Page 2 - Legal Notices; Trademark Notices; UNIX
2 Legal Notices The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statementsaccompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additionalwarranty. HP...
Page 3 - Printing History
3 Printing History The printing date and part number indicate the current edition. The printing date changes when a newedition is printed. (Minor corrections and updates which are incorporated at reprint do not cause the date tochange.) The part number changes when extensive technical changes are in...
Page 5 - Contents; Installing and Using Monitors
Contents 5 1. Introduction Hardware Monitoring Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 What is Hardware Monitoring? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 6 - Using the Peripheral Status Monitor
Contents 6 Event Polling (in Detail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 4. Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Peripheral Status Monitor Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
Page 7 - Special Procedures
Contents 7 File Names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121File Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 9 - Tables
Tables 9 Table 1-1. Hardware Monitoring Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Table 2-1. Disk Arrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Table 2-2. ...
Page 11 - Figures
Figures 11 Figure 1-1. Components Involved in Hardware Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Figure 2-1. The Steps for Installing and Configuring Hardware Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Figure 2-2. Building a Monitoring Request . . . . . . . . ....
Page 13 - About This Manual; man; monitorname
13 About This Manual This guide is intended for use by system administrators and others involved in managing HP-UX systemhardware resources. It describes the installation and use of (EMS) Hardware Monitors—an important tool inmanaging the operation and health of system hardware resources. The book i...
Page 14 - Related Web sites
14 • Managing MC/ServiceGuard (B3936-90024) - provides information on creating package dependencies for hardware resources • Using EMS HA Monitors (B5735-90001) - provides detailed information on using EMS to create monitoring requests. Note: This manual pertains to High Availability (HA) Monitors r...
Page 15 - Chapter 1; Introduction; NOTE
Chapter 1 Introduction 15 1 Introduction This chapter introduces the EMS Hardware Monitors. The topics discussed in this chapter include thefollowing: • What is hardware monitoring? • How does hardware monitoring work? • Benefits of hardware monitoring • Products supported by hardware monitoring • T...
Page 16 - Hardware Monitoring Overview; What is Hardware Monitoring?
Chapter 1 Introduction Hardware Monitoring Overview 16 Hardware Monitoring Overview What is Hardware Monitoring? Hardware monitoring is the process of watching a hardware resource (such as a disk) for the occurrence ofany unusual activity, called an event. When an event occurs, it is reported using ...
Page 17 - How Does Hardware Monitoring Work?; Components Involved in Hardware Monitoring; The typical hardware monitoring process works as follows:
Chapter 1 Introduction Hardware Monitoring Overview 17 How Does Hardware Monitoring Work? The following figure shows the basic components involved in hardware monitoring. Figure 1-1 Components Involved in Hardware Monitoring The typical hardware monitoring process works as follows: 1. While monitori...
Page 18 - Benefits of Hardware Monitoring; Hardware monitoring provides the following benefits:
Chapter 1 Introduction Hardware Monitoring Overview 18 Benefits of Hardware Monitoring Hardware monitoring provides the following benefits: • Reduces system downtime by detecting hardware failures when they occur, allowing you to quicklyidentify and correct problems. • Integrates with MC/ServiceGuar...
Page 19 - Products Supported by Hardware Monitors
Chapter 1 Introduction Hardware Monitoring Overview 19 Products Supported by Hardware Monitors EMS Hardware Monitors are provided for a wide range of system hardware resources. The following listidentifies the types of hardware supported by monitors at the time of publication. A detailed list of the...
Page 20 - Tips for Hardware Monitoring; Integrate the PSM into your MC/ServiceGuard strategy.; resdata; Use the `All monitors' option when creating a monitoring request.
Chapter 1 Introduction Hardware Monitoring Overview 20 Tips for Hardware Monitoring Here are some tips for using hardware monitoring. ✓ Keep hardware monitoring enabled to protect your system from undetected failures. Hardware monitoring is an important tool for maintaining high-availability on your...
