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1 Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes Announcement Announcement Event Monitoring Service A.04.00 is being released for use on the PA platform with the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system. Use the Event Monitoring Service (EMS), together with one or more EMS monitors, to monitor various system resources. The EMS product includes the framework and general monitors. You can configure EMS to monitor system resources through monitoring requests.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes What’s in This Version What’s in This Version The A.04.00 version of Event Monitoring Service for HP-UX 11i v1 operating system runs on the PA platform. The Event Monitoring Service contains the following: • The EMS Framework: The EMS framework provides discovery, configuration, and notification for EMS monitors. Depending on the monitor, EMS may actively poll or it may wait for event messages.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes What’s in This Version Users can write their own monitors, using the EMS Developers’ Kit. The manual and software can be downloaded free from the Website http://www.software.hp.com . Select High Availability, and then choose Event Monitoring Service Developers’ Kit.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds The following is the known problem and workaround with the Event Monitoring Service version A.04.00 product: JAGae27135 What is the problem? EMS persistence requests are lost when the EMS startup script is manually used to start and stop EMS (/sbin/init.d/ems start and /sbin/init.d/ems stop).
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements EMS should be installed on each node that you want to monitor. If you want to monitor the management station, then EMS should be installed on the management station also.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility with HP-UX Releases Table 1-1 EMS Hardware and HP-UX Compatibility EMS Version Compatible HP-UX Releases Compatible Hardware EMS A.02.00 HP-UX 11.00 HP-UX 800 Series Servers EMS A.03.00, HP-UX 11.00 HP-UX 700 and 800 Series Servers EMS A.03.20.01 HP-UX 11i HP-UX 700 and 800 Series Servers EMS A.03.40 HP-UX 11i Version 1.6 HP 9000 Server EMS A.04.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-2 EMS MC/ServiceGuard Compatibility (Continued) EMS Version A.03.00, A.03.00.01, A.03.10, and A.03.20 HP-UX Release HP-UX 11.00 ServiceGuard Version MC/ServiceGuard A.11.04, A.11.05, A.11.07, A.11.08, A.11.09 MC/LockManager A.11.04, A.11.05, A.11.06 ServiceGuard OPS Edition A.11.08 and A.11.09 A.03.20.01 HP-UX 11i MC/ServiceGuard A.11.09 MC/LockManager A.11.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Requirements for HP OpenView Users: You should configure templates into HP Open View ITO or NNM to view EMS events. To configure, download the latest templates from the http://software.hp.com web site. Select High Availability, and then choose Event Monitoring Service Developers’ Kit. The templates are listed in the Developers’ Kit page. Instructions are provided with the templates.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements EMS must be installed on each node that you want to monitor. EMS can be installed on a running system in a multi-user mode. NOTE Updated monitors may have new status values that change the meaning of your monitoring requests. When you update a monitor: • Check for recent updates of the EMS bundle to ensure compatibility with the new monitor.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Your requests are retained when the monitors are updated, or when you re-install a monitor on top of an existing monitor. This is part of the functionality provided by the persistence client. While installing EMS, the installation process may modify /etc/services, /etc/inittab, or /etc/inetd.conf files. If the files are modified, a copy of the unmodified version is available in the /etc directory.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version Patches and Fixes in this Version Required and Recommended Patches The contents of Event Monitoring Service A.03.20.01 and A.03.40 has been incorporated into A.04.00 release. Fixes and Changes The following defects have been fixed in Event Monitoring Service version A.04.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version JAGad94757 Problem: During the upgrade of the OnlineDiag bundle, some persistent monitor requests may be deleted and not re-established after the upgrade. Resolution: Create the upgrade_touch file in the /etc/opt/resmon/monitors directory by using the touch /etc/opt/resmon/monitors/upgrade_touch command.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version JAGad38867 Problem: Certain EMS files have permissions on them that are to open. The /etc/opt/resmon/log directory currently has permissions 777 (along with /var/opt/resmon/log), and the /etc/opt/resmon/persistence/runlevel4_flag has 666. Resolution: The permissions on the /etc/opt/resmon/log, and /var/opt/resmon/log directories have been changed to 755.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages EMS version A.04.00 does not provide native language support.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00 Release Notes List of Documents available with the Product List of Documents available with the Product The following document is available with the EMS version A.04.00: • Using the Event Monitoring Service manual This document is available on http://docs.hp.com/hpux/ha/index.html.
