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Creating Subscriptions and Viewing Indications Using HP SIM

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To view instances and events generated on a managed system, you must create subscriptions. When you create subscriptions on the Central Management Server (CMS) using HP SIM, indications are delivered to the CMS whenever an event occurs on the managed system.

NOTE: By default, cimserver does not allow non-privileged user to create subscriptions. This operation can be performed only by a superuser.

However, you can override this default behavior by setting the configuration parameter enableSubscriptionsForNonprivilegedUsers to true in the cimserver using the cimconfig command. Since enableSubscriptionsForNonprivilegedUsers is not a dynamic configuration property, you cannot change it when cimserver is running. For more information, view cimcofig manpage. See /opt/sfm/share/man/man

This section discusses the following topics:

Creating Subscriptions

To create subscriptions using HP SIM, complete the following steps:

  1. Enter the following URL to launch HP SIM on your browser: http://<system name>:<port number>/

    The system name is the name of the CMS.

    For example: http://abc.com:280/

    The HP SIM home page is launched.

  2. To create subscriptions, select Options-->Protocol Settings-->Global Protocol Settings in the HP SIM Home page, as shown in Figure 4-1.

    Figure 4-1 HP SIM Home Page

    HP SIM Home Page

    The Global Protocol Settings window is displayed, as shown in Figure 4-2.

    Figure 4-2 Global Protocol Settings

    Global Protocol Settings
  3. In Figure 4-2, under Default WBEM settings, select Enable WBEM. Click OK to save your settings.

  4. Select Configure->Configure or Repair Agents, as shown in Figure 4-3.

    Figure 4-3 Configuration

    Configuration

    The Configure or Repair Agents window is displayed, as shown in Figure 4-4.

    Figure 4-4 Configure or Repair Agents

    Configure or Repair Agents
  5. From the Add targets by selecting from: list in Figure 3-4, select All Systems to view and select the systems. Selecting the name of the system enables you to view indications occurring on the selected system. The list of systems is displayed in the Select Target Systems window, as shown in Figure 4-5.

    Figure 4-5 Select Target Systems

    Select Target Systems
  6. To select all the systems in the network, select the Select “All Systems” itself check box, as shown in Figure 4-5. Click Apply. The Verify Target Systems window is displayed, as shown in Figure 4-6.

    Figure 4-6 Verify Target Systems

    Verify Target Systems
  7. Select the appropriate check box to verify the target systems and click Next, as shown in Figure 4-6. The Enter Credentials window is displayed, as shown in Figure 4-7.

    Figure 4-7 Enter Credentials

    Enter Credentials
  8. Enter your credentials in the given fields, as shown in Figure 4-7. Click Next. The Configure or Repair Settings window is displayed, as shown in Figure 4-8.

    Figure 4-8 Configure or Repair Settings

    Configure or Repair Settings
  9. On the Configure or Repair Settings window, click Run Now. The Task Results window is displayed, as shown in Figure 4-9. The Task Results window states that the Indication Subscription is successfully created.

    The next time an event is generated on the selected system, you can view the event in the events list.

    Figure 4-9 Task Results

    Task Results
  10. To obtain a printable report of the indication subscription details, click View Printable Report. The report is displayed, as shown in Figure 4-10.

    Figure 4-10 Printable Report of the Indication Subscription

    Printable Report of the Indication Subscription
NOTE: For more information, see the HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and User’s Guide at: http://docs.hp.com/en/netsys.html

Viewing Indications

To view the list of events generated on the selected systems, complete the following steps:

  1. Select All Events in the left pane of the HP SIM window. The list of events is displayed, as shown in Figure 4-11.

    Figure 4-11 Events list

    Events list
  2. To view the details of an event, select the event. The details are displayed at the bottom of the same window, as shown in Figure 4-12.

    Figure 4-12 Event Details

    Event Details
  3. To obtain the printable version of the event details, click View Printable Details at the bottom of the window. The printable report is displayed in a new window, as shown in Figure 4-13.

    Figure 4-13 Printable Event Details

    Printable Event Details

To create subscriptions and view indications using the CLI, see “Creating an Event Subscription Using the CLI” on page 93.

The ProviderName in the Event Details window indicates the provider that generated the event.

Table 4–1 maps the WBEM Event Severities and the corresponding EMS Event Severity values.

Table 4-1 WBEM and EMS Events Severity values

WBEM Events Severity valuesEMS Events Severity values
SEVERITY_FATAL_NONRECOVERABLECRITICAL
SEVERITY_CRITICAL SERIOUS
SEVERITY_MINOR MAJOR_WARNING
SEVERITY_DEGRADED_WARNING MINOR_WARNING
SEVERITY_INFORMATION INFORMATION

 

In the SFM mode although the SFMIndicationProvider is generating the events, the name of the provider displayed in the event details is one of the following mentioned under Provider in Table 4–2, depending on the device to which the event is related. Table 4-2 maps the EMS Hardware Monitors and the corresponding WBEM providers.

Table 4-2 Representation of Monitors

MonitorProvider
cmc_emCMC_IndicationProviderIA

cpe_em

CPE_IndicationProviderIA

dm_core_hwCoreHardwareIndicationProviderPA
dm_chassisChassisIndicationProviderPA
dm_memoryMemoryIndicationProviderPA
disk_emDiskIndicationProvider
fpl_emFPL_IndicationProvider
ia64_corehwCoreHardwareIndicationProviderIA

lpmc_em

LPMC_IndicationProviderPA

memory_ia64

MemoryIndicationProviderIA

 

Table 4-3 compares the EMS Hardware Monitors properties with the equivalent EMS Wrapper Provider properties.

Table 4-3 Property Representation

EMS Hardware MonitorsEMS Wrapper Provider
Event TimeEventTime
SeverityPerceivedSeverity
EventEventID
SystemSystemName
SummarySummary
Description of ErrorDescription
Probable Cause/ Recommended ActionProbableCauseDescription and RecommendedAction (these two are separate fields)
System Serial NumberSystemSerialNumber
InquiryVendorIDHWManufacturer
Physical Device PathHWLogicalLocation
InquiryProductIDDeviceModel
PhysicalDevicePathDeviceControllerLogicalLocation

 

NOTE: For more information, see the HP Systems Insight Manager Installation and User’s Guide at: http://docs.hp.com/en/netsys.html

Table 4-4 Command Representation

TaskIn monconfig (Online Diagnostics)In SFM

Deleting a monitoring request

# /etc/opt/resmon/lbin/monconfig

Enter D at the main menu selection prompt.

# evweb subscribe -D -f -n <subscription name>

Sending a test event

# /etc/opt/resmon/lbin/send_test_event <monitor name>

# sfmconfig -t -<valid monitor name>

Using the set_fixed utility to change the status of a device to UP.

# set_fixed -n <resource name>

# sfmconfig -a -l -t <device name> -d <device id>

Viewing details of an event

# resdata -r <resource name> -R <request id> -a|-m|-u [-n <notify id>] [-h <host name>] -M <monitor key>]

# evweb eventviewer -E -n <EvArchNo>

 

For a list of WBEM indications generated by all the monitors, see the EMS Event Descriptions at:

http://docs.hp.com/en/diag
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