Configuring Monitors with the EMS GUI

Most of the EMS hardware monitors are configured by running monitoring request manager:

/etc/opt/resmon/lbin/monconfig.

The Kernel Resource (krmond) and the Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) are configured differently. To

configure these two monitors, you use the EMS graphical user interface (GUI).

An overview of the process is given in this Web page. For details, see the manual, "Using the Event

Monitoring Service" (Part Number B7612-90015) available at: http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-ha-

monitoring-docs

Procedure

Use the EMS GUI, found in the Resource Management area of SAM, to create monitoring requests for

resources and targets. The EMS GUI starts from the graphical version of SAM. Click through and select

from the various screens to define your monitoring request. The options include:

1. Select resources to be monitored. The full path of a resource includes the resource class hierarchy

and instance.

The Kernel Resource Monitor (krmond). Examples of the kernel parameters you can

monitor and the path you need to specify to control the monitor:

Parameter Path

ncallout /system/kernel_resource/misc/ncallout

nfile /system/kernel_resource/file_system/nfile

nflocks /system/kernel_resource/file_system/nflocks

nproc /system/kernel_resource/process_management/nproc

Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM). In almost all cases, the resource names for PSM are

exactly the same resource names as for the hardware monitors, but with the "events" part of

the path changed to "status." See the resource names on the EMS monitors datasheets; there

will be instances below these.

The specific resource instance is almost always a hardware path to a device, although in some

cases it is a serial number for a device, a WWN for a device, the IP address of a device, the

hostnmae of a system, etc. It depends on what devices are on the system and how you have

configured the hardware monitors that are to be watched.

For example: a disk resource for hardware monitors would be

/storage/events/disksk/default/X_X_X.x.x, where X_X_X.x.x is a specific hardware

path. The PSM resource name would be: /storage/status/disksk/default/X_X_X.x.x

2. Specify when to collect value. Select either and/or all:

When value is ...

If you are setting up a request for an asynchronous monitor, this is the only option available.

When value changes

At each interval

PAGE 1
Configuring Monitors with the EMS GUI Most of the EMS hardware monitors are configured by running monitoring request manager: /etc/opt/resmon/lbin/monconfig . The Kernel Resource (krmond) and the Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) are configured differently. To configure these two monitors, you use the EMS graphical user interface (GUI). An overview of the process is given in this Web page. For details, see the manual, "Using the Event Monitoring Service" (Part Number B7612-90015) available at: http://www.hp.
PAGE 2
Select this option to send an event periodically, regardless of the value. Define a polling interval that is appropriate to your system performance and reaction time needs. See next step. 3. Specify a polling interval for how often the monitor checks the resource and reports the value. This applies only to non-asynchronous monitors. 4.