OEM User's Guide

OEM Windows

OEM User’s Guide—520330-001

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Objects Window Fields

The Objects window contains the following fields for each object defined in the OEM

database:

Type The type of entry. The type is be either Branch or Endpoint.

Branches contain object hierarchy information; Endpoints

contain the state information reported by a single client

application.

Path The complete path for the object. For example, if the object

added is \CHICAGO\DISK\$DATA, Path contains

\CHICAGO\DISK\.

Name The name of the object. For example, if the object added is

\CHICAGO\DISK\$DATA, Name contains $DATA.

Clients The number of client applications that have reported state

information on this object. This field applies to Branches only.

For Branches that have no corresponding Endpoints at the same

level, this field contains NI or 0. For Endpoints, this field

contains <n/a>.

State The numeric state of the object. This value is defined by the

client application that reported the object. For Endpoints, this

field contains the client-reported value. For Branches that have

corresponding Endpoints at the same level, this field contains the

maximum state value reported for the object. For Branches that

have no corresponding Endpoints at the same level, this field

contains <n/a>.

Context The client-defined context data associated with the object. In

general, this field contains descriptive text identifying the reason

the object is in its reported state. For Endpoints, this field

contains the client-reported context. For Branches that have

corresponding Endpoints at the same level, this field contains the

context associated with the maximum state value reported for the

object. For Branches that have no corresponding Endpoints at the

same level, this field contains <n/a>.

Client Name The name of the client application that reported this object. For

Endpoints, this field contains the client name that reported the

value. For Branches that have corresponding Endpoints at the

same level, this field contains the name of the client that reported

the maximum state value for the object. For Branches that have

no corresponding Endpoints at the same level, this field contains

<n/a>.