IBM Tivoli Software

TCM to TEM Migration Support Workshop

March 9, 2011
By: John Talbert
Part 8
The Relevance Language Part 2

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Contents of Presentation

The Relevance language allows TEM users to extend and customize the functionality of
their TEM installation to meet their specific business needs.

The Relevance Language, Part 2

Session Relevance

What is Session Relevance?

Where is it used?

Examples
Web Reports

Q&A

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Session Relevance
What is Session Relevance?
Session Relevance is a variant of Relevance that is not used in fixlets or
analyses that run on individual endpoints. Although the same four basic
forms of Relevance syntax apply, Session Relevance uses different
inspectors than standard Relevance. Session inspectors return information
about Console objects, not about the local computers themselves. Users
may probe for information regarding Fixlet messages and tasks, computers,
actions, analyses, sites, wizards, and properties. These Inspectors can deal
with extremely large data sets and should be used carefully!
Where is Session Relevance used?
Session Relevance is used where aggregate data is needed instead of
individual machine data, particularly in:
Dashboards and Wizards (in the Console)
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Web Reports (on the Web Reports server)

http://127.0.0.1:80/webreports?page=QNA
Custom Reports <?Relevance names of bes computers ?>

SOAP API (for custom integrations)

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Session Relevance Example (1 of 2)

names whose (it as lowercase starts with "adm") of
bes computers
bes computers Returns a list of all known TEM endpoints.
names of bes computers Returns the names property of all known
TEM endpoints.
whose (it as lowercase starts with "adm") Because this is
placed between the names property and its of bes computers clause, it
acts as a filter on the computer names. In this case it converts each name
to lowercase and checks whether it starts with the letters adm.
This will return a list of all TEM endpoints whose hostnames start with adm.

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Session Relevance Example (2 of 2)

(names of it, source severities of it, source
release dates of it) of bes fixlets whose (name of
site of it = Enterprise Security" and fixlet flag
of it)
bes fixlets whose (name of site of it as lowercase =
"enterprise security" and fixlet flag of it) Returns a list
of all fixlets in the Enterprise Security site (which is the Windows Patch
(English) site) that are actually fixlets (as opposed to tasks, etc).
(names of it, source severities of it, source release
dates of it) of Returns the names, severities, and release dates of
each of the fixlets returned by the bes fixlets clause above.
This will return one fixlet per line, with the fields separated by commas.

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Web Reports Q&A

Does Web Reports have to be installed on the main TEM server?
Web Reports can be installed on a separate server by checking only the
Web Reports box during the server installation. It requires an ODBC
connection to the TEM servers SQL server.
What port does the Web Reports server run on?
By default Web Reports is installed on port 80. The traditional alternative
port is 52312, but any port can be specified during Web Reports installation.
Does Web Reports support HTTPS (SSL)?
The process for configuring Web Reports to use HTTPS instead of HTTP is
covered in detail in the Web Reports Guide [1], along with the process for
generating a self-signed SSL certificate.
Can reports be configured to run automatically?
You can schedule reports to run automatically and email you the results in
PDF format after setting up email and PDF printing.
Can I mix normal Relevance and session Relevance in a web report?
Web Reports uses session Relevance for reporting. For security reasons,
session Relevance does not allow use of normal Relevance inspectors.
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Reference Materials

NOTE: TEM 8.1 is the Tivoli rebranding of BigFix 8.0; the two are functionally identical.
All materials written for BigFix version 8.0 are fully applicable to TEM version 8.1.

Fixlet authoring resources including QnA

http://support.bigfix.com/fixlet/
Session Inspectors Guide (PDF)

http://support.bigfix.com/fixlet/documents/Session%20Inspectors%2080_101123.pdf

Core Inspectors Guide (PDF)

http://support.bigfix.com/fixlet/documents/Core%20Inspectors%2080_101123.pdf

Basic inspectors that are available in both normal and session Relevance.

[1] Web Reports Guide (PDF)

http://support.bigfix.com/product/documents/BigFix_Web_Reports_80_100810.pdf

Inspectors that are specific to Session Relevance.

The Web Reports Guide includes information on using the BES Web Reports to
report on data about computers, actions, Fixlet messages, etc.

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Question & Answer Session

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