Page 21 - Hardware Monitoring Terms; Term; Using EMS HA Monitors
Chapter 1 Introduction Hardware Monitoring Overview 21 Hardware Monitoring Terms The following terms are used throughout this guide. Understanding them is important when learning howthe hardware event monitors work and how to use them effectively. Table 1-1 Hardware Monitoring Terms Term Definition ...
Page 22 - Hardware resource
Chapter 1 Introduction Hardware Monitoring Overview 22 Hardware eventmonitor A monitor daemon that gathers information on theoperational status of hardware resources. Each monitor isresponsible for watching a specific group or type of hardwareresources. For example, the tape monitor handles all tape...
Page 23 - Polling
Chapter 1 Introduction Hardware Monitoring Overview 23 Peripheral StatusMonitor (PSM) Included with the hardware event monitors, the PSM is amonitor daemon that acts as a hardware status monitor byconverting events to changes in hardware resource status.This provides compatibility with MC/ServiceGua...
Page 25 - Chapter 2; Installing and Using Monitors; An overview of the steps involved
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors 25 2 Installing and Using Monitors This chapter instructs you how to use the EMS Hardware Monitors to manage your hardware resources. Thetopics discussed in this chapter include: • An overview of the steps involved • Installing EMS Hardware Monitors • Adding a...
Page 26 - The Steps Involved; . See “Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor”.
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors The Steps Involved 26 The Steps Involved The steps involved in installing and configuring hardware monitoring are shown in Figure 2-1 on page 27.Each step is described in detail in this chapter on the page indicated. Installation of Support Tools isnecessary i...
Page 27 - The Steps for Installing and Configuring Hardware Monitoring
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors The Steps Involved 27 Figure 2-1 The Steps for Installing and Configuring Hardware Monitoring
Page 28 - Installing EMS Hardware Monitors; swinstall; IOSCAN Utility
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Installing EMS Hardware Monitors 28 Installing EMS Hardware Monitors The EMS Hardware Monitors software is distributed with the Support Tools (diagnostics). All the necessaryfiles for hardware monitoring are installed automatically when the Support Tools are i...
Page 29 - for; Removing EMS Hardware Monitors; The hardware monitoring software can be removed using the
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Installing EMS Hardware Monitors 29 • HP 9000 Series 700 or 800 Computer • HP-UX 10.20 or 11.x (Hardware event monitoring is not currently available on the special high securitysystems, HP-UX 10.26 (TOS) and HP-UX 11.04 (VVOS). • Support Plus Media, the more c...
Page 30 - Checking for Special Requirements; Disk Arrays; Product
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Checking for Special Requirements 30 Checking for Special Requirements Some devices have special requirements in order to be monitored. Examine the tables of supported productsbelow to see if any of your devices have special requirements. Table 2-1 Disk Arrays...
Page 31 - Disk Products
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Checking for Special Requirements 31 Important: HP Storage Works SDLT 160/320 GB Tape Drive and the HP Ultrium 460 External Tape Driveare not supported by the Online Diagnostics product. Some STM tools may function but these tools are notsupported. The diagnos...
Page 33 - High Availability Storage Systems
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Checking for Special Requirements 33 DLT 4000 & 7000; 100 slot; Drives Diff; Robotics SEDLT 4000 & 7000; 30 slot; Differential As of the March 2000 release (IPR0003), the monitor also supports the following devices:DDS-4 AutoloaderDLT7000 HP Surestore ...
Page 34 - Fibre Channel SCSI Multiplexers; HP Fibre Channel SCSI Multiplexer; Fibre Channel Adapters
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Checking for Special Requirements 34 Table 2-5 Fibre Channel SCSI Multiplexers Product Model/Product Number Special Requirements HP Fibre Channel SCSI Multiplexer Supported by: Fibre Channel SCSIMultiplexer Monitor A3308A Firmware version3840 Table 2-6 Fibre C...
