SFM Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v2 August 2011

As a part of event subscription, users must specify event subscription criteria. Users must also
select one or more destinations to receive information about indications.
Users can select one or more destination from the following list:
Event archive: The path of Event archive is /var/opt/sfmdb/pgsql for PA-RISC and
/var/opt/psb/db/pgsql/ for Itanium. Event archive is the default destination.
Email: Event notification will be emailed to the specified email address. Users can specify
multiple email addresses.
Event viewer
The event viewer enables users to view the indications stored in the Event archive. In addition,
users with administrative privileges can also delete these indications. By default, HP-advised
subscriptions are stored in the Event archive. The event viewer also enables users to search
for an indication logged in the Event Archive.
Log viewer
Log Viewer enables users to view low level logs that are generated on an HP-UX system. The
low level logs are stored in the log database and contain information such as Log Id, Log
Index, Device Id, Device Type, and Time of occurrence.
Benefits
Following lists the benefits of EVWEB:
Enables users to manage all WBEM indications that are supported by SFM.
Provides an option to customize the indication destination to receive information about
HP-advised subscriptions.
Enables users to view the command-line equivalent of an action performed using the GUI,
thereby, educating users about the usage of various commands.
Features
EVWEB offers the following features:
Provides both quick search and advanced search mechanisms to view events from the Event
Archive
Provides both simple and advanced search mechanism to search for low level logs from the
log viewer.
Generates a list of events in a printer-friendly format (GUI only).
Enables users with administrative privileges to create, modify, and delete indications.
Enables users with administrative privileges to create, modify, and delete throttling
configurations. This feature is available on HP 9000 and HP Integrity systems.
Enables users to view subscriptions created using EVWEB
Enables users to view externally created subscriptions.
Subscriptions created by using tools other than EVWEB are termed as externally created event
subscriptions.
Enables users to view HP-advised subscriptions. HP-advised subscriptions are provided by
default by HP.
Evweb Logviewer displays the summary information of an event in the following order: Log
ID, Log Index, Log Type, Device ID, Device Type, Time of occurrence.
NOTE: EVWEB supports these features on browser-based GUI and the CLI.
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