Index
A
absolute Time Editor expression, 150, 157 to 161
access control, 233, 238
ACL, 233, 238
Actions tab, 137, 421
adding
a row to a data property table, 105 to 106, 106 to 108, 113 to 115
from graph clipboard, 120 to 121
objects to administrative domains, 51 to 66
Address process property, 220
administrative domain
creating, 20
default, 16
definition, 7, 15
deleting, 19, 22 to 23
hierarchy examples, 16
home, 16 to 17, 19
initiating a discovery request, 54 to 57
listing, 80 to 81
members, 7
multiple, 15
populating, 20 to 21, 51 to 66
referencing, 19
remote, 23
security, 12, 19
set home administrative domain, 19
switching between, 80 to 81
agent
health, 168
interacting with console and server, 3 to 5
port number, 487
SNMP, 10
agent down alarm notification, 404
Agent Statistics
Configuration manager, 490
Event manager, 490
Sun Management Center server, 490
Topology manager, 490
Trap handler, 490
alarm limits, 135, 420
alarm threshold
creating, 136 to 137, 241, 420 to 421
alarms, 141, 424
accessing, 190
accessing from web interface, 408
acknowledged, 190
alert, 598
alert alarm generation, 595
attribute editor, 405
categories, 193, 411
caution, 598
complex, 9
critical, 598
determining the severity of an alarm, 189
generation, 595
red alarm icon, 189
schedule, 149
seeing, 81
sending email when alarm occurs, 140, 141, 424
setting schedule, 162 to 165
severities, 81
simple, 9, 134 to 135, 418 to 419
simple rules, 595
states, 194
threshold, 134 to 135, 418 to 419
unacknowledged, 190
windows, 135, 420
Alarms tab button in the Details window, 206
Alarms tab in the Attribute Editor, 134 to 135, 418 to 419
Attribute Editor, 90
Actions tab, 137, 421
Alarms tab, 134 to 135, 418 to 419
definition, 131, 415
History tab, 146, 428
Info tab, 133, 418
module, 179, 183
opening, 132
Refresh tab, 144, 426
Security tab, 242
attributes
changing, 47 to 48
automatic notification of an alarm condition, 140, 141, 424
B
backup
of your database, 506
Browser Details window, 83, 84
Browser tab button in the Details window, 206
buttons
Discovery Request window, 53 to 54
Domain Manager window, 19
Hide Details, 227, 232
Show Details, 227, 232
C
changing attributes about an object, 47 to 48
changing port addresses, 486 to 489
circular log files, 499
class A, B, and C networks, 510
Class process property, 220
CLI (see command line interface), 451
command line interface, 451
basic commands, 463
command-specific parameters, 462
extended commands, 465
- alarms, 468
- modules, 465
- object attribute, 466
- topology, 470
interaction modes, 455
- batch mode, 455
- session mode, 455
internationalization, 475
log file, 474
operation and parameter formats, 460
output, 472
- HTML, 474
- plain text, 473
- XML, 473
overriding parameters, 461
pre-defined parameters, 458
relationship to system structure, 452
software structure, 453
user authorization, 454
user environment, 454
using to log in, 456
Command process property, 220
CommandLine process property, 220
comparison Time Editor expression, 151 to 156, 162 to 165
complex alarms, 9
complex rule
alert alarm generation, 595
definition, 595
Config Reader, 84, 206
special instructions for Details window, 223
Configuration manager, 5, 239
agent statistic, 490
port number, 487
configuring
Details Process display, 218 to 221
legacy agent as subagent, 482 to 484
port addresses, 486 to 489
conflict with port addresses, 486 to 489
connecting objects, 44
console, 3, 10
interacting with server and agent, 3 to 5
multiple consoles, 3
copying
data property to graph, 90
groups, 46
module, 90
objects, 45 to 46
to graph clipboard, 120 to 121
CPU thrashing, 597
CPU% process property, 220
creating
a module object, 35 to 37, 179
administrative domains, 20
