NonStop NS-Series Operations Guide (H06.12+)

Table 3-1 Monitoring System Components (continued)
See...Monitored Using These ToolsResource
Section 11, Tape Drives: Monitoring
and Recovery
Section 8, I/O Adapters and Modules:
Monitoring and Recovery
Guardian User’s Guide
OSM Service Connection
SCF interface to the storage
subsystem
MEDIACOM
Tape drives
Monitor Batteries on page 14-4
OSM Service Connection User’s Guide
(or OSM Service Connection online
help)
OSM Service ConnectionUninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)
Additional Monitoring Tasks
Table 3-2 provides an example of additional areas you should monitor daily.
Table 3-2 Daily Tasks Checklist
For More Information, SeeSpecific TasksGeneral Tasks
Guardian User’s GuideCheck telephone, fax, electronic mail,
and any other messages
Monitor messages from system users
Section 4, Monitoring EMS Event
Messages
OSM Event Viewer online help
Guardian User’s Guide
ViewPoint Manual
From the OSM Event Viewer
From the EMSDIST printing
distributor From ViewPoint
Monitor operator messages
Section 13, Applications: Monitoring
and Recovery
The documentation specific to the
application
Monitor Pathway and TMFMonitor
SQL/MX, SQL/MP and other
applications
Monitor key applications
Section 5, Processes: Monitoring and
Recovery
Use the SCF and TACL PPD
commands
Monitor system processes
Monitoring and Resolving Problems—An Approach
A useful approach to identifying and resolving problems in your system is to first use OSM to
locate the focal point of a hardware problem and then use SCF to gather all the related data from
the subsystems that control or act on the hardware. In this way, you can develop a larger picture
that encompasses the whole environment, including communications links and other objects
and services that might be contributing to the problem or affected by it.
To get comprehensive online descriptions of all the available SCF commands, use the SCF HELP
command.
The following subsections give instructions for using OSM and SCF to monitor and resolve
problems.
Using OSM to Monitor the System
This section deals mostly with the OSM Service Connection, the primary OSM interface for
system monitoring and serviceability.
See Overview of OSM Applications on page 1-11 for examples of how the other OSM applications
are used for monitoring-related functions.
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