HP-UX Event ManagerAdministrator's Guide

Introduction
Overview
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Overview
A critical part of UNIX system administrator’s job is to monitor the state
of the system, and to be ready to take action when certain unusual
conditions occur. Examples of such conditions are when a disk fill is full
or a processor reports hardware errors. It is also important to verify that
certain routine tasks run successfully each day, and to review certain
system configuration values. Such conditions or task completions are
known as system events.
The Event Manager is a comprehensive event management system.
Event Manager includes a full set of command line utilities that enable
you to filter, sort, and format events as needed.
Features
Event Manager supports the following features:
• Facilitates users and applications to post and monitor events
• Supports event channels, including evmlog
• Offers support for encapsulating custom event channels
• Enables users to choose summary or detailed event data
• Provides a full set of command-line utilities that enable you to filter,
sort, and format events as per your requirements.
• Offers a configurable event logger that enables you to control logging
of events, and the storage space used by identical events
• Supports configurable event forwarding that enables you to
automatically notify other system entities of selected events
• Supports log file management that automatically archives and
purges log files daily
• Supports the application programming interface (API) library
• Offers centralized access to event information
• Supports configurable authorization for posting and accessing events