OEM User's Guide

Configuring the Open Enterprise Management
Server
OEM User’s Guide—520330-001
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Reusing Display Windows
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To ignore intermediate values, in the State Reporting panel, uncheck the
Include Intermediate Values check box. No intermediate values are included
in updates to framework adapters, and this state information does not appear in
OEM Alerts, Max Alerts, or Custom View windows. However, the OEM Server
retains this data internally so that you can choose to include it at a later time.
3. Click OK or Apply to save the change, or click Cancel to discard it.
Example
As an example of how the Include Intermediate Values feature works, assume the
following:
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The OEM Server Reporting Levels value has been set to 3.
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Client A reports \London\Disk\$System with state 7.
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Client B reports \London\Disk with state 5.
In this situation, Client A reports at the correct level. However, Client B supplies only
two levels of detail. Furthermore, the information Client B supplies specifies state
information on an intermediate level of the object hierarchy - \London\Disk. This is
considered to be an intermediate level because Client A has already reported more
detailed information on \London\Disk, namely that $System has a state of 7. Given this
information, what data should be passed to the framework adapters, and what data
should appear in Alerts, Max Alerts, and Custom View windows?
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If Include Intermediate Values is checked, the \London\Disk\$System state of 7
and the \London\Disk state of 5 are passed to the framework adapters, and both
values appear in the appropriate display windows.
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If Include Intermediate Values is not checked, only the \London\Disk\$System
state of 7 are passed through to the framework adapters, and only that value appears
in any display windows.
Reusing Display Windows
The OEM Server can display several different types of windows, each of which is
customized for a particular class of data. The OEM creates these windows on demand as
requests are received. The Re-Use Display Forms option controls whether the OEM uses
an existing window of a given type to display new data or creates a new window for
each request.
To enable or disable display window reuse:
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 Re-Use Display Forms option:
Note. The Re-Use Display Forms setting does not apply to Custom View windows. Because
Custom Views display a subset of objects, each active Custom View has its own dedicated
window.