Page 35 - Device Firmware revisions:; Fibre Channel Switch; The FC Switch monitor requires:
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Checking for Special Requirements 35 Table 2-7 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) Hub Product Model/Product Number Special Requirements HP FibreChannelArbitrated LoopHubs Supported by:Fibre ChannelArbitrated LoopHub Monitor A3724AA4839A The FC-AL Hub monito...
Page 36 - Memory
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Checking for Special Requirements 36 Table 2-9 Memory Product Model/Product Number Special Requirements All system memory on PA-RISCsystems. Supported by: PA Memory Monitor NA None Itanium Memory Monitor: monitor forall system memory on Itanium systems. Suppor...
Page 37 - Interface Cards
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Checking for Special Requirements 37 Low Priority Machine Checks (LPMCs) Supported by: LPMC Monitor NA HP-UX 11.x IPMI Forward Progress Log Monitormonitors IPMI FPL log entries on thesystem. Supported by: IPMI Forward ProgressLog Monitor NA All HP-UX IPFsystem...
Page 38 - Others; iSCSI Subsystem
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Checking for Special Requirements 38 Table 2-12 Others Product Model/Product Number Special Requirements iSCSI Subsystem HP-UX software solution for iSCSIprotocol. Supported by: iSCSI SubsystemMonitor NA HP-UX 11.23, PatchPHSS_30457 for IA11.23 (11.23) Codenam...
Page 39 - Using Hardware Monitoring Requests; What Is a Monitoring Request?; When building a request you must make the following decisions:; WHAT hardware should be monitored?; This is defined by selecting the monitor responsible for the; WHAT events should be reported?; Although the monitor can detect all hardware events, you can limit; HOW will notification be sent?; Some Monitoring Request Examples
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Using Hardware Monitoring Requests 39 Using Hardware Monitoring Requests Monitoring requests are used to implement your strategy for monitoring hardware resources. The HardwareMonitoring Request Manager is the tool you use to create and manage hardware event m...
Page 40 - Building a Monitoring Request
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Using Hardware Monitoring Requests 40 Figure 2-2 Building a Monitoring Request
Page 41 - Running the Monitoring Request Manager; You must be logged on as root to run the Monitoring Request Manager.; To run the Monitoring Request Manager, type:; The opening screen looks like this:
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Running the Monitoring Request Manager 41 Running the Monitoring Request Manager NOTE You must be logged on as root to run the Monitoring Request Manager. To run the Monitoring Request Manager, type: /etc/opt/resmon/lbin/monconfig The opening screen indicates ...
Page 42 - Enabling Hardware Event Monitoring; Run the Hardware Monitoring Request Manager by typing:
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Enabling Hardware Event Monitoring 42 Enabling Hardware Event Monitoring Hardware event monitoring must be enabled to protect your system from undetected hardware failures. Allhardware monitoring requests are ignored while monitoring is disabled. Once monitori...
Page 43 - Default Monitoring Requests; Default Monitoring Requests for Each Monitor; Severity Levels; All
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Enabling Hardware Event Monitoring 43 Default Monitoring Requests A set of default monitoring requests are created for each hardware event monitor. These default requestsprovide a complete level of monitoring and protection for the hardware resources under the...
Page 44 - Listing Monitor Descriptions; To list the descriptions of available monitors:; Run the Hardware Monitoring Request Manager by entering:
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Listing Monitor Descriptions 44 Listing Monitor Descriptions One of the first steps in managing monitoring requests is selecting the proper monitor for the hardwareresource. You must know what hardware resources each monitor is responsible for to ensure that y...
Page 45 - Viewing Current Monitoring Requests
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Viewing Current Monitoring Requests 45 Viewing Current Monitoring Requests Before adding or modifying monitoring requests, you should examine the current monitoring requests. Theseinclude the default monitoring requests created during system startup. By examin...
Page 46 - Adding a Monitoring Request
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Adding a Monitoring Request 46 Adding a Monitoring Request Adding a monitoring request is a convenient way to add another notification method for a monitor. Each newnotification method requires its own monitoring request. Monitoring requests can only be added ...
