OVNM 5.3 - Operations Agent for NonStop Event Management Guide for Windows

Contents 3
Contents
Preface
Before You Begin ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Audience ................................................................................................................................................ 6
Goals of Documentation ........................................................................................................................... 6
Organization .......................................................................................................................................... 7
OVNM Documentation Map ..................................................................................................................... 7
Electronic Versions of the Manuals ............................................................................................................. 7
OVNM Manuals...................................................................................................................................... 8
Additional OVNM-Related Products............................................................................................................ 8
About OVNM Online Help ....................................................................................................................... 8
1 Integrating OVNM and HP Operations Manager
1-1 About OVNM ............................................................................................................................... 9
1-2 Why OVNM ................................................................................................................................. 9
1-3 Integration with HP Operations Manager & HP NonStop .................................................................... 9
1-4 Event Management through OVNM ............................................................................................... 10
1-5 Event Integration and OVNM Agents.............................................................................................. 11
2 HP NonStop Event Management System
2-1 Introduction to EMS...................................................................................................................... 12
2-1-1 EMS in the System Environment............................................................................................ 12
2-1-2 EMS Communications in the DSM Environment ...................................................................... 13
2-1-3 EMS Capabilities and Features ............................................................................................ 14
2-1-4 Applications of EMS........................................................................................................... 16
2-2 EMS Components and Architecture ................................................................................................ 17
2-2-1 Event Messages ................................................................................................................. 17
2-2-2 Information Contained in Event Messages ............................................................................. 17
2-2-3 EMS Message Collectors..................................................................................................... 21
2-2-4 Event Message Collector Functions ....................................................................................... 21
2-2-5 EMS Message Distributors................................................................................................... 22
2-2-6 EMS Filters ........................................................................................................................ 23
2-2-7 Text Formatting Tools.......................................................................................................... 24
2-2-8 Definition Files ................................................................................................................... 25
2-2-9 EMS Object Programs ........................................................................................................ 25
2-2-10 EMS Utility Programs .......................................................................................................... 25
2-2-11 EMS Procedures................................................................................................................. 25
3 Filtering Events
3-1 EMS Filters.................................................................................................................................. 26
3-2 Filtering at the HP Operations Manager Console ............................................................................. 26
3-2-1 Create a New Filter............................................................................................................ 27
3-2-2 Edit a Filter........................................................................................................................ 32
3-2-3 Remove a Filter You Have Applied ....................................................................................... 33
4 HP Operations Manager Policies
4-1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 34
4-2 Modifying the Default Policy.......................................................................................................... 35
4-3 Creating a New Policy ................................................................................................................. 36
4-4 Deploying a Policy....................................................................................................................... 37
4-5 Configuring Actions for an HP Operations Manager Policy ............................................................... 38
5 HP Operations Manager Tools
5-1 Introduction................................................................................................................................. 41
5-2 Default OVNM Tools.................................................................................................................... 41
5-2-1 NonStop Operator Tools..................................................................................................... 42
5-2-2 Start/Stop Tools................................................................................................................. 42