alarm threshold, 136 to 137, 420 to 421
groups, 37 to 39
links between objects, 44
monitored modules, 35 to 37
nodes, 30 to 35, 40 to 41
objects with Discovery manager, 55 to 57
segments, 42 to 44
server component object, 491
critical
alarms, 598
cron Time Editor expression, 150, 157 to 161
customized menu items
adding, 501
customizing alarm actions, 141, 424
cutting objects, 49
cyclic Time Editor expression, 150, 151 to 156
D
data
displaying, 96
probing, 116 to 118
refreshing, 115
data property
Attribute Editor, 131, 415
displaying, 96
graphing, 119
monitoring, 149
probing, 117
refresh interval, 145, 426
sampling points, 147
tool tip, 72
data property table
adding row to, 105 to 106, 106 to 108, 113 to 115
database
backup and recovery, 506
Dataviews
creating, 289
- context menu, 289
- copy to dataview clipboard, 290
- options menu, 289
definition, 287
dataviews, 287
creating, 289
deleting, 293
navigating dataviews window, 292
opening an existing, 292
saving, 294
scalar tables, 295
- creating, 295
tables, types of, 295
vector tables, 297
- creating, 297
default administrative domain, 16
default privileges
overriding, 247
topology manager, Sun Management Center default security privileges, 246
deleting
administrative domains, 19, 22 to 23
discovery request, 66
events from event database, 496 to 498
objects, 50
row, 90
Details
alarms, 84
applications, 84
browser, 84
hardware, 84
Details Process display
configuring, 218 to 221
selecting columns, 218 to 220
Details window
Actions tab in the Attribute Editor, 137, 421
Alarms tab button, 206
Alarms tab in Attribute Editor, 134 to 135, 418 to 419
Browser tab button, 83, 206
disk total, 224
exiting, 85
Hardware information types, 222
History tab in the Attribute Editor, 146, 428
Info tab button, 206
Info tab in Attribute Editor, 133, 418
Info tab properties, 209
memory hardware total, 224
Modules tab button, 275
monitoring log messages, 214
moving columns in Process display, 221
Process Statistics window, 221
Processes tab button, 217
processors total, 224
Refresh tab in the Attribute Editor, 144, 426
Solaris Process Details module, 217
sorting columns in Process display, 220
starting, 85, 207
tab buttons, 84
tape devices total, 224
Directory Name Lookup Cache, 598
Directory Size Monitoring module, 174
defining a directory, 105 to 106
list files, 116 to 118
disabling
a module, 90, 177
row, 90
discovery
checking part numbers, 58
deleting request, 66
filters, 60
methods of, 56, 58
modifying request, 65
request ID, 57
scheduling requests, 60
server context, 57
starting, 52 to 54
starting request, 66
status, 53 to 54
stopping request, 66
timeout, 57 to 58
Discovery Requests window, 53 to 54
disk
busy, 595, 597
complex rules, 595
load, 598
disks, total in Details window, 224
displaying data, 96
document type declaration, 445
Domain Manager buttons, 19
domain, See administrative domain
domain-config.x file, 487
DTD
see document type declaration, 445
Dynamic Reconfiguration
special instructions for Details window, 223
E
Edit menu, 75
editing
graph axes, 125
module, 89, 176 to 177
row, 90
EGroup process property, 219
enabling
module, 90, 178
row, 90
Entity Desc property, 209
Entity Event Destination property, 209
Entity Family property, 209
Entity Full Desc property, 209
Entity Trap Destination property, 209
esadm, 235, 236, 238, 245
esdomadm, 235, 236, 245
esmaster, 234, 235, 479 to 480
esops, 235, 245
espublic, 234, 235, 239, 240, 244, 479 to 480
EUser process property, 219
Event manager, 5, 239, 496 to 498
agent statistic, 490
port number, 487
events
deleting from event database, 496 to 498
exiting Details window, 85
F
File menu items, 75
File Monitoring module, 105
adding row to table, 106 to 108
