ViewPoint Manual

Functional Description
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Extending the Functionality of ViewPoint
which stores them in the alternate-events cache. A page of event messages is sent
from the cache to the ViewPoint TCP for display on your terminal.
You can use function keys to switch among the primary-events, alternate-events, and
last-events displays. The events-display process manages the selection. Screen context
(page number, marked events, and frozen or thawed state) is preserved when you switch
among these event screens.
Extending the Functionality of ViewPoint
The ViewPoint application is capable of being expanded, so your installation can add
extra functions as needed to suit your own special needs for distributed systems
management. These functions include:
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Adding custom filters to filter events displayed on the Alternate Events screen.
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Adding descriptive text to the event-detail database for display on the Event Detail
screen.
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Adding TACL macros and routines to automate tasks at your ViewPoint terminals.
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Altering the prefix text displayed for individual events on the Primary, Alternate,
and Last Events screens.
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Determining the procedure for recovering events that takes effect after there is a
CPU failure or after ViewPoint is shut down.
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Adding Extras screens for functions specific to your application that can be
requested with function key SF15.
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Adding items to the status items displayed on the Network Status Summary screen.
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Configuring ViewPoint to run with the DSM/Problem Manager (DSM/PM) product.
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Installing ViewPoint to run as part of the Integrated Operations Console (IOC)
product set. IOC consists of the following products: NetCommand, NetStatus,
DSM/PM, and ViewPoint.
Each of these functions is described in Section 6, Customizing ViewPoint
. Because the
functions involve understanding of event management and programming for distributed
systems management, you should also be familiar with the SPI Programming Manual
and with the EMS Manual.