for encryption

See Add Entities from the Console for detailed instructions on using the Add Entity UI.

Using omcli and the Appropriate JSON Files

1. Download and extract the required JSON file(s) from the master JSON zip file. See the table below for the specific JSON files you'll need.
2. Edit the file(s) and specify the requisite properties shown below.

   Arbor TMS Firewall JSON Files and Properties

   Definition File: omc_arbor_tms_sample.json omc_dispatch_url: snmp://<Fully qualified host name or IP address of the Arbor TMS Firewall> omc_snmp_port: Port where the Arbor TMS Firewall listens for SNMP requests - 161 by default (optional) omc_snmp_timeout: Timeout for SNMP requests in seconds - 30 secs by default (optional) omc_snmp_version: SNMP version used to monitor the Arbor TMS Firewall (2c or 3) - 2c by default (optional) Credential Files omc_arbor_tms_snmpv2_sample_creds.json SNMP v2c COMMUNITY: SNMPv2c community string omc_arbor_tms_snmpv3_sample_creds.json SNMP v3 authUser: SNMPv3 username. authPwd: Password used for authentication. authProtocol: Protocol used for authentication (MD5 or SHA). privPwd: Password used for encryption.

3. Add the entity using omcli.

   omcli add_entity agent DEFINITION_FILE [-credential_file CREDENTIAL_FILE [-encryption_method_gpg]] 

4. Verify the status of the newly added entity.

   omcli status_entity agent DEFINITION_FILE

See step 4. Adding Entities to Your Service of Add Entities Using JSON Files for more information.

Step 3: (Optional but recommended) Set up alerts.

To enable lights-out monitoring, you can set up alert rules to generate alerts and send notifications if your entities have performance issues.

See Set Up Alert Rules and Set Up Alert Thresholds and Notifications.

Troubleshooting

If you run into any issues regarding discovery or monitoring of Arbor TMS, see the following:

• Lack of Data
• Create an Agent Support Bundle