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Online Diagnostics Administrator's Guide: HP-UX 11i v1, HP-UX 11i v2, HP-UX 11i v3

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A-B

asynchronous event detection 

An event-tracking method that enables a monitor to detect an event when it occurs, usually during an I/O to the device.


C-D

Client Configuration File 

A configuration file whose settings override comparable settings defined in either the Global or Monitor-Specific Configuration File.


cstm 

An STM command to view the command-line interface.


E

EMS Hardware Monitors 

Daemons that proactively monitor hardware devices, such as CPU, memory, and hard disks.


Event Monitoring Service 

A framework that supports hardware monitoring.


F

Failure Log 

A file that contains the details of a support tool test failure.


filtering 

A process of modifying the system log file settings.


formatting 

A process of improving the readability of a system log file.


G

Global Monitor Configuration File 

A configuration file that includes settings common to all the monitors.


H-K

Hardware Monitoring Request Manager 

A utility that enables you to create and manage event-monitoring requests for all the EMS Hardware Monitors.


HP Serviceguard 

A high-availability subsystem that enables you to create highly available clusters of HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers.


L

log file 

A file that includes details about the Online Diagnostics software installation and removal.


Logtool 

An interactive support tool. It enables you to monitor recoverable errors, such as the single-bit memory errors and I/O errors.


M

Monitor-Specific Configuration File 

A configuration file whose settings are specific to the monitor.


monitoring request 

A monitor parameter that you can set based on your needs.


mstm 

An STM command to view the menu-based interface.


Multiple-View monitors 

Monitors that enable you to specify different event details for the same monitor to one or more targets, based on the requirements of the targets.


N

Non-Multiple-View monitors 

Monitors whose event details are the same for all the targets.


O

Online Diagnostics 

A collection of tools that enables you to monitor and test server hardware.


OnlineDiag 

The name of the bundle that includes the Online Diagnostics software.


P-R

Peripheral Status Monitor 

A monitor that converts events detected by an EMS Hardware Monitor to a change in hardware resource status.


polling 

An event-tracking method in which a monitor checks the status of its hardware resources at regular intervals, typically every 60 minutes.


psmctd 

The Peripheral Status Client or target daemon used to monitor the status of hardware resources.


psmmon 

The utility used to monitor the status of resources recognized by the psmctd daemon.


S-W

set_fixed 

The utility used to manually change the status of a hardware resource from DOWN to UP.


Startup Configuration File 

A configuration file that contains the monitoring requests currently defined for the monitor.


Support Tools Manager 

A component of Online Diagnostics that manages a collection of support tools that you can use to verify and troubleshoot system hardware.


X-Z

xstm 

STM command to view the graphical user interface.


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