HP-UX 11i Version 2 May 2005 Release Notes

General System Administration
Event Monitoring Services
Chapter 5
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Event Monitoring Services
Event Monitoring Services (EMS) is a framework for monitoring system resources which
includes configuring, checking resource status, and sending notification when configured
conditions are met.
Summary of Change
EMS now supports the Node and Host Name Expansion feature, which is available on
Software Pack. (See “Node and Host Name Expansion” on page 125.)
EMS manpages are now available in Japanese.
Impact
There are no impacts, other than that listed above.
Compatibility
EMS libraries are also shipped as PA-RISC binaries on an HP-UX 11i v2
Itanium-based system to provide compatibility for the existing PA-RISC-based
monitors. The PA-RISC binaries run via the Aries Binary Translator.
Performance
There are no known performance issues.
Documentation
•The Event Monitoring Service Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 and the
High Availability Monitors Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v2 May 2005 can be found
on the Instant Information CD and at http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/ha.
•The Using Event Monitoring Service and Using High Availability Monitors user
manuals are also available at http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/ha.
• For more information on the Aries Binary Translator, see the following:
—The Aries (5) manpage.
— The white paper, “Compatibility Mode on Itanium-based HP-UX: A Developer
Perspective,” available at
http://devresource.hp.com/drc/STK/docs/refs/Aries.jsp.
• The EMS framework manpages are now also available in Japanese.
Obsolescence
EMS will be deprecated post HP-UX 11i v3 in favor of the Web-Based Enterprise
Management (WBEM) tool.