HP-UX SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management) (SFM) Release Notes (766969-001, March 2014) (Edition: 2)

3 EVWEB
EVWEB is a tool that can be used to view and administer WBEM indications generated on the
HP-UX 11i v3 system. The EVWEB tool includes the following components.
Components of EVWEB
Following are the components of EVWEB.
Event subscription administrator
Event subscription administrator enables users to subscribe to an indication and view it. In addition,
users with administrative privileges can also modify, and delete subscriptions. By subscribing to
an indication, users can obtain detailed information about various WBEM indications.
As a part of event subscription, users must specify event subscription criteria. Users must also select
one or more destinations to receive information about indications.
Users can select one or more destination from the following list:
• Event archive:
The path of Event archive is /var/opt/sfmdb/pgsql for PA-RISC and
/var/opt/psb/db/pgsql/ for Itanium. Event archive is the default destination.
• E-mail:
Event notification is mailed to the specified email address. Users can specify multiple email
addresses.
• syslog:
The path to syslog is /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log.
Event viewer
The event viewer enables users to view the indications stored in the Event archive. In addition,
users with administrative privileges can also delete these indications. By default, HP-advised
subscriptions are stored in the Event archive. The event viewer also enables users to search for an
indication logged in the Event Archive.
Log viewer
The log viewer enables users to view and search the low level logs stored in the log database.
Benefits of EVWEB
Following are the benefits of EVWEB:
• Enables users to manage all WBEM indications that are supported by SysFaultMgmt (System
Fault Management) (SFM).
• Provides an option to customize the indication destination to receive information about
HP-advised subscriptions.
• Enables users to view the command-line equivalent of an action performed using the GUI,
thereby, educating users about the usage of various commands.
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