Administrator's and User's Guide for SFM HP-UX 11i v1 December 2006
Irrespective of whether tracing is enabled or not, the administrative commands for creating,
modifying, and deleting subscriptions, and deleting events are stored in the /var/sam/log/
samlog.log file. From the GUI, you can access the samlog.log file from HP SMH home page
-> Logs -> Samlog.
NOTE: Tracing is available for administrators only.
Enabling Tracing Using EVWEB GUI
To enable tracing, complete the following steps:
1. Log in to the System Management Homepage.
To log in to HP SMH, enter http://<hostname>: 2301 in the address bar of a 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. Do one of the following:
• Select Tools -> Subscription Administration.
or
• Select Logs -> Event Viewer.
NOTE: The Enable Tracing option is not displayed if tracing is already enabled. Instead,
Disable Tracing and Modify Tracing options are displayed.
5. Select Enable Tracing available at the top right corner of the page.
The Enable tracing page is displayed.
6. Set the trace level by selecting the level in the Trace Level list.
7. Select Enable Tracing.
The tracing level is set and a confirmation message is displayed.
8. Click OK on the confirmation message window.
For more information on enabling tracing using the HP SMH GUI, select Help on the action pane
of either the Event Viewer or the Event Subscription Administration page.
Enabling Tracing Using EVWEB CLI
To enable tracing using EVWEB CLI, you must export the environment variable,
EVWEB_TRACE_LEVEL. At the HP-UX prompt, enter the following command:
# EXPORT EVWEB_TRACE_LEVEL=<trace value>
Tracing is now enabled. The trace value refers to the trace level that you want to set.
Modifying Tracing Using EVWEB GUI
To modify tracing, complete the following steps:
1. Log in to the System Management Homepage.
To log in to HP SMH, enter http://<hostname>: 2301 in the address bar of a 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.
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