File Scanning module, 105, 110
file system full, 597
filtering
discovery requests, 60
log messages, 212 to 213
finding specific log messages, 215
G
general group, 37
Go menu items, 77
graph
applying template, 123
copying data property to, 90
data property, 119
editing axes, 125
historical data, 146, 428
menu items, 123 to 130
multiple data properties, 120 to 121
opening, 122
sampling points, 147
saving, 122
Group ID process property, 219
Grouping operations, 249
definition, 249
detailed procedures
- creating a data property task, 264
- creating a filter, 258
- creating a module task, 263
- creating a task, 260
- creating an MCP parcel, 270
- creating an MCP task, 273
- creating an object group, 255
- deleting a filter, 260
- deleting a task, 269
- deleting an MCP parcel, 272
- deleting an MCP task, 274
- deleting an object group, 258
- editing a filter, 259
- editing a module task, 264
- editing an object group, 257
- editing data property tables, 267
- simple, scalar editable table, 267
- simple, scalar noneditable tables, 267
- vector tables, 268
general procedures
- creating a task, 254
- creating an object group, 253
- setting a schedule, 254
- the state of the operation, 255
main group operations window, 251
new tools menu, 250
groups, 16
copying, 46
creating, 37 to 39
general and IP-based, 37
moving, 46
pasting, 46
security, 12
H
hand icon, 226
hardware
monitored by Sun Management Center software, 2
pathnames displayed, 226
resources displayed, 224
views of, 224
Hardware Details window, 84
Hardware Diagnostics Suite, 84, 206
Health Monitor rules, 595
help, 79
pop-up balloon, 87
helpful hints
displaying levels of details, 88, 208
Search function is case-sensitive, 230
searching in multiple instances, 231
using tool tips, 72, 87
viewing long messages in table cells, 208
Hide Details button, 227, 232
hierarchy view, 10, 68
mouse actions, 70
history interval
schedule, 149
setting, 147, 151 to 156, 157 to 161
History tab, 146, 428
home administrative domain, 16 to 17, 19
host
Details window, 83
security, 12, 92
host down alarm notification, 404
Hostname property, 209
I
import/export utility
CLI interface, 438
defined, 431
document type declaration, 445
file format, 444
files, 443
head information, 446
how it is used, 431
software structure, 432
starting, 434
starting import, 436
in, 209
increasing virtual size, 493 to 495
Info tab
Entity Desc property, 209
Entity Event Destination property, 209
Entity Family property, 209
Entity Full Desc property, 209
Entity Trap Destination property, 209
Hostname property, 209
IP Address property, 209
Netmask property, 209
Operating System property, 209
properties, 209
Target Hostname property, 209
Target IP Address property, 209
Info tab button in the Details window, 206
Info tab in the Attribute Editor, 133, 418
installation
default administrative domain, 16
IP Address property, 209
IP addresses within server contexts, 240
IP-based group, 37
J
Java security classes, 233
K
kernel memory allocation, 598
Kernel Reader
creating alarm, 136 to 137, 420 to 421
displaying data, 96
rules, 595
keys, 479 to 480
regenerating, 481
L
legacy agent, 482 to 484
load, 598
loading modules, 89, 171 to 175
local applications, modules relating to, 577
log files, viewing, 212, 216
log messages
filtering, 212 to 213
finding specific messages, 215
log view, 11, 84
M
main console window, 10
Management Information Base, See modules, MIB
masking of network addresses, 511
memory hardware, total in Details window, 224
Memory% process property, 220
Menu items, 74
Edit, 75
File, 75
Go, 77
graph, 123 to 130
View, 76
menu, View Columns, 218
messages, viewing, 11
MIB
SNMP, 504
modifying objects, 47 to 48
module object, creating, 179
modules
Agent Statistics, 168, 578