Page 47 - Monitoring Requests Configuration Settings; Setting
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Adding a Monitoring Request 47 added to the monitoring configuration. When you restart the system or execute the IOSCANutility (thus performing a real/hard IOSCAN), the new hardware will be included in eventmonitoring. If you add a new class of supported hardw...
Page 48 - The following notification methods are available.; Event Severity Levels; Critical; Monitoring Requests Configuration Settings (Continued)
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Adding a Monitoring Request 48 NotificationMethod The following notification methods are available. EMAIL* - sends notification to the specified email addressTEXTLOG* - sends notification to specified fileSNMP - sends notification using SNMP trapsCONSOLE - sen...
Page 49 - Information; Event
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Adding a Monitoring Request 49 MinorWarning An event that will not likely escalateto a more severe condition if letuncorrected. System operation willnot be interrupted and normal use ofthe hardware can continue. Theproblem can be repaired at aconvenient time. ...
Page 50 - Example of Adding a Monitoring Request
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Adding a Monitoring Request 50 Example of Adding a Monitoring Request The following example illustrates the process of adding a monitoring request. In this example a request isadded that will send all CRITICAL events detected by the AutoRAID disk array monitor...
Page 52 - Modifying Monitoring Requests; To modify a monitoring request:
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Modifying Monitoring Requests 52 Modifying Monitoring Requests Modifying an existing monitoring request is a convenient way to alter one of the settings used in the request.Simply select a monitoring request and then change the desired setting. All other aspec...
Page 53 - Verifying Hardware Event Monitoring
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Verifying Hardware Event Monitoring 53 Verifying Hardware Event Monitoring Once you have created the monitoring requests you need for your system, you may want to verify that theyare working as you expect. The most effective way of verifying hardware event mon...
Page 54 - Checking Detailed Monitoring Status
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Checking Detailed Monitoring Status 54 Checking Detailed Monitoring Status This option lets you view the detailed information for all active monitoring requests. This information isorganized by resource instance, and lists all the monitoring requests currently...
Page 55 - Retrieving and Interpreting Event Messages; Sample Event Message; The following is a portion of a sample event message.
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Retrieving and Interpreting Event Messages 55 Retrieving and Interpreting Event Messages Event messages generated by hardware monitoring can be delivered using a variety of notification methods.To simplify receiving event messages you may want to use the email...
Page 56 - Deleting Monitoring Requests; CAUTION
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Deleting Monitoring Requests 56 Deleting Monitoring Requests You may want to delete any monitor requests for a hardware resource that has been removed from yoursystem. Only requests created exclusively for the missing resource should be deleted. CAUTION Use ca...
Page 57 - Disabling Hardware Event Monitoring
Chapter 2 Installing and Using Monitors Disabling Hardware Event Monitoring 57 Disabling Hardware Event Monitoring You can disable hardware event monitoring if desired. However, all EMS Hardware Monitors will be disabled.You cannot disable a specific monitor. While monitoring is disabled, all monito...
Page 59 - Chapter 3; Detailed Description; Hardware monitoring architecture.
Chapter 3 Detailed Description 59 3 Detailed Description This chapter describes EMS Hardware Monitors in detail. The topics discussed in this chapter include: • Hardware monitoring architecture. • Hardware monitoring request manager. • EMS hardware event monitor. • Polling or asynchronous? • Startup...
Page 60 - The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring; Hardware Monitoring Architecture
Chapter 3 Detailed Description The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring 60 The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring The following figure shows the major components involved in hardware monitoring and the communicationpaths between them. Figure 3-1 Hardware Monitoring Architecture
Page 61 - Components from Three Different Applications; Hardware Monitoring Request
Chapter 3 Detailed Description The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring 61 Components from Three Different Applications Hardware event monitoring involves components from three different applications: • Event Monitoring System (EMS) provides the framework for event notification. EMS was originall...
