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System Fault Management Administrator's Guide: HP-UX 11i v1

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A-B

Admin-Defined event subscription 

Subscriptions created by the administrator using the CLI. These subscriptions cannot be deleted.


Admin-Defined filters 

Filters that can be created, deleted, and modified to set the criteria for indications that must be logged.


C

Central Management Server (CMS) 

The server monitoring the client systems in the network using SFM.


CIM client 

An entity in WBEM architecture which sends CIM Operation requests and receives CIM Operation responses. For example, HP SIM and other network management applications are considered CIM clients.


CIM server 

The component of WBEM that manages the interaction between the providers and other modules in the WBEM environment. It is also known as CIMOM.


Common Information Model (CIM) 

An object-based model for describing managed resources. CIM uses the object-oriented paradigm, where managed objects are modeled using the concepts of classes and instances.


Common Information Model Object Manager (CIMOM) 

The component of WBEM that manages the interaction between the providers and other modules in the WBEM environment. CIMOM manages CIM objects. It receives and processes CIM operation requests and issues responses.


consumer 

A recipient of services. For example, an indication consumer will receive indications (events) that occur in system hardware components.


D

disk_em 

An EMS monitor that monitors hard disks.


Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) 

An industry organization involved in the development, adoption, and interoperability of management standards and initiatives for enterprise and Internet environments.


E

enumerate instances 

To check whether subscriptions to indications are present.


event 

An alert generated when an unusual activity is detected on a monitored hardware device.


Event Archive 

Database for indications. Indications generated on hardware devices are logged in this location.


Event Subscription Administration 

A component of EVWEB used to subscribe to indications.


Event Viewer 

A component of EVWEB used to view indications present in the Event Archive.


EVWEB 

User component that enables administering and viewing WBEM indications generated on the system on which SFM is installed.


External subscriptions 

These are subscriptions created by tools other than EVWEB.


F-G

fmControl 

The command used to configure software error logging parameters.


fmdcontrol 

The command used to create, delete, and modify Admin-Defined filters.


H

HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH) 

HP's management application installed on the local system that uses WBEM instrumentation on operating systems such as HP-UX, Linux, and Windows.


HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) 

HP's management application installed on the CMS that uses WBEM instrumentation on operating systems such as HP-UX, Linux, and Windows.


HP-Advised event subscription 

Subscriptions that are provided by HP.


HP-Defined filters 

Filters defined by HP, and present in the FMD repository at the time of installation.


HP-Known event subscription 

Subscriptions that are provided by HP. These subscriptions include both Admin-Defined subscriptions and HP-Advised subscriptions.


I-K

indication 

An alert or a warning about the failure of a monitored hardware device. It is equivalent to an event in the Event Monitoring Service (EMS) framework.


Indication Consumer 

A component of EVWEB for Event Archive to store indications in the Event Archive.


Indication Consumer for Email 

A component of EVWEB to send indications to the configured email address.


indication filters 

They are configured by the Filter Metadata (FMD) Provider to set the criteria for the indications that must be logged.


indication provider 

It translates events generated by the Event Monitoring Service (EMS) monitors into WBEM indications, and reports them to the CIMOM.


instance 

A representation of the actual physical object that belongs to a class.


instance provider 

It provides information about devices, such as model number and serial number of a CPU. In the Support Tools Manager (STM), this functionality is accomplished by Information (Info) Tools.


L

Logfile 

A file that includes details about the SFM software installation and removal.


M-R

managed resource  

A hardware device that is monitored.


management application 

Any application that can be used to query for information about monitored devices and view indications and instances. Examples: HP Systems Insight Manager (SIM), HP System Management Homepage (HP SMH).


mstm 

STM command to display the properties supported on the system.


S

sfmdb 

The output of a command that indicates that Event Archive Database service is running properly.


subscription 

Configuring SFM for consumers to receive indications. For example, HP SIM could subscribe to indications generating on hardware devices on a system.


SysFaultMgmt 

The name of the bundle that includes the SFM software.


T-V

Tracing 

Tracing is an error-logging and reporting facility provided by EVWEB.


W-Z

WBEM (Web-Based Enterprise Management) 

A collection of standards that aid large-scale systems management. WBEM allows management applications to monitor systems in a network.


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