DSM/SCM Event Management Programming Manual

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About This Manual
The Distributed Systems Management/Software Configuration Manager (DSM/SCM) is
a system for the centralized planning, management, and installation of software on
distributed HP NonStop™ servers. This manual provides information on the token-
oriented event messages from the programmatic interface to DSM/SCM. It includes
descriptions of the content and meaning of each DSM/SCM event message, a brief
summary of the procedure to retrieve and decode these messages, the procedure to
write and load a filter, and sample filter source files.
These DSM/SCM event messages are also viewable as EMS messages through the
DSM/SCM Planner Interface and Target Interface. For more information on viewing
these messages through the user interfaces, see the DSM/SCM User’s Guide.
The programmatic interface is based on the Subsystem Programmatic Interface (SPI)
message format. DSM/SCM supports SPI event management only. For more
information about SPI, see the SPI Programming Manual.
Who Should Use This Manual
This manual is a reference for DSM/SCM event messages and a programmer’s
manual for writing applications and filters to select DSM/SCM event messages.
Readers should be familiar with external aspects of the HP NonStop operating system
and understand general NonStop software installation concepts.
What’s in This Manual
Title This section . . .
1 Introduction
Provides a brief overview of DSM/SCM, event management,
and the programmatic interface
2 Elements of SPI
Messages for DSM/SCM
Describes the SPI elements of event messages for
DSM/SCM
3 SPI Programming
Considerations for
DSM/SCM
Includes a summary of how to retrieve and decode event
messages, how to write a filter in the Event Management
Service Filter (EMF) language, and sample filter source files
4 Common Definitions
Contains general descriptions of the common definitions
used by DSM/SCM
5 Event Messages
Describes the content and meaning of all the event
messages generated by DSM/SCM
6 Event Messages From
Other Subsystems
Describes the content and meaning of all event messages
generated by other subsystems that DSM/SCM returns
A Token Codes
Lists all the DSM/SCM token codes and their token type
B File-System Errors
Lists all the file-system errors with brief descriptions
C BACKUP Errors
Lists all the BACKUP errors and their text description