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

4 Monitoring EMS Event Messages
• “When to Use This Section” (page 69)
• “What Is the Event Management Service (EMS)?” (page 69)
• “Tools for Monitoring EMS Event Messages” (page 69)
— “OSM Event Viewer ” (page 69)
— “ViewPoint” (page 69)
— “Web ViewPoint” (page 70)
• “Related Reading” (page 70)
When to Use This Section
Use this section for a brief description of the Event Management Service (EMS) and the tools
used to monitor EMS event messages.
What Is the Event Management Service (EMS)?
The Event Management Service (EMS) is a collection of processes, tools, and interfaces that
support the reporting and retrieval of event information. Information retrieved from EMS can
help you to:
• Monitor your system or network environment
• Analyze circumstances that led up to a problem
• Detect failure patterns
• Adjust for changes in the run-time environment
• Recognize and handle critical problems
• Perform many other tasks required to maintain a productive computing operation
Tools for Monitoring EMS Event Messages
To view EMS event messages for an Integrity NonStop server, use one of these tools:
• OSM Event Viewer
• EMSDIST
• ViewPoint
• Web ViewPoint
OSM Event Viewer
The OSM Event Viewer is a browser-based event viewer. The OSM Event Viewer allows you to
retrieve and view events from any EMS formatted log files ($0, $ZLOG, or an alternate collector)
for rapid assessment of operating system problems.
To access the OSM Event Viewer, refer to Launching OSM Applications on page 1-11. For details
on how to use the OSM Event Viewer, refer to the online help.
EMSDIST
The EMSDIST program is the object program for a printing, forwarding, or consumer distributor,
any of which you can start with a TACL RUN command. This guide does not describe using
EMSDIST. For more information, see the Guardian User’s Guide.
ViewPoint
ViewPoint displays event messages about current or past events occurring anywhere in the
network on a set of block-mode events screens. The messages can be errors, failures, warnings,
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