Administrator Guide
Event monitor
An event monitor is provided with Dell EMC PowerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager. The event monitor runs continuously in the
background and monitors activity on the managed storage arrays. If the event monitor detects any critical problems, it can notify a host or
remote system using e-mail, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) trap messages, or both.
For the most timely and continuous notification of events, enable the event monitor on a management station that runs 24 hours a day.
Enabling the event monitor on multiple systems or having a combination of an event monitor and MD Storage Manager active can result in
duplicate events, but this does not indicate multiple failures on the array.
The Event Monitor is a background task that runs independently of the Enterprise Management Window (EMW).
To use the Event Monitor, perform one of these actions:
• Set up alert destinations for the managed device that you want to monitor. A possible alert destination would be the Dell Management
Console.
• Replicate the alert settings from a particular managed device by copying the emwdata.bin file to every storage management station
from which you want to receive alerts.
Each managed device shows a check mark that indicates that alerts have been set.
Topics:
• Enabling or disabling event monitor
Enabling or disabling event monitor
You can enable or disable the event monitor at any time.
Disable the event monitor if you do not want the system to send alert notifications. If you are running the event monitor on multiple
systems, disabling the event monitor on all but one system prevents the sending of duplicate messages.
NOTE:
It is recommended that you configure the event monitor to start by default on a management station that runs
24 hours a day.
Windows
To enable or disable the event monitor:
1. Open the Run command in windows. Press the <Windows logo key><R>.
The Run command box is displayed.
2. In Open, type services.msc.
The Services window is displayed.
3. From the list of services, select Modular Disk Storage Manager Event Monitor.
4. Select Action > Properties.
5. To enable the event monitor, in the Service Status area, click Start.
6. To disable the event monitor, in the Service Status area, click Stop.
Linux
To enable the event monitor, at the command prompt, type SMmonitor start and press <Enter>. When the program startup begins,
the following message is displayed: SMmonitor started.
To disable the event monitor, start terminal emulation application (console ox xterm) and at the command prompt, type SMmonitor
stop, and press <Enter>. When the program shutdown is complete, the following message is displayed: Stopping Monitor
process.
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