Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v1 Manufacturing Part Number: B7609-90025 E0903 U.S.A. © Copyright 1997, 2003 © Hewlett-Packard Company. All rights reserved.
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Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes Announcement Announcement Event Monitoring Service A.04.00.01 is being released for use on the PA platform with the HP-UX 11i v1 operating system. The EMS framework supports IPv4 as well as IPv6 protocol. Use the Event Monitoring Service (EMS), together with one or more EMS monitors, to monitor various system resources. The EMS product includes the framework and general monitors.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes What’s in This Version What’s in This Version The A.04.00.01 version of Event Monitoring Service for HP-UX 11i v1 operating system runs on the PA platform. The Event Monitoring Service contains the following features: • The EMS Framework: The EMS framework provides discovery, configuration, and notification for EMS monitors. Depending on the monitor, EMS may actively poll or it may wait for event messages.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes What’s in This Version Users can write their own monitors, using the EMS Developers’ Kit. The manual and software can be downloaded free from the Website http://www.software.hp.com . Select High Availability, and then choose Event Monitoring Service Developers’ Kit.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds The following is the known problem and workaround section for the Event Monitoring Service version A.04.00.01 product: JAGae27135 What is the problem? EMS persistence requests are lost when the EMS startup script is manually used to start and stop EMS (/sbin/init.d/ems start and /sbin/init.d/ems stop).
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements EMS should be installed on each node that you want to monitor. If you want to monitor the management station, then EMS should be installed on the management station also.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility with HP-UX Releases Table 1-1 EMS / HA Monitors and HP-UX Compatibility EMS / HA Monitors Version Compatible HP-UX Releases Compatible Hardware EMS A.02.00 HP-UX 11.00 HP-UX 800 Series Servers EMS A.03.00, HP-UX 11.00 HP-UX 700 and 800 Series Servers EMS A.03.20.01 HP-UX 11i HP-UX 700 and 800 Series Servers EMS A.03.40 HP-UX 11i Version 1.6 HP 9000 Server EMS A.04.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-2 EMS / HA Monitors & MC/ServiceGuard Compatibility EMS / HA Monitors Version A.03.00, A.03.00.01, A.03.10, and A.03.20 HP-UX Release HP-UX 11.00 ServiceGuard Version MC/ServiceGuard A.11.04, and later MC/LockManager A.11.04, and later ServiceGuard OPS Edition A.11.08 and later A.03.20.01 HP-UX 11i MC/ServiceGuard A.11.09 and later MC/LockManager A.11.06 ServiceGuard OPS Edition A.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-2 EMS / HA Monitors & MC/ServiceGuard Compatibility EMS / HA Monitors Version A.04.00.01 HP-UX Release HP-UX 11i v2 ServiceGuard Version MC/ServiceGuard A.11.15.00 and earlier version ServiceGuard Extension for RAC (formerly known as ServiceGuard OPS Edition) A.11.15.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements • client.log.old • emsagent.log.old An additional 2 MB disk space is required for reslog.html, and reslog.old.html for archiving monitor data. Apart from 6 MB monitor disk space, you may have to reserve additional disk space for EMS monitors logging. Memory Requirements EMS requires approximately 3 MB of memory to execute.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-3 EMS Product Filesets (Continued) Fileset EMS-MIBMonitor.MIBMON-RUN Description Provides MIB (Management Information Base) monitors for cluster, networking interface, and system resources You can install EMS in either of the following ways: Use the swinstall command or use the software management tools in SAM.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Even if you see these warnings, monitors are removed and any unwanted files are cleaned up on reboot. CAUTION 14 When you remove EMS, all log files are also removed. If you wish to save any of the EMS log files, rename them or store them before you remove EMS.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes EMS and EMS HA Monitors Patch Strategy EMS and EMS HA Monitors Patch Strategy Versions of EMS are provided as releases and patches. EMS patch will contain HA Monitors patch as well. EMS uses PHSS_ prefix for patches. A new release contains new EMS and EMS HA Monitors features as well as fixes for known problems. For a new release of EMS and EMS HA Monitors, the following is guaranteed: • Full release testing is performed prior to release.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes EMS and EMS HA Monitors Patch Strategy Table 1-4 EMS and EMS HA Monitors Compatibility with HP-UX Releases EMS / HA Monitors Release 16 Support Status Compatible A.03.01 no longer patched 11.00 A.03.02 no longer patched 11.00 A.03.10 no longer patched 11.00 A.03.20 Current Release 11.00 A.03.20.01 no longer patched 11i v1 (B.11.11) A.04.00 no longer patched 11i v1 (B.11.11) A.04.00.01 Current Release 11i v1 (B.11.11) A.03.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version Patches and Fixes in this Version Required and Recommended Patches The contents of Event Monitoring Service A.03.20.01 and A.03.40 has been incorporated into A.04.00 and A.04.00.01 release. Fixes and Changes The following defects have been fixed in Event Monitoring Service version A.04.00.01: JAGae64347 Problem: EMS registrar may send a NULL Resource Name to the legacy monitor when there is memory corruption.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version Problem: After a system reboot, when an attempt is made to register non-persistent monitoring requests (during RC script execution), EMS times out with a message. ServiceGuard may log "ems timed out" in syslog.log and a package with EMS resource dependencies may start on an adoptive node. This problem occurs only if there are any existing persistent requests during RC script execution.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version Resolution: Create the upgrade_touch file in the /etc/opt/resmon/monitors directory by using the touch /etc/opt/resmon/monitors/upgrade_touch command. If the upgrade_touch file is present, the EMS persistence client will not attempt to invoke the monitors corresponding to the resources mentioned in the disable_resource.config file under the /etc/opt/resmon/monitors directory.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version Problem: Certain EMS files have permissions on them that are to open. The /etc/opt/resmon/log directory currently has permissions 777 (along with /var/opt/resmon/log), and the /etc/opt/resmon/persistence/runlevel4_flag has 666. Resolution: The permissions on the /etc/opt/resmon/log, and /var/opt/resmon/log directories have been changed to 755.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages EMS version A.04.00.01 does not provide native language support.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.00.01 Release Notes List of Documents available with the Product List of Documents available with the Product The following document is available with the EMS version A.04.00.01: • Using the Event Monitoring Service manual This document is available on http://docs.hp.com/hpux/ha/index.html.
