Online Diagnostics (EMS and STM) Administrator's Guide March 2013

Glossary
A-B
asynchronous
event detection
An event-tracking method that enables a monitor to detect an event when it occurs, usually during
an I/O to the device.
C-D
Client
Configuration File
A configuration file whose settings override comparable settings defined in either the Global or
Monitor-Specific Configuration File.
cstm An STM command to view the command-line interface.
E
EMS Hardware
Monitors
Daemons that proactively monitor hardware devices, such as CPU, memory, and hard disks.
Event Monitoring
Service
A framework that supports hardware monitoring.
F
Failure Log A file that contains the details of a support tool test failure.
filtering A process of modifying the system log file settings.
formatting A process of improving the readability of a system log file.
G
Global Monitor
Configuration File
A configuration file that includes settings common to all the monitors.
H-K
Hardware
Monitoring Request
Manager
A utility that enables you to create and manage event-monitoring requests for all the EMS Hardware
Monitors.
HP Serviceguard A high-availability subsystem that enables you to create highly available clusters of HP 9000 and
HP Integrity servers.
L
log file A file that includes details about the Online Diagnostics software installation and removal.
Logtool An interactive support tool. It enables you to monitor recoverable errors, such as the single-bit
memory errors and I/O errors.
M
Monitor-Specific
Configuration File
A configuration file whose settings are specific to the monitor.
monitoring request A monitor parameter that you can set based on your needs.
mstm An STM command to view the menu-based interface.
Multiple-View
monitors
Monitors that enable you to specify different event details for the same monitor to one or more
targets, based on the requirements of the targets.
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