HP-UX WBEM System Fault Management (SFM) Administrator Guide (September 2013)
• “Querying the CER using Simple Search” (page 77)
• “Querying CER using Advanced Search” (page 77)
• “Viewing an Event from CER” (page 78)
EMT Overview
The SysFaultMgmt (System Fault Management) (SFM) includes a user component called EMT, which
enables you to view the error messages that are generated on an HP-UX 11i v3 system. The EMT
includes Common Error Repository (CER), which is an online, searchable, and updateable error
repository. The CER contains error metadata. Error metadata is collective information about an
error such as error description, error number, error type, severity, cause of the error, and corrective
actions. The EMT also includes the cerupdate tool, which enables you to update CER with product
specific error information.
The EMT supports the following user interfaces:
• Browser-based Graphical User Interface (GUI)
• Command-Line Interface (CLI)
The EMT supports the following user groups:
• Administrator
• Non-administrator
In the CLI, any user with superuser privileges is an administrator. However, in the HP System
Management Homepage (HP SMH) GUI, the user groups in EMT are mapped internally to the user
groups defined in the HP SMH.
The Administrator user group in the HP SMH maps to administrators in EMT. The Operator and
the User user groups in the HP SMH map to non-administrators in EMT.
For information about configuring user groups in HP SMH, see the HP System Management
Homepage User’s Guide at:
http://www.hp.com/go/smh-docs
Launching EMT
You can launch EMT either through the CLI or the GUI.
To launch EMT using the CLI, enter the following command at the HP-UX prompt:
# /opt/sfm/bin/emtui
To launch EMT using the HP SMH GUI, complete the following steps:
1. Log in to the HP SMH.
To log in to the 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 various applications that are plugged in to
the HP SMH.
5. Select Query or Customize Error Data in Error Management Technology.
The Simple Search page is displayed.
76 Administering indications and instances using HP SMH