Page 62 - EMS Hardware Event Monitor; EMS hardware event monitor; . The settings defined in this file are used for all hardware event; Monitor-specific configuration file; . Each monitor includes its own configuration file with optimized; Polling or Asynchronous?; The; startup
Chapter 3 Detailed Description The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring 62 EMS Hardware Event Monitor The EMS hardware event monitor is the key component in the event monitoring architecture. An event monitor is a daemon process, running in the background continuously. The event monitor watches a...
Page 63 - Each monitor has its own; startup configuration file; , which contains the default monitoring requests and; peripheral status monitor; (PSM) is to convert events detected by a hardware event; event monitoring service
Chapter 3 Detailed Description The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring 63 Each monitor has its own startup configuration file , which contains the default monitoring requests and any customized requests created using the Hardware Monitoring Request Manager. During system startup,following the ex...
Page 64 - armmon; File Locations; Directories and Files
Chapter 3 Detailed Description The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring 64 File Locations The following table lists the locations of the files involved in hardware monitoring. In the above table, monitor_name is the name of a particular monitor such as armmon . Table 3-1 File Locations Directorie...
Page 65 - The startup process is managed by the startup client (; Monitoring Startup Process
Chapter 3 Detailed Description The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring 65 Startup Process (in Detail) The following steps describe the process used to start the hardware monitoring. The startup process isillustrated in Figure 3-2 on page 65. The startup process is managed by the startup client (...
Page 66 - command
Chapter 3 Detailed Description The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring 66 Disabling Monitoring Hardware monitoring can be disabled using the Hardware Monitoring Request Manager. Disablingmonitoring disables all EMS Hardware Monitors. Individual monitors cannot be disabled using the HardwareMonit...
Page 67 - A device driver detects an error during an I/O with the device.; Event Decoding; logtool
Chapter 3 Detailed Description The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring 67 Asynchronous Event Detection (in Detail) The following steps describe the process involved in asynchronous event detection. The asynchronousdetection is illustrated in Figure 3-3 on page 68. 1. A device driver detects an e...
Page 68 - Asynchronous Event Detection Process
Chapter 3 Detailed Description The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring 68 Figure 3-3 Asynchronous Event Detection Process
Page 69 - PA Memory Monitor Polling; memlogd
Chapter 3 Detailed Description The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring 69 Event Polling (in Detail) The following is the process used for gathering event information using polling. The polling process isillustrated in Figure 3-4 on page 70. 1. At the interval defined by the polling value in the ...
Page 70 - Monitoring Polling Process
Chapter 3 Detailed Description The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring 70 Figure 3-4 Monitoring Polling Process
Page 71 - Memory Monitor Polling Process
Chapter 3 Detailed Description The Detailed Picture of Hardware Monitoring 71 Figure 3-5 Memory Monitor Polling Process
Page 73 - Chapter 4; Using the Peripheral Status Monitor; An overview of the PSM
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor 73 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor This chapter describes the Peripheral Status Monitor, which converts hardware events to status informationfor use by MC/ServiceGuard. The topics in this chapter include: • An overview of the PSM • How to configure...
Page 74 - Peripheral Status Monitor Overview
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Peripheral Status Monitor Overview 74 Peripheral Status Monitor Overview The primary function of the Peripheral Status Monitor, or PSM, is to convert hardware events into changes indevice status. These changes in status can then be used by MC/ServiceGuar...
Page 75 - How Does the PSM Work?; utility to manually
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor How Does the PSM Work? 75 How Does the PSM Work? The PSM converts hardware events detected by the EMS Hardware Monitors to “UP” or “DOWN” status,which is used by MC/ServiceGuard in controlling package failover. Figure 4-1 on page 76 illustrates how thePS...
