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Sending Syslog data to JSA over TCP

You want to send Syslog data to your JSA Status Server over TCP, rather than UDP. You must also specify this option in the Destination Manager on your JSA Console.

By default, log sources are sent by TCP. Status server messages are sent by UDP.

  1. Locate the update_updtTemplate.xml template in the \IBM\WinCollect\samples directory.
  2. Save a copy of the template and name it update_ChangeUDPtoTCP.xml.
  3. Modify the file:
    1. Open the agent config definition file (AgentConfigDefinition.xml) and find the Protocol parameter.
      Note:

      Do Not Modify the AgentConfigDefinition.xml file.

       The Protocol parameter is in the TypeDef object which means that every object can call upon the default value. The StatusServer object in AgentCore has a Protocol parameter, with a default value of UDP. To refer to a child object, use a forward slash (/).

      AgentConfigDef.xml

      AgentConfig.xml
    2. Change the object path in your script to AgentCore/StatusServer, the Protocol parameter to TCP, and the description to Changing status server protocol to TCP.
      The final script looks like this:
  4. Save the update_ChangeUDPtoTCP.xml file and move it to the \IBM\WinCollect\patch directory.
    After a few seconds, the file disappears and the agent restarts. The old agentconfig.xml file is moved to the backup directory (patch_checkpoint_xxxx).