Administrator's and User's Guide for SFM HP-UX 11i v1 April 2006

Installing the SFM Software
Configuring Indication Filters
Chapter 240
Configuring Indication Filters
You must configure indication filters to view desired indications. The
Filter Metadata Provider (FMD) helps configure indication filters that
deliver important or desired indications, for example, indications with a
certain severity. The provider also ensures that all the indications
recommended by HP for system management are logged in the Event
Archive, available at /var/opt/sfmdb/pgsql. Logging indications in the
archive helps track all the events that are generated.
Filters are classified as follows:
• HP-Defined Filters
HP-Defined filters are defined by HP, and are present in the FMD
repository at the time of installation. You can enable or disable
HP-Defined filters. To enable HP-Defined filters, run fmdcontrol
enable at the HP-UX prompt. To disable HP-Defined filters, run
fmdcontrol disable at the HP-UX prompt. Indications fulfilling
the conditions in the HP-Known HP-Defined filters are logged in the
Event Archive. These subscriptions ensure that all the indications
recommended by HP for system management are logged in the Event
Archive.
• Admin-Defined Filters
You can create, delete, and modify Admin-Defined filters by using the
fmdcontrol command. You can also enable or disable
Admin-Defined filters. HP does not provide any Admin-Defined filter.
You must create filters. By default, the FMD Provider does not log
indications fulfilling the conditions in the Admin-Defined filters, in
the Event Archive. You must modify the Admin-Defined filters to log
indications in the Event Archive.
For more information about the fmdcontrol command and its
options, run man fmdcontrol at the HP-UX prompt.