EMS Manual

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12 Configuring EMS
This section describes the major components of EMS and their characteristics. This
information will help you make decisions about configuring EMS components to meet
your network and system management requirements.
Basic Attributes of EMS Components
The first step to prepare for an EMS configuration is to learn about characteristics of
the EMS components that are fixed and to determine which characteristics you can
modify to tailor an EMS configuration to your needs.
The major EMS components used to store and process event messages are:
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Basic Attributes of
EMS Components
Some EMS components characteristics are fixed; you cannot
change them. Others are variable. You can let them assume
default values, or you can define their values when the
component is created or while it is running.
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Configuration
Issues
You can tailor your component characteristics to your
particular system performance and resource requirements.
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Installation and
System Generation
Considerations
You make some decisions regarding EMS component
characteristics during the system generation and installation
processes.
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Log File Operation Managing log files is an important aspect of managing an
EMS environment.
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Primary Collectors
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Alternate Collectors 12-2
Log Files 12-3
Consumer, Forwarding, and Printing Distributors 12-12
Compatibility Distributor ($Z0) 12-14