HP-UX Event ManagerAdministrator's Guide

Troubleshooting
Overview
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Verify that the expected events are actually being posted by entering
the following command:
# evmwatch | evmshow -t "@name @@"
Run the program that posts the event, and verify that the preceding
evmwatch command displays them correctly.
• A posting program is unable to post events
Verify that the Event Manager daemon is running by entering the
following command:
# ps -aef | grep evmd
Verify that the poster is authorized to post these events by
examining the authorization file by using the following command:
# more /etc/evm.auth
Verify that the event is registered by entering the following
command:
# evmwatch -i -f ‘[name event_name]’ |
evmshow -t "@name"
If the events are still not shown, run the evmreload command and
examine it again. If they are still not visible, verify that the template
files are correctly installed.
• Event retrieval through evmget is slow
Examine the sizes of all log files, particularly the evmlog files
(/var/evm/evmlog).
Use the ls -L command for listing file sizes.
Event Manager retrieves events from the archive log file. Hence,
starting a new log may not immediately reduce the number of events
available to the Event Manager. You can use the cron utility to
perform a regular archiving task. You can reduce the sizes of the
evmlog files by changing configuration values in the
/etc/evmlogger.conf file and the /etc/evmchannel.conf file.
• Expected events are not being logged
Examine the event priority. Only events with a priority of 200 or
higher are logged by the Event Manager logger.