EMS Manual

EMS Programs
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EMSDINFO—Distributor Information Utility
To learn about command messages that provide distributor status information, see
Distributor Command Descriptions on page 17-12.
Term Description (page 1 of 3)
VERSION
HP version number with the release date.
NAME
Name of the distributor process.
TYPE
Type of distributor: CONSUMER, FORWARDING, or PRINTING
PRIMARY CPU
Number of the CPU in which the primary process of the distributor
is currently running.
BACKUP CPU
Number of the CPU in which the backup process of the distributor
is currently running if a backup exists; otherwise, NOT
CONFIGURED is displayed.
ANCESTOR
Name of the process that started the distributor.
PRIORITY
Current execution priority of the distributor.
FILTERS
Occurs for each filter that is present in the distributor and is
accompanied by this information:
NAME
Name of a filter, as declared in the filter specification. If no filter is
installed, the display depends on distributor type.

For consumer and printing distributors, *** DEFAULT: PASS-
ALL is displayed, which indicates that all event messages
pass the default filter.

For forwarding distributors, *** DEFAULT: PASS-NONE is
displayed, which indicates that the distributor will forward no
event messages until a filter is specified.
OBJECT FILE
Name of the object filter file if the filter is a compiled filter and the
name of an edit file if the filter is a filter table or burst filter.
TYPE
Filter type. The filter type can be any one of: COMPILED,
COMPILED/PARAMETERS, TABLE/PASS, TABLE/FAIL,
TABLE/PASS EXTENDED, TABLE/FAILED EXTENDED, or
SUPPRESS.
An extended filter table contains a column for pass values and/or
event header token directives. COMPILED/PARAMETERS
indicates that parameter values have been submitted for the
compiled filter. SUPPRESS identifies a burst filter.
SIZE
Size of the filter in bytes.
TARGET COLLECTOR
Occurs only if this is a forwarding distributor and is accompanied
by these terms:
NAME
Name of a collector process that will receive forwarded event
messages.