NET/MASTER Management Services (MS) System Management Guide

Cooperative Management of Distributed Systems
Introduction to Managing NonStop NET/MASTER MS
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Most users of the SOLVE management services view event messages from one of two
operator console displays:
The OCS window of the SOLVE management services, which is the primary event
message interface and which closely resembles the OCS window in NonStop
NET/MASTER MS
The Network Error Warning Systems (NEWS) alert monitoring console, which
displays detailed information about SNA network alerts and otherwise assists
problem determination efforts
NonStop NET/MASTER MS users can view events and issue commands from their
OCS window to IBM systems running the SOLVE management services.
You can configure NonStop NET/MASTER MS to forward event messages and alerts
to the OCS window of the SOLVE management services and the NEWS application on
an IBM host. Using the ISR component, you can send two classes of event messages to
IBM message interfaces:
EMS messages, which are sent to the PPO interface for display on the OCS
window of the SOLVE management services
Network Management Vector Transport (NMVT) messages, which are sent to the
CNM interface on the IBM host for display and processing by the NEWS
application
Users of the SOLVE management services can remotely route commands to and start
utility sessions on a Tandem node. For example, from an OCS window of the SOLVE
management services, a user can start sessions with Guardian utilities, such as PUP.
Additionally, NCL procedures that run from the SOLVE management services can
issue commands to Tandem nodes that run NonStop NET/MASTER MS. Command-
response messages can be returned to the IBM management application from which
the user issued the command.
An authorized user at one end of an INMC link can log on to the management
application on the other end of the link. For example, a user of the SOLVE
management services on an IBM node can log on to and create a user environment on
a NonStop NET/MASTER MS system on a Tandem node.
On an IBM node, NCL programmers using the SOLVE management services can write
procedures that automatically perform Tandem management operations. For
example, an NCL procedure on an IBM node can receive a Tandem subsystem event
message, such as a “device down” message. The same NCL procedure can then
analyze the message and automatically issue a recovery command, such as a DSNM
START command, to the Tandem node that generated the original event message.
Interoperation With
NetView
The SOLVE:Connect product from Sterling Software enables NonStop NET/MASTER
MS to interoperate with NetView software on IBM nodes. For use on IBM mainframe
computers, SOLVE:Connect acts as a gateway between NonStop NET/MASTER MS
and NetView. From the Tandem side of an INMC connection, NetView appears as a
NonStop NET/MASTER MS system. With SOLVE:Connect, NetView users can
monitor and control a Tandem node that runs NonStop NET/MASTER MS.