ViewPoint Manual

Using ViewPoint
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Choosing an Alternate Configuration
12. Press F1 to return to the TACL screen.
Choosing an Alternate Configuration
The only way you can choose an alternate configuration file is through the Profile
screen. You (or the person managing applications at your site) can create any number of
configuration files for alternate configurations. Once the alternate configurations are
associated with particular configuration files, you simply go to the Profile screen to
select the file with the configuration you want.
To choose an alternate configuration file, follow these steps:
1. From the TACL screen, press F14 to request the Profile screen. The screen displays
the current configuration files—in this case, probably the files MYSTAT and
MYEVNT. If you want to select a different configuration, change the current file
names to different file names. At this point, return to the default configurations by
changing the names to STATDFLT and EVNTDFLT (or ZZVPSTAT and
ZZVPEVNT).
2. Press F14 to confirm each name change.
3. Press F2 to request the Network Status Summary screen or the Primary Events
screen, and observe the changed displays.
4. Press F1 to return to the TACL screen.
Using DSM/PM
ViewPoint provides an interface to the DSM/Problem Manager (DSM/PM) application.
When ViewPoint is configured to run with DSM/PM, a user with a valid DSM/PM user
name can do the following:
•
Log on to DSM/PM from any ViewPoint event screen and perform any DSM/PM
functions.
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Send an event that is marked on a ViewPoint event screen to DSM/PM as a created
problem requiring additional information.
•
Send events that are marked on a ViewPoint event screen to DSM/PM for problem
submission.
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Send multiple events that are marked on a ViewPoint event screen to DSM/PM as
information records to be subsequently classified as problems.
Note. You might also use the Alternate Events Configuration screen to specify remote
collectors or log files on other systems from which events are to be collected (instead of using
remote distributors); to specify a particular filter to control the events passed to the Alternate
Events screen; or to pass information to a selected filter to further customize the filtered
events.
Refer to the description of the Event Configuration screen in Section 3, Definition of ViewPoint
Screens for detailed information on other configuration changes you can make.