Page 76 - Peripheral Status Monitor
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor How Does the PSM Work? 76 Figure 4-1 Peripheral Status Monitor
Page 77 - PSM Components; psmctd; PSM States; PSM resource class path names are structured as follows:; PSM Status; Condition; Up
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor How Does the PSM Work? 77 PSM Components The PSM comprises the following components, which are installed along with the hardware event monitors.Each component has its own man page containing detailed information about its operation. • psmctd - the Periph...
Page 79 - Configuring MC/ServiceGuard Package Dependencies with the PSM
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Configuring MC/ServiceGuard Package Dependencies with the PSM 79 Configuring MC/ServiceGuard Package Dependencies with the PSM The PSM allows you to create MC/ServiceGuard package dependencies for resources monitored by EMSHardware Monitors. To use the P...
Page 80 - Configuring Package Dependencies using SAM; Managing MC/ServiceGuard
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Configuring MC/ServiceGuard Package Dependencies with the PSM 80 Configuring Package Dependencies using SAM The procedure assumes you have taken the necessary steps to create the package to which you will be addingresource dependencies. Complete instruct...
Page 82 - Creating EMS Monitoring Requests for PSM; sam
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Creating EMS Monitoring Requests for PSM 82 Creating EMS Monitoring Requests for PSM In addition to creating MC/ServiceGuard package dependencies, you can also use the PSM to create EMSmonitoring requests. Because it is a state monitor rather than an eve...
Page 83 - Monitoring Request Parameters; If you select the
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Monitoring Request Parameters 83 Monitoring Request Parameters The following information describes in detail the monitoring request parameters and offers tips on how to usethem. Specifying When to Send Event - <Notify> One of the first steps in cre...
Page 84 - HP OpenView IT/Operations Administrators Task Guide
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Monitoring Request Parameters 84 Setting the Polling Interval - <Polling Interval> The polling interval specifies how often EMS will check the PSM for changes in hardware status. The pollinginterval is the maximum amount of elapsed time before EMS ...
Page 85 - HP
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Monitoring Request Parameters 85 SNMP traps This option sends messages to applications using SNMP traps, such as Network Node Manager. See HP OpenView Using Network Node Manager (P/N J1169-90002) for more information on configuring SNMP traps. The follow...
Page 86 - error
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Monitoring Request Parameters 86 To set for email notification: 1. Select the Email option from the <Notify via> list. 2. Specify the full email address in the Email Address field. syslog This option sends event notification to the system log. For ...
Page 87 - Copying Monitoring Requests; multiple
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Copying Monitoring Requests 87 Copying Monitoring Requests There are two ways to use the copy function: • To create requests for multiple resources using the same monitoring parameters. This is a quick way to set requests for multiple resources. • To cre...
Page 88 - To change the monitoring parameters of a request:; menu select; Modify Monitoring Request; The Monitoring Request Parameters screen is displayed.; OK
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Modifying Monitoring Requests 88 Modifying Monitoring Requests To change the monitoring parameters of a request: 1. From the Event Monitoring Service main screen, select the monitoring request whose parameters you wish to modify. 2. From the Actions menu...
Page 89 - Removing Monitoring Requests; To remove monitoring requests:; To select contiguous multiple requests, hold the; To select individual multiple requests, hold the; Actions; Remove Monitoring Request; A Confirmation screen is displayed.; for a similar resource or by re-entering the information.
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Removing Monitoring Requests 89 Removing Monitoring Requests The Remove Monitoring Requests functions with multiple requests as well as single requests. To remove monitoring requests: 1. From the Event Monitoring Service main screen, select the monitorin...
Page 90 - Viewing Monitoring Requests; To view the parameters for a monitoring request:; From the; View Monitoring Request; To exit the View Monitoring Request screen, click
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Viewing Monitoring Requests 90 Viewing Monitoring Requests To view the parameters for a monitoring request: 1. From the Event Monitoring Service main screen, select the monitoring request you wish to view and either: • Double-click, or • From the Actions...
