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Release Notes for EMS Hardware Monitors on HP-UX 11i v3 (March 2008)

Online Diagnostics

The Online Diagnostics software is a collection of tools that enables you to monitor and test server hardware. It comprises the Event Monitoring Service (EMS) framework, the EMS Hardware Monitors, and the Support Tools Manager (STM).

Note: On the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system, Online Diagnostics does not support tape drives. Although some of the Support Tools Manager (STM) tools may work with tape drives, they are not supported. The diagnostic tools and utilities that support these devices are HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools (L and TT). These tools are available at:
http://www.hp.com/support/tapetools

The Online Diagnostics tools are all contained in a Software Depot (SD) bundle, called the OnlineDiag bundle. This bundle is distributed in the following ways:

The following generic command lists various levels of content of the depot:

swlist -l <level> -s /<mount_point>/DIAGNOSTICS/<os_release>

where <level> 
         = bundle       Bundle level listing
         = product      Product level listing
         = subproduct   Sub-product level listing
         = fileset      File set listing

      <mount_point>     Location where the CD file system
                        is mounted.

      <os_release>      The OS contents of the depot.
         = B.11.00

For OnlineDiag on HP-UX 11i v2 March 2008 release, the following apply:

Loading Patches

You can install the patches in one of the following ways:

Method 1:
Install the entire Hardware Enablement Bundle (HWE) or Quality Pack (QPK) patch bundle for your system. This is a simple and tested process. However, the volume of the patch bundle can be big.

Method 2:
Install only the individual patches required from the patch bundle available on the OE media. This method is advantageous because the size of the patches is small. However, you must select and install patches manually.

Method 3:
Install individual patches from the HP IT Resource Center at:
http://us.itrc.hp.com/

Notes:

EMS Hardware Monitors Overview

EMS Hardware Monitors are a set of tools for maintaining system availability. They enable you to monitor the operation of a wide variety of hardware resources and be alerted immediately if any failure or other unusual event occurs.

Hardware event monitoring provides a high level of protection against system hardware failure. By using hardware event monitoring, you can eliminate the most undetected hardware failures that could interrupt system operation or cause data loss.

Configuring Hardware Monitoring

The EMS Hardware Monitors are installed along with the Support Tools Manager (STM). Once the monitoring software is installed, monitoring is enabled automatically.

By default, monitors report events with severity levels, MAJOR_WARNING, MINOR_WARNING, SERIOUS, CRITICAL, or INFORMATION in the following ways:

Events are stored in the /var/opt/resmon/log/event.log file.

To configure, enable, or disable hardware event monitoring, run the monitoring request manager.

The Peripheral Status Monitor (PSM) is configured using the Event Monitoring Service (EMS). For more information on how to configure PSM, see Configuring Monitors with the EMS GUI at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/diag/ems/ems _gui.htm

Changes

Following are the changes made to the EMS Hardware Monitors for the current release:

Known Problems

Monitors Provided

For the March 2008 release of HP-UX 11i v3 (11.31), the following monitors are provided: The following monitors are NOT provided:

For detailed information about the products and the monitors supporting them, and additional dependencies, see the documentation on Online Diagnosticcs at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/diag/

Monitor Dependencies

For a list of the current required patches, see the DIAGNOSTIC.readme file at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/diag/st/st_read.ht m

Current monitor requirements are described in the Online Diagnostics Administrator's and User's Guide at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/diag .

Product Documentation

Following are the documents related to EMS Hardware Monitors available at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/diag/

SD Product Structure

The EMS Hardware Monitors are installed as part of the OnlineDiag bundle (product number B4708AA). In addition, they require the EMS framework (product number B7609BA).

For information on the STM product, see the STM release notes file at:
/usr/sbin/stm/REL_NOTES.STM

Following is the information about the bundle, product, sub-product, and fileset of the OnlineDiag depot:

SD Bundle: OnlineDiag
   Description: On-line Diagnostic System (Series 800/700)

   SD PRODUCT: Sup-Tool-Mgr
      Description: Support Tools Manager for HP-UX Systems

      SD SUB-PRODUCT: Manuals
      Description: Support Tools Manager Manual Pages

         FILESET: RELEASE_NOTES
            Description: HPUX STM Release Notes

         FILESET: STM-MAN
            Description: HPUX STM Manual Pages

      SD SUB-PRODUCT: Runtime
      Description: STM Manual Runtime

         FILESET: STM-CATALOGS
            Description: HPUX STM Shared Libraries

         FILESET: STM-SHLIBS
            Description: HPUX STM Shared Libraries

         FILESET: STM-UI-RUN 
            Description: HPUX STM User Interface
         
         FILESET: STM-UUT-RUN
            Description: HPUX STM Unit Under Test Runtime 

   SD PRODUCT: EMS-Config
      Description: EMS Config

         FILESET: EMS-GUI
            Description: Event Monitoring Service Graphical 
                         User Interface

   SD PRODUCT: EMS-Core
      Description: EMS Core Product

         FILESET: EMS-CORE
            Description: Event Monitoring Service Core Files

Reporting Defects

You can report defects related to EMS Hardware Monitors by filing a request on QUIX. If you do not have access to QUIX, contact your local HP representative to file a defect on your behalf.