Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v2 September 2004 Manufacturing Part Number: B7609-90029 September 2004 United States © Copyright 2004 © Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes Announcement Announcement Event Monitoring Service (EMS) (B7609BA) A.04.10 is being released for use on the Itanium 2-based platform and PA-RISC platform with the HP-UX 11i v2 operating system. You can use EMS together with one or more EMS monitors to monitor various system resources. The EMS product includes the framework and general monitors. You can configure EMS to monitor system resources through monitoring requests.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes What’s in This Version What’s in This Version The A.04.10 version of EMS for HP-UX 11i v2 operating system runs on PA-RISC and Itanium 2-based platforms. The following changes have been made in this version: • The registrar, EMS client, and monitor API (libresmon) can work with IPv6-enabled systems using the IPv6 address. • 64-bit EMS native libraries are available.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes What’s in This Version — HA System Resource Monitor checks the number of users, the system load, and the amount of file system space. • The resls and resdata EMS utilities. EMS can be used with HP OpenView, Serviceguard, and any other software that can receive SNMP traps, TCP, or UDP protocol messages. You can write your own monitors using the EMS Developer’s Kit. The manual and software can be downloaded free from the Website http://www.software.hp.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes Known Problems and Workarounds Known Problems and Workarounds The following is the known problem and workaround with the Event Monitoring Service version A.04.10 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). What is the workaround? Do not use the EMS startup script to start and stop EMS on the system.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements EMS must be installed on each node that you want to monitor. If you want to monitor the management station, then EMS must be installed on the management station also.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Compatibility with HP-UX Releases Table 1-1 EMS Hardware and HP-UX Compatibility EMS Version Compatible HP-UX Releases Compatible Hardware EMS A.02.00 HP-UX 11.00 HP 9000 Servers EMS A.03.00, HP-UX 11.00 HP 9000 Servers EMS A.03.20.01 HP-UX 11i v1 HP 9000 Servers EMS A.03.40 HP-UX 11i Version 1.6 HP Integrity Server EMS A.04.00 HP-UX 11i v1 HP 9000 Servers EMS A.04.00.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements dependencies, you must have the correct version of Serviceguard installed. Table 1-2 EMS Serviceguard Compatibility EMS Version A.02.00 A.03.00, A.03.00.01, A.03.10, and A.03.20 HP-UX Release Serviceguard Version HP-UX 11.00 MC/ServiceGuard A.11.01, A.11.03 HP-UX 11.00 MC/LockManager A.11.01, A.11.02, A.11.03 HP-UX 11.00 MC/ServiceGuard A.11.04 and later MC/LockManager A.11.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-2 EMS Serviceguard Compatibility (Continued) EMS Version A.04.00 HP-UX Release HP-UX 11i v1 Serviceguard Version Serviceguard A.11.15.00 Serviceguard Extension for RAC (formerly known as Serviceguard OPS Edition) A.11.15.00 A.04.00.01 HP-UX 11i v2 Serviceguard A.11.15.00 Serviceguard Extension for RAC (formerly known as Serviceguard OPS Edition) A.11.15.00 A.04.00.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Requirements for HP OpenView Users: You must configure templates in HP OpenView ITO or NNM applications to view EMS events. To configure, download the latest templates from the http://software.hp.com web site. Select High Availability, and then choose Event Monitoring Service Developers’ Kit. The templates are listed in the Developer’s Kit page. Instructions are provided with the templates.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements EMS must be installed on each node that you want to monitor. EMS can be installed on a running system in a multi-user mode. NOTE Updated monitors may have new status values that change the meaning of your monitoring requests. When you update a monitor: • Check for recent updates of the EMS bundle to ensure compatibility with the new monitor.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements 1. Create a network depot according to the instructions in Managing HP-UX Software with SD-UX. 2. rlogin or telnet to the remote host on which you are installing EMS. 3. Install EMS from the depot. Your requests are retained when the monitors are updated, or when you re-install a monitor on top of an existing monitor. This is part of the functionality provided by the persistence client.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes EMS and EMS HA Monitors Patch Strategy EMS and EMS HA Monitors Patch Strategy EMS is provided through releases and patches. EMS patch will contain High Availability (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.04.10 Release Notes EMS and EMS HA Monitors Patch Strategy Table 1-4 EMS / HA Monitors Release EMS and EMS HA Monitors Compatibility with HP-UX Releases Support Status HP-UX Release Compatibility A.03.00.xx no longer patched 11.00 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.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version Patches and Fixes in this Version Required and Recommended Patches The contents of EMS A.03.20.01, A.03.40 and A.04.00.01 has been incorporated into A.04.10 release. Fixes and Changes The following defects have been fixed in EMS version A.04.10: JAGaf19567 Problem: When an attempt is made to register persistent requests during the boot phase, the contents of the persistence file is deleted.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version JAGaf03176 Problem: When EMS is invoked from SAM -> Resource Management functional area, EMS dumps core and the error message, sh: 21998 Memory fault is displayed. Resolution: EMS works properly when it is invoked from SAM -> Resource Management functional area.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages EMS version A.04.10 does not provide native language support.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.10 Release Notes List of Documents available with the Product List of Documents available with the Product The following document is available with EMS version A.04.10: • Using the Event Monitoring Service manual This document is available on http://docs.hp.com/hpux/ha/index.html.
