EMS Manual

About This Manual
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Reading Guidelines
Reading Guidelines
The sections of this manual of greatest use to you depend on what network or system
management task you are undertaking.
All readers should be familiar with general aspects of the NonStop Kernel environment
and should read:

Section 1, Introduction to EMS

Section 2, EMS Components and Architecture
D-series users should read the Introduction to Distributed Systems Management
(DSM) as background to this manual.
Programmers
The five major programming tasks related to EMS involve writing:

A management application to retrieve event messages reported by one or more
subsystems (management-application programming)

A management application to retrieve event messages reported by EMS and
possibly to control EMS as a subsystem (EMS-management programming)

A subsystem that reports event messages to EMS (subsystem programming)

Filters for EMS event message distributors (filter programming)

Filter tables for pre-log filtration or burst filters for burst detection and suppression
For these tasks, be familiar with the SPI Programming Manual.
Management-Application Programmers
You need the computer language manual for the language you are using, the Guardian
Procedure Calls Reference Manual, the Guardian Procedure Errors and Messages
Manual, and the DSM Template Services Manual. You also need the management
programming manual for the subsystems you are interested in.
You should also read:
Appendix B, Example of
Reporting Events
Provides a sample program that illustrates how to use the
EMS procedures to build an event message and how to
send the message to the EMS collector.
Appendix C, Standard Event
Sample Files
Provides sample files to help you create your external
specification, DDL, and templates.
Appendix D, EMS Usage Best
Practices and
Recommendations
Describes best practices for creating event messages.