HP-UX 11i Version 2 Release Notes (October 2003)

General System Administration
Event Monitoring Service (EMS)
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Summary of Change
EMS A.04.00.01 includes the following:
• EMS A.04.00 framework and GUI are available as 32-bit native applications on
Itanium platforms. High Availability (HA) Monitors are also available as 32-bit
native binaries on Itanium platforms.
• A new command line utility, EMS CLI, is available to configure and manage
persistent monitoring requests for Event Monitoring Service (EMS) monitors, such
as HA Monitors, Hardware Monitors and Kernel Monitors. EMS CLI can be used to
perform the following activities:
— Add, modify, delete, and list monitoring requests
— Generate script for currently configured monitoring requests
— View status of monitoring requests
— List resource instances available for monitoring
• EMS supports IPv6 on HP-UX 11i v2.
Impact
There are no impacts.
Compatibility
EMS libraries are also shipped as PA-RISC binaries to provide compatibility for the
existing PA-RISC based monitors via Aries.
Performance
There are no performance issues.
Documentation
Event Monitoring Service A.04.00.01 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v2 and High
Availability Monitors A.04.00.01 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v2 are shipped with Event
Monitoring Service product in HP-UX 11i v2. These documents can be found on the
Instant Information CD and at http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/ha.
A new manpage, emscli (1M), which describes the emscli functionality is shipped with
the product. The resls (1) manpage has been updated and is shipped with the product.
The EMS user manuals, Using Event Monitoring Service and Using High Availability
Monitors, have been updated and are shipped with the product.
Obsolescence
Not applicable.