Administrator's and User's Guide for SFM HP-UX 11i v1 December 2006

NOTE: For information on how to configure user groups in HP SMH, see the HP System
Management Homepage User’s Guide at:
http://www.docs.hp.com
Launching EVWEB for Administration
You can launch EVWEB either through the CLI or through the HP SMH GUI.
To Launch EVWEB using the CLI, enter the following command at the HP-UX prompt:
# evweb subscribe
To use HP SMH GUI to launch EVWEB for administering event subscription, complete the
following steps:
1. Log in to HP SMH.
To log in to HP SMH, enter http://<hostname>: 2301 in the address bar of the Web browser.
The HP SMH login screen is displayed.
2. Enter your user name and password in the appropriate text boxes.
3. Click Sign In on the login screen.
The HP SMH home page is displayed.
4. Select Tools in the main menu.
The Tools page is displayed. This page displays the applications that are plugged into HP
SMH.
5. Select Subscription Administration in Evweb.
The Event Subscription Administration page is displayed.
You can perform various administrative tasks, such as creating, modifying, and deleting event
subscriptions on this page.
Creating EVWEB Event Subscriptions
You can create event subscriptions for the WBEM indications you are interested in monitoring.
You can create the following types of event subscriptions using EVWEB:
• Admin Defined event subscriptions – Event Subscriptions created using the sfmconfig
command are called Admin Defined event subscriptions. You can modify and delete Admin
Defined event subscriptions using the sfmconfig command. You cannot use the evweb_list,
evweb_subscribe, or the evweb_eventviewer command to create and delete Admin Defined
event subscriptions.
• Event subscriptions created using the HP SMH GUI (Event Subscription Administration)
– You can create these event subscriptions using the GUI or the CLI. You can modify and
delete the event subscriptions that are created using Event Subscription Administration.
To create an event subscription using Event Subscription Administration, you must specify
the following:
— A unique name for the event subscription
— Criteria such as device, event ID, and the severity of the event
— The location where the event must be stored
You can create an event subscription using the following methods:
• Create a completely new event subscription.
• Copy an existing event subscription and modify it.
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