Technical data

Figure 19 OSM Event Viewer Event Details
Functional Differences
The OSM Event Viewer was designed to incorporate the best features Web ViewPoint and the
TSM EMS Event Viewer. It has been enhanced frequently during recent OSM releases. For a
complete list of enhancements and Problems Corrected, see the T0682 softdoc.
With OSM version T0682 H02 ABP and later, the OSM Event Viewer has a new security feature
whereby an event viewer session left idle for more than 20 minutes expires, requiring you to log
on again before you can access that session again. This time-out period is configurable by inserting
parameters into your OSMCONF file, as described in “Configuring Event Viewer Security Timeout”
(page 27).
With OSM version T0682 H02 ADD (or later), the OSM Event Viewer allows you to view events
time-stamped in the same time zone as the system on which they were logged. For more information,
see the OSM Event Viewer online help.
Launching and Logging On
You can launch and log on to the OSM Event Viewer in three different ways:
Methods 1 and 2 are the same for the OSM Event Viewer as for the OSM Service Connection (see
“Method 1: Using Home Page Bookmarks” (page 57) and “Method 2: Without Client Installation
or Bookmarks” (page 59)), with these exceptions:
• In Method 1, select All Programs > HP OSM > OSM Event Viewer instead of the OSM Service
Connection.
• In Method 2, specify port 9991 instead of 9990.
For Method 3, if you have an active OSM Service Connection session, select Event Viewer from
the OSM Tools menu to launch an Event Viewer session for the system you are logged on to.
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