Administrator's and User's Guide for SFM HP-UX 11i v2 March and June 2008

3 Configuring Indication Providers

This chapter describes how to configure indication filters, error logging, and the

SFMIndicationProvider.

Configuring Indication Filters

You must configure the indication filters to view desired indications. You use the Filter Metadata

Provider (FMD) to configure indication filters that deliver important or desired indications, for

example, indications with a certain severity. The provider also ensures that all the indications

that HP recommends for system management are logged in the Event Archive, available at

/opt/sfmdb/pgsql. Logging indications in the archive helps track all the events that are

generated.

Filters are classified as follows:

• HP-Defined Filters

HP-Defined filters are defined by HP, and are present in the FMD repository at the time of

installation. You can enable or disable HP-Defined filters.

To enable HP-Defined filters, enter the following command at the HP-UX prompt:

# sfmconfig -m enable

To disable HP-Defined filters, enter the following command at the HP-UX prompt:

# sfmconfig -m disable

Indications fulfilling the conditions in the HP-Known HP-Defined filters are logged in the

Event Archive. These subscriptions ensure that all the indications recommended by HP for

system management are logged in the Event Archive.

• Admin-Defined Filters

Admin-Defined filters are defined by the administrator. HP does not provide any

Admin-Defined filter. To create, delete, modify, enable, and disable Admin-Defined filters,

you must use the sfmconfig command. By default, the FMD Provider does not log

indications fulfilling the conditions in the Admin-Defined filters, in the Event Archive. You

must modify the Admin-Defined filters to log indications in the Event Archive.

To add an Admin-Defined Filter, enter the following command at the HP-UX prompt:

# sfmconfig -m add -n <filter name> -s {ENABLE|DISABLE} -l {WQL|CQL}

-q <query> -ns <name space> -d <description>

For example,

# sfmconfig -m add -n AdminFilter_2 -s ENABLE -l WQL -q "Select *

from HP_AlertIndication" -ns root/cimv2 -d "Admin Filter"

The following output is displayed:

Filter Name : AdminFilter_2

Filter Type : Admin Defined Filter

Filter Unique Identifier : 10002

Filter Query : Select * from HP_AlertIndication

Filter Query Language : WQL

Filter Source Namespace : root/cimv2

Filter Description : Admin Filter

Filter State : Enabled Filter State

Filter Last Operation : Add Filter

For more information about the sfmconfigcommand and its options, enter the following

command at the HP-UX prompt:

# man sfmconfig

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