Administrator's and User's Guide for SFM HP-UX 11i v3 March 2012

HPUXStorageNativeProviderModule
These native indication provider support is available on the HP Integrity Servers.
Launching Evweb for administration
You can launch Evweb either through the CLI or through the HP SMH GUI.
To launch Evweb for administering event subscriptions using the CLI, enter the following command
at the HP-UX prompt:
# evweb subscribe
To use HP SMH GUI to launch Evweb for administering event subscription, complete the following
steps:
1. Log in to HP SMH.
To log in to HP SMH, enter http://<hostname>:2301 in the address bar of the Web
browser. The HP SMH login screen is displayed.
2. Enter your user name and password in the appropriate text boxes.
3. Click Sign In on the login screen.
The HP SMH home page is displayed.
4. Select Tools in the main menu.
The Tools page is displayed. This page displays the applications that are plugged into HP
SMH.
5. Select Subscription administration in Evweb.
The Event subscription administration page is displayed.
You can perform various administrative tasks such as creating, modifying, and deleting event
subscriptions on this page.
Creating Evweb event subscriptions
You can create event subscriptions for the WBEM indications that you want to monitor. You can
create the following event subscription types using Evweb:
• Admin Defined event subscriptions – Event Subscriptions created using the sfmconfig
command are called Admin Defined event subscriptions. You can modify and delete Admin
Defined event subscriptions using the sfmconfig command. For more information about
customizing event filters via sfmconfig command, see “Configuring indication filters” (page
29). You cannot use the evweb list, evweb subscribe, or the evweb eventviewer command to
create and delete Admin Defined event subscriptions.
• Event subscriptions created using the HP SMH GUI (Event subscription administration) – You
can create these event subscriptions using the GUI or the CLI. You can modify and delete the
event subscriptions that are created using Event subscription administration.
To create an event subscription using Event subscription administration, you must specify the
following:
◦ A unique name for the event subscription
◦ Criteria such as device, event ID, and the severity of the event
◦ The location where the event must be stored
You can create an event subscription using the following methods:
• Create a completely new event subscription.
• Copy an existing event subscription and modify it.
50 Administering indications and instances using HP SMH