EMS Manual

Standard Events
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Transient Fault Event Tokens
The subsystem or application (or its manager process) that needs the attention of the
operator is responsible for reporting this event, and for providing the cause, effect, and
recovery text of this event to the operator.
The subject of this event is the resource, such as tape or printer, that needs attention.
The name of the resource should be a fully qualified operating system name. Only one
resource per event should be specified.
For more information about the use of this event, see Requirements for Standard
Events on page 9-3 and Production Requests Requiring Operator Attention on
page 9-9.
These event-specific tokens must be provided in addition to the common-standard
tokens. Unconditional token types are identified with a “U.” Conditional token types are
identified with a “C.”
Transient Fault Event Tokens
A Transient Fault event must be generated for a subsystem or application object
whenever the object encountered a transient fault that could result in a permanent
failure in the future. The subsystem or application (or its manager process) that
controls the object is responsible for reporting this event.
The subject of this event is the object that experienced the transient fault. If multiple
objects experienced the transient fault for the same reason, these objects can be
represented by lists or group names.
Action ID
ZEMS-TKN-ACTION-ID (ZSPI-TYP-INT,U)
Identifies the action ID for this request.
It is used by the management application to associate this request
with the Operator Attention Completed event.
Note. The Action ID token is not shared, which means it must always be qualified by the EMS
SSID.
Attention Needed
ZEMS-TKN-ACTION-NEEDED (ZSPI-TYP-BOOLEAN,U)
Indicates if the event is for operator attention or for operator attention
not needed. Standard values are:
ZSPI-VAL-TRUE indicates attention needed.
ZSPI-VAL-FALSE indicates attention completed.
Because this is an Operator Attention Needed event, this token must
be present and of value ZSPI-VAL-TRUE.
This token existed prior to this standard event; therefore, it is
necessary to preserve the semantics of this token.
Note. The Attention Needed token is not shared, which means it must always be qualified by
the EMS SSID.