OVNM 5.3 - Operations Agent for NonStop Object Configuration Client Guide

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9. Click the Actions button to open the Actions dialog Box. The Alert tab is displayed by default, but there are
no fields on this page that are useful for EMS thresholds.
Figure B-9 OCC Actions Dialog Box
NOTE:
Service IDs are associated with NonStop Server Service Components in HPOM Services View.
10. Configure recovery, e-mail and events facility using the Action, Mail and eEvents tab pages, respectively.
11. Specify the map event and event burst information using ObjectMAP and eBurst tab pages respectively.
12. After entering all the relevant information, click the OK button in the Actions dialog box.
13. The Threshold dialog box is displayed. To save the information and to close the dialog box, click the OK
button.
For details, refer to Chapter 7: Configuring HPOM Services in the OVNM Event Management Guide.
EMS Processing Sequence
EMS thresholds allow wildcards in various locations of the SSID and Event number that specify which events
should be processed. You can use an asterisk in the Subsystem number and the event number fields. For
example, TANDEM.* with event *. This definition would then apply to any EMS message generated by the
TANDEM SSID Owner. When OVNM is processing EMS events and matching them against the EMS thresholds,
it will always look for a specific match before it looks for a generic match. Since it may not always be obvious
which EMS threshold(s) will be used for a given event, the following will try to describe the process that is used.
There are 4 types of EMS thresholds that can be defined:
Table 2 EMS Threshold List
A
Owner.Subsystem Number
Specific Event Number
B
Owner.Subsytem Number
Event *
C
Owner.*
Specific Event Number
D
Owner.*
Event *
The thresholds will be searched in the below given sequence.
1. OVNM will attempt to match a record with the same SSID and Event number (TANDEM.PATHWAY, event
203 for example).
2. If no match is found or a match is found but the qualification fails, then it will continue the search to the next
level. This will match on the SSID only (TANDEM.PATHWAY) and will match any event for that SSID.