Event Monitoring Service (EMS)

The Event Monitoring Service (EMS) is a framework for monitoring system resources which includes configuring, checking resource status, and sending notification when configured conditions are met.

Summary of Change

EMS A.04.00.01 includes the following:

EMS A.04.00 framework and GUI are available as 32-bit native applications on Itanium platforms. High Availability (HA) Monitors are also available as 32-bit native binaries on Itanium platforms.
A new command line utility, EMS CLI, is available to configure and manage persistent monitoring requests for Event Monitoring Service (EMS) monitors, such as HA Monitors, Hardware Monitors and Kernel Monitors. EMS CLI can be used to perform the following activities:
- Add, modify, delete, and list monitoring requests
- Generate script for currently configured monitoring requests
- View status of monitoring requests
- List resource instances available for monitoring
EMS supports IPv6 on HP-UX 11i v2.

Impact

There are no impacts.

Compatibility

EMS libraries are also shipped as PA-RISC binaries to provide compatibility for the existing PA-RISC based monitors via Aries.

Performance

There are no performance issues.

Documentation

Event Monitoring Service A.04.00.01 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v2 and High Availability Monitors A.04.00.01 Release Notes for HP-UX 11i v2 are shipped with Event Monitoring Service product in HP-UX 11i v2. These documents can be found on the Instant Information CD and at http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/ha.

A new manpage, emscli(1M), which describes the emscli functionality is shipped with the product. The resls(1) manpage has been updated and is shipped with the product.

The EMS user manuals, Using Event Monitoring Service and Using High Availability Monitors, have been updated and are shipped with the product.

Obsolescence

Not applicable.