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Release Notes for EMS Hardware Monitors on HP-UX 11i v3 (September 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

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/

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 Online Diagnostics Administrator's Guide at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/diag.html

Changes

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

Known Problems

Monitors Provided

For the September 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

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 B6191AAE). In addition, they require the EMS framework (product number B6191AAE).

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

Following are the products in the OnlineDiag depot:

  Contrib-Tools         HPUX Contributed Tools
  Contrib-Tools         HPUX Contributed Tools
  EMS-Config            EMS Config
  EMS-Core              EMS Core Product
  Sup-Tool-Mgr          HPUX Support Tools Manager for HPUX systems
  Sup-Tool-Mgr          HPUX Support Tools Manager for HPUX systems

Following are the sub products of the OnlineDiag depot:


# Contrib-Tools                 HPUX Contributed Tools
  Contrib-Tools.Runtime         HPUX Contributed Tools Runtime Subproduct
# Contrib-Tools                 HPUX Contributed Tools
  Contrib-Tools.Runtime         HPUX Contributed Tools Runtime Subproduct
  EMS-Config                    EMS Config
  EMS-Core                      EMS Core Product
# Sup-Tool-Mgr                  HPUX Support Tools Manager for HPUX systems
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.Manuals          Manual Pages and Documentation
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.Runtime          HPUX Support Tools Manager Runtime Subproduct
# Sup-Tool-Mgr                  HPUX Support Tools Manager for HPUX systems
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.Manuals          Manual Pages and Documentation
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.Runtime          HPUX Support Tools Manager Runtime Subproduct

Following file sets are available on the OnlineDiag depot:

# Contrib-Tools                 HPUX Contributed Tools
  Contrib-Tools.CONTRIB         HPUX Contributed Tools Fileset
# Contrib-Tools                 HPUX Contributed Tools
  Contrib-Tools.CONTRIB         HPUX Contributed Tools Fileset
  Contrib-Tools.PDCINFO         HPUX Contributed Tools PDCINFO Fileset
  Contrib-Tools.PIMTOOL         HPUX Contributed Tools PIMTOOL Fileset
# EMS-Config                    EMS Config
  EMS-Config.EMS-GUI            EMS GUI
  EMS-Config.EMS-GUI            EMS GUI
  EMS-Config.EMS-GUI-COM        EMS GUI
# EMS-Core                      EMS Core Product
  EMS-Core.EMS-CORE             Event Monitoring Services Core Files
  EMS-Core.EMS-CORE             Event Monitoring Services Core Files
  EMS-Core.EMS-CORE-COM         Event Monitoring Services Core Files
  EMS-Core.EMS-MX               Event Monitoring Services SCMgr Tools
# Sup-Tool-Mgr                  HPUX Support Tools Manager for HPUX systems
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.STM-CATALOGS     HPUX Support Tools Manager Catalogs
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.STM-MAN          HPUX Support Tools Manager Manual Pages
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.STM-REL-NOTES    HPUX Support Tools Manager Release Notes
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.STM-SHLIBS       HPUX Support Tools Manager Share Libraries
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.STM-UI-RUN       HPUX Support Tools Manager User Interface
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.STM-UUT-RUN      HPUX Support Tools Manager Unit Under Test Runtime
# Sup-Tool-Mgr                  HPUX Support Tools Manager for HPUX systems
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.STM-CATALOGS     HPUX Support Tools Manager Catalogs
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.STM-MAN          HPUX Support Tools Manager Manual Pages
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.STM-REL-NOTES    HPUX Support Tools Manager Release Notes
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.STM-SHLIBS       HPUX Support Tools Manager Share Libraries
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.STM-UI-RUN       HPUX Support Tools Manager User Interface
  Sup-Tool-Mgr.STM-UUT-RUN      HPUX Support Tools Manager Unit Under Test Runtime

Reporting Defects

You can report defects related to EMS Hardware Monitors by filing a request on Quality Index eXchange Product Change Tracking (QuIX-PCT). If you do not have access to QuIX-PCT, contact your local HP representative to file a defect on your behalf.

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