Page 91 - Using the set_fixed Utility to Restore Hardware UP State; Using the
Chapter 4 Using the Peripheral Status Monitor Using the set_fixed Utility to Restore Hardware UP State 91 Using the set_fixed Utility to Restore Hardware UP State Most hardware event monitors cannot detect when a hardware failure has been repaired and the resource hasbeen returned to normal operatio...
Page 93 - Chapter 5; Hardware Monitor Configuration Files
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files 93 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Several configuration files are used to control the operation of each hardware event monitor. The operation ofthe monitor can be altered by editing the contents of the various configuration files. Before alterin...
Page 94 - Overview; Monitor Configuration File Types; Global monitor configuration file; . The settings defined in this file are used for all monitors, unless; Client configuration file
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Overview 94 Overview Understanding Multiple-View and Non-Multiple-View Monitor Classes EMS Hardware Monitors are divided into two classes: Multiple-View and Non-Multiple-View. Multiple-Viewmonitors allow you to specify different event messages (for the ...
Page 95 - Client Configuration File; Clients: Targets for Events; The text to be included in event messages.; Verifying Monitors with a Test Event
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Client Configuration File 95 Client Configuration File As of the June 2000 release, several of the hardware monitors have been converted to be multiple-view. Thesemonitors use an additional file for configuration, the Client Configuration File (for exam...
Page 96 - OR; Sample Client Configuration File
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Client Configuration File 96 OR /etc/opt/resmon/lbin/send_test_event The program was created for HP Support Applications to ensure that the communication mechanism from themonitor to HP Support is working. However, it can be used by customers to ensure ...
Page 100 - Monitor-Specific and Global Configuration Files; File Names; Global configuration file:; File Format; There must be at least one space between the term and each value.
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Monitor-Specific and Global Configuration Files 100 Monitor-Specific and Global Configuration Files The common operating parameters defined by the monitor-specific and global configuration files for allnon-multiple-view monitors include: • Polling Inter...
Page 101 - Monitor Configuration File Entries
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Monitor-Specific and Global Configuration Files 101 Table 5-1 lists the common fields used to define monitor configuration settings. In addition to the commonparameters, some monitors include other parameters in their configuration file. Any additional ...
Page 102 - Settings in the; Monitor Configuration File Settings; If you feel that the severity level assigned to an; Monitor Configuration File Entries (Continued)
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Monitor-Specific and Global Configuration Files 102 Considerations for Modifying the Monitor Configuration File Settings The default configuration settings for each monitor have been carefully selected to provide efficientmonitoring for most systems. Ho...
Page 103 - Sample Global Configuration File
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Monitor-Specific and Global Configuration Files 103 However, if you do want to suppress the reporting of less important events, you can change the severity actionto IGNORE. This will affect all events in that category, and all instances of the monitor's...
Page 115 - Sample Monitor-Specific Configuration File; The following is a sample of a device configuration file.
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Monitor-Specific and Global Configuration Files 115 #--------------------------------------------------------- DEFINE_EVENT 100095 INFORMATION DEFAULT # msg num 177 # [ -- -- -- 10 ] #--------------------------------------------------------- DEFINE_EVEN...
Page 117 - Startup Configuration File; monconfig; Criteria Threshold: INFORMATION; required
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Startup Configuration File 117 Startup Configuration File Each hardware event monitor has its own startup configuration file which contains the monitoring requestscurrently defined for the monitor. At startup, following the execution of the IOSCAN utili...
Page 118 - Startup Configuration File Entries; Keyword; Valid values include:
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Startup Configuration File 118 Considerations for Modifying the Startup Configuration File Settings While you can edit the contents of the startup configuration file directly, the better approach is to use theHardware Monitoring Request Manager ( moncon...
Page 120 - Default File Entries; Description
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Startup Configuration File 120 Default File Entries The following default monitoring requests illustrate the structure of the entries in the startup configurationfile. Table 5-4 Default Monitoring Requests Description Entry Entry to send allevents to te...
