OEM User's Guide

Configuring the Open Enterprise Management

Server

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Opening the OEM General Options Dialog Box

To open the OEM General Options dialog box:

1. Either:

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Right-click the OEM icon in the system tray. From the menu, choose Options.

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From the View menu of any OEM display window, choose Options.

The OEM Options dialog box appears.

2. Click the General tab if it is not already selected.

Specifying the Number of Reporting Levels

The Reporting Levels value allows client applications to determine how many levels of

object hierarchy are to be reported to the OEM. For example, a Reporting Levels value

of 1 could indicate that information should be reported only at the node level. A

Reporting Levels value of 2 might indicate that both node and entity class information

(for example, DISK and CPU) should be reported.

To set the number of Reporting Levels:

1. Open the OEM Options dialog box and click the General tab. (See Opening the

OEM General Options Dialog Box on page 3-2.)

2. Enter the new value in the Reporting Levels field in the State Reporting panel, or

use the up arrow and down arrow to adjust the value.

3. Click OK or Apply to save the change, or click Cancel to discard it.

Including Intermediate-Level State Values in Frameworks and Display

Windows

In some cases, a client application might not be able to report on objects with the degree

of detail given by the Reporting Levels value and instead must supply intermediate-level

state information. The OEM Server allows this and tracks this data in the same fashion

as all other object state data. You can specify whether these intermediate values should

be ignored or passed through to enterprise management framework adapters and

included in OEM display windows.

To specify intermediate values options:

1. Open the OEM Options dialog box and click the General tab. (See Opening the

OEM General Options Dialog Box on page 3-2.)

2. Set the Include Intermediate Values option:

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To allow intermediate values to be passed to adapters and included in display

windows, in the State Reporting panel, select the Include Intermediate

Values check box. Any intermediate values supplied by client applications are

included in updates to framework adapters, and this state information displays in

OEM Alerts, Max Alerts, and Custom View windows.