Starting the Event Monitoring Service

To start the EMS GUI:

Log on as root to the system and start the graphical version of HP SMH.
Type the following command at the HP-UX prompt:
smh -w
The home page of HP SMH opens.
NOTE: The DISPLAY variable must be set to start HP SMH GUI using this command. You can also start HP SMH in a web browser by typing http://<hostmachine>:2301 in the address bar of the browser.
Click Tools in the menu bar.
The Tools page opens.
Click Resource Management.
The Resource Management page opens.
Click Run.
The Event Monitoring Service tool opens in X-Window.
The main page with the Actions menu open, shown in Figure 6-1 “Event Monitoring Service Main Screen”, shows all requests configured on that system.
If there are no requests and Sentinel monitors are not installed:
- A message is displayed on the screen:
  Currently no resources are being monitored. Use the <Add Monitoring Request> action.
- The field area of the main screen is empty.
If Sentinel monitors are installed, the screen is simply blank.

Figure 6-1 Event Monitoring Service Main Screen

To start the EMS CLI, enter emscli with the relevant command line option at the HP-UX command line prompt. For example, enter emscli -a /system/numUsers to add a new monitoring request. Enter emscli -h to view the usage of various options supported by emscli.

Starting the Event Monitoring Service

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