NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

8 Managing Event Messages
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As a Distributed Systems Management (DSM)-based management product, NonStop
NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) uses the subsystem instrumentation
services that the Event Management Service (EMS) provides.
This section provides instructions for using NonStop NET/MASTER MS to manage
receipt and processing of locally generated EMS messages. This section begins with an
overview of event message processing; then, it provides instructions for performing
the following tasks:
Acquiring local subsystem event messages
Processing event messages
Using an EMSPROC procedure
Sending event messages from NCL to EMS
Customizing the event detail database
For a discussion of the commands used to control inter-system message flow, see
Section 9, “Supporting Remote Operations.”
Acquiring Local
Subsystem Event
Messages
A NonStop NET/MASTER MS system acquires local subsystem event messages from
an EMS consumer distributor. Using SYSPARMS command operands, you can specify
the execution attributes of the consumer distributor from which NonStop
NET/MASTER MS receives event messages. You can also use SYSPARMS command
operands to enable the consumer distributor to acquire messages from up to ten
collector processes.
How Are Local Event
Messages Acquired?
Event messages originate from subsystems and proceed to NonStop NET/MASTER
MS through standard EMS processing. You can also use EMS event filters to suppress
messages before they reach NonStop NET/MASTER MS.
Figure 8-1 illustrates the flow of event messages from local subsystems through EMS
to NonStop NET/MASTER MS. The figure also identifies the operands of the
SYSPARMS command associated with certain components of the local EMS
environment. The SYSPARMS command operands identified in Figure 8-1 are
discussed throughout the remainder of this section. For additional information about
the operands, refer to the NonStop NET/MASTER MS Command Reference Manual.