Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.11 Release Notes HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 Manufacturing Part Number: B7609-90031 May 2005 United States © Copyright 2005 © Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
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Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.11 Release Notes Announcement Announcement Event Monitoring Service (EMS) (B7609BA) A.04.11 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.04.11 Release Notes What’s in This Version What’s in This Version The A.04.11 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: • EMS now supports the Node and Host Name Expansion feature, which is available on the software pack. This feature provides you with the ability to set nodes and host names upto 255 characters.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.11 Release Notes What’s in This Version — HA Cluster Monitor checks the status of clusters, nodes, packages, and services of Serviceguard. — HA Network Interface Monitor reports the status of LAN interfaces. — 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.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.11 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.04.11 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.04.11 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.04.11 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.04.11 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.04.11 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.04.11 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-2 EMS Serviceguard Compatibility (Continued) EMS Version A.04.11 HP-UX Release HP-UX 11i v2 (includes revisions for HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 update) Serviceguard Version Serviceguard A.11.16.00 Serviceguard Extension for RAC (formerly known as Serviceguard OPS Edition) A.11.16.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.11 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements • 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 To run EMS, memory space of approximately 3 MB is required on your system. Installing EMS EMS checks the resources for local systems only.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.11 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Table 1-3 EMS Product Filesets (Continued) Fileset Description EMS-Config.EMS-GUI Provides SAM’s interface to EMS. This fileset also provides the emscli command line utility. Refer to the emscli(1m) manpage for more information. EMS-Config.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.11 Release Notes Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements Removing EMS You have to use the swremove utility or the Software Management tools in SAM to remove EMS. Note that the monitors are persistent; that is, they are always automatically started if they are stopped. Therefore, the following warning message may be created in your log file: Could not shut down process.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.11 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.04.11 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.04.11 Release Notes Patches and Fixes in this Version Patches and Fixes in this Version Fixes and Changes The following defects have been fixed in EMS version A.04.11: JAGaf40066 Problem: EMS library reports a memory leak. Resolution: Now, the EMS library releases the allocated memory. JAGaf53681 Problem: The EMS MIB needs to be updated to be consistent with the changes that were done for EMS’ SNMP traps in PHSS_30754. Resolution: The EMS MIB has been updated.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.11 Release Notes Software Availability in Native Languages Software Availability in Native Languages EMS version A.04.11 does not provide native language support.
Event Monitoring Service Version A.04.11 Release Notes List of Documents available with the Product List of Documents available with the Product The following documents are available with EMS version A.04.11: • Event Monitoring Service Release Notes • Using the Event Monitoring Service manual These documents are available on http://docs.hp.com/en/ha.html.