Page 121 - Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) Configuration File; The file naming convention for the PSM configuration files is:; There must be at least one space between the keyword and each value.
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) Configuration File 121 Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) Configuration File Interaction between the PSM and a hardware event monitor is controlled by a PSM configuration file. Thisfile defines what severity levels will resu...
Page 122 - Considerations for Modifying the PSM Configuration File; and; Do not attempt to change the value of
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) Configuration File 122 Considerations for Modifying the PSM Configuration File • The only change you should consider making to the PSM configuration file is redefining the severitylevels which cause a change to DOWN statu...
Page 123 - PSM Configuration File Fields
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) Configuration File 123 Table 5-5 PSM Configuration File Fields Keyword Values Description MONITOR_RESOURCE_NAME(required) A valid eventmonitorresource pathname Identifies the hardwareevent monitor to whichthe entry applie...
Page 124 - PSM Configuration File Fields (Continued)
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) Configuration File 124 DOWN_SEVERITY_THRESHOLD(Optional. This value is required ifDOWN_SEVERITY_OPERATOR isspecified) Valid valuesinclude: CRITICALSERIOUS (Default)MAJOR_WARNINGMINOR_WARNINGINFORMATIONAL Defines the event...
Page 125 - Example File Entries
Chapter 5 Hardware Monitor Configuration Files Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) Configuration File 125 Example File Entries The following examples illustrate the various types of file entries that can be made for the PSM monitor. Example 1: Use all default values. SERIOUS and CRITICAL event will caus...
Page 127 - Chapter 6; Special Procedures
Chapter 6 Special Procedures 127 6 Special Procedures This chapter describes the special procedures required for the Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Monitor( dm_fc_hub ), and for the Fibre Channel Switch Monitor ( dm_fc_sw) .
Page 128 - Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor
Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor 128 Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor History • IPR 9902: Initial release Supported Products • Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Model A3724A • Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Model A4839A Special Requirements The FC-AL...
Page 129 - Initial Monitor Configuration; Configuring the FC-AL Monitor Configuration File; nn
Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor 129 Initial Monitor Configuration Unlike the other EMS Hardware Monitors, the FC-AL hub monitor requires some initial configuration beforeit will function. Because a FC-AL hub is not part of the host's configuration, the host can...
Page 130 - Adding or Removing an FC-AL Hub; Changing the FC-AL Hub Monitoring Configuration; Configuration Files
Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor 130 Adding or Removing an FC-AL Hub Adding or removing a hub from the monitor configuration involves changing the same configuration filesettings described in the preceding procedure, HUB_COUNT and HUB_X_IP_ADDRESS . Changing the...
Page 132 - Requires the use of set_fixed to set UP state.
Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop Hub Monitor 132 PSM Configuration File File name: /var/stm/config/tools/monitor/dm_fc_hub.psmcfg Default settings: • PSM Resource Name: /connectivity/status/hubs/FC_hub • State Handling: Requires the use of set_fixed to set UP state. • DOWN ...
Page 133 - Fibre Channel Switch Monitor
Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibre Channel Switch Monitor 133 Fibre Channel Switch Monitor History • IPR 9904: Initial release Supported Products • Gigabit Fibre Channel Switch Model A5223A Special Requirements The FC Switch monitor requires: C++ runtime support patches: • 10.20 PHSS_16585 (supersed...
Page 134 - Adding or Removing an FC Switch; Changing the FC Switch Monitoring Configuration
Chapter 6 Special Procedures Fibre Channel Switch Monitor 134 Configuring the FC Switch Monitor Configuration File To configure the FC switch monitor configuration file complete the following steps: Step 1. Determine which switches you want the monitor to be responsible for. Record the IP address fo...
Page 139 - Index
139 Index A adding event monitoring requests , 46 adding PSM monitoring requests , 82 asynchronous event detection , 62 , 67 , 68 C changing device status , 91 checking detailed monitoring status , 54 client configuration files , 95 , 96 configuration files client , 95 , 96 global , 94 , 103 , 115 m...
