Using the Event Monitoring Service (November 1999)

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Selecting Resources to Monitor

Starting the Event Monitoring Service

To start EMS:

1. Log on as root to the system with EMS and start the graphical

version of SAM. From your command line, type:

sam

2. Double-click the Resource Management icon.

3. Double-click on the Event Monitoring Service icon.

The main screen with the Actions menu open, shown in Figure 2-1,

shows all requests conﬁgured on that system.

If there are no requests and Sentinel monitors are not installed:

• A message displays on your screen:

Currently no resources are being monitored. Use the

<Add Monitoring Request> action.

• The ﬁeld area of the main screen is empty.

If Sentinel monitors are installed, the screen is simply blank.

Figure 2-1 Event Monitoring Service Main Screen