OEM User's Guide

Configuring the Open Enterprise Management
Server
OEM User’s Guide—520330-001
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Synchronizing the OEM Alerts Window and Client
Applications
To specify whether Custom View definitions are automatically saved:
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 Auto Save View Definitions option:
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To save view definitions automatically when a Custom View window closes, in
the Display panel, check the Auto Save View Definitions check box. Each
Custom View definition file is updated when the corresponding window is
closed.
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To prevent the OEM from automatically saving view definitions, in the Display
panel, clear the Auto Save View Definitions check box. To save view
definitions , click Save on the Custom View window toolbar or choose Save
from the File menu of the Custom View window.
3. Click OK or Apply to save the change, or click Cancel to discard it.
Synchronizing the OEM Alerts Window and Client Applications
Whenever the OEM receives an Alerts or Max Alerts callback from an enterprise
management framework, it displays information about the relevant objects in an Alerts
or Max Alerts window. When you subsequently select an item in one of these windows,
an Alerts or Max Alerts callback is sent to the client application that reported the item in
question.
In some cases, however, you might prefer to have the client application(s) receive the
Alerts or Max Alerts callback at the same time as the OEM. This strategy keeps the
client and OEM displays synchronized so that you can quickly see the detailed status of
an object. The OEM supports this capability through the Synchronize Alerts and Clients
option. When this feature is enabled, the OEM Server automatically passes all Alerts
and Max Alerts callbacks to client applications. The client applications can then update
their windows at the same time the OEM is updating the Alerts or Max Alerts window.
To specify client application synchronization options:
1. Open the OEM Options dialog box and click the General tab if it is not already
selected. (See Opening the OEM General Options Dialog Box
on page 3-2.)
2. Set the Synchronize Alerts And Clients option:
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To keep the OEM Alerts window and clients synchronized, in the Display
panel, check the Synchronize Alerts And Clients check box. The OEM
automatically passes all Alerts and Max Alerts callbacks received from EM
frameworks on to client applications. For other callbacks, the OEM Server still
updates its Alerts window to contain information on the target object in addition
to passing the callback to the appropriate client application.
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To prevent the OEM from updating client applications automatically whenever
an Alerts or Max Alerts callback is received from an enterprise management
framework, in the Display panel, clear the Synchronize Alerts And Clients
check box. The OEM updates only its own Alerts/Max Alerts windows; no
notification is passed to client applications. Any other callbacks received are