4.1.0 HP PolyServe Matrix Server administration guide (T5392-96073, October 2010)

• Sends the message to the event notifier services configured on the server. If the
message has been selected to trigger a notifier service, the appropriate action
will take place (send an SNMP trap, send email, or run a script).
• Sends the message to all servers in the matrix. The servers, including the server
where the event occurred, copy the message into their own matrix logs.
If the mxlogd process was not running when the event occurred, there will be a delay
in transmitting the message to the event notifier services and to the servers in the
matrix.
View event logs
The matrix log is not intended to be read directly. Instead, use the Matrix Event Viewer
or the command-line tools provided with Matrix Server. The Matrix Event Viewer,
available on the HP Management Console, shows the messages in the matrix log on
a particular server. The command-line tools can display the entire matrix log for a
server or only selected events.
You can also view the matrix events written to the Windows event log by using the
Windows Event Viewer.
For more detailed information about alerts and other important messages, see the
HP Matrix Server event notification guide.
Event notifier services
You can configure the event notifier services to take specific actions when selected
events occur. The event notifier services are:
• SNMP Notifier Service. This service sends SNMP notifications, or traps, to the
configured SNMP targets when the selected events occur.
• Email Notifier Service. This service sends email to specified addresses when the
selected events occur.
• Script Notifier Service. This service allows you to specify a script that will be
triggered when selected events occur. If you configured notifiers in previous re-
leases of Matrix Server, you can use this service to recreate the notifiers.
You will need to configure the services that you want to use with your matrix. The
event notifier configuration is saved in the mxds datastore and will be included when
you back up the datastore.
Configure event notifiers and view events164