Attribute Editor, 179 to 183
Config Reader, 168
copying, 90
creating a monitored module, 35 to 37
Data Logging Registry, 168, 582
data properties, 415
definition, 8, 86
Details window, 83
Directory Size Monitoring, 168, 174
disabling, 90, 177, 283
displaying rules for, 283
dynamic, 8
Dynamic Reconfiguration, 168
editing, 89, 176 to 177, 282
enabling, 90, 178, 283
File Monitoring, 169
File Scanning, 110, 169, 591
Health Monitor, 169, 583
HP JetDirect, 169, 593
icon for multi-instance, 277
in alphabetical listing, 514
Kernel Reader, 169, 553
loaded by default, 168
loading, 89, 171 to 175, 277
loading a scheduled module, 281
local applications, 577
MIB, 8
MIB-II Instrumentation, 169, 544
MIB-II Proxy Monitoring, 169, 593
monitoring, 179
multi-instance, 277
NFS File Systems, 170, 573
NFS Statistics, 170, 570
number of instances loaded, 173
operating system, 515, 534
Print Spooler, 170, 587
Process Monitoring, 111, 170, 175, 589
remote systems, 592
rules, 283
schedule, 149, 179 to 183
security, 12, 92, 179 to 183
security permissions, 182
setting schedule, 162 to 165, 278
Solaris Process Details, 170, 571
that load automatically, 514
that load multiple times, 514
unloading, 90, 179, 281
using 'Add Row', 514
Modules tab button in the Details window, 275
monitored hardware, 2
monitored software properties, 2, 8
monitoring
data property, 149
log messages, 214
objects, methods of, 32 to 33
server components, 491
moving columns in Details Process display, 221
moving groups, 46
N
navigating
administrative domains, 80 to 81
main console window, 78
Netmask, 58
ANDing, 511
property, 209
NFS remote procedure, 598
Nice process property, 220
node, creating, 30 to 35, 40 to 41
notifying you when a host or agent is down, 404
notifying you when an alarm occurs, 140, 141, 424
O
objects
alarms, 81
copying, 44
creating automatically with Discovery manager, 55 to 57
cutting and pasting, 49
delete, 50
Details window, 83
linking two objects, 44
modifying, 47 to 48
pasting, 44
octets in network addressing, 510
opening
Attribute Editor, 132
graphs, 122
operating system
modules relating to, 515, 534
property, 209
P
pasting
groups, 46
objects, 45 to 46, 49
permissions, security, 233
pfiles process statistic, 221
PGroup process property, 220
physical view, 11, 224
refresh details, 227
pictures of system hardware, 224
PID process property, 219
ping command, 56, 58
pldd process statistic, 221
pmap process statistic, 221
populating administrative domains, 20 to 21, 51 to 66
pop-up balloon help, 87
port addresses
changing, 486 to 489
within server contexts, 240
port numbers
discovery process, 58
PPID process property, 219
Print Spooler module
adding row to table, 113 to 115
printer monitoring, 170
Priority process property, 220
probe a monitored data property, 117
Process display, configuring, 218 to 221
Process Monitoring module, 105, 111, 175
process property
Address, 220
Class, 220
Command, 220
CommandLine, 220
CPU%, 220
EGroup, 219
EUser, 219
Group ID, 219
Memory%, 220
Nice, 220
PGroup, 220
PID, 219
PPID, 219
Priority, 220
Session ID, 220
Size, 220
Start time, 220
State, 220
Time, 220
UID, 219
User, 219
Wait Channel, 220
Process Statistics window, 221
processes, 84
processes view, 11
processors, total in Details window, 224
property, See data property
pstack process statistic, 221
Q
queue length, complex rules, 595
R
rCompare rule, 9
recovery
of your database, 506
referencing administrative domains, 19
refresh data, 115
refresh interval
schedule, 149
setting, 145, 151 to 156, 157 to 161, 426
Refresh tab, 144, 426
regenerating security keys, 481
relationships, inclusive, 238
remote administrative domains, 23
remote server access, 239
remote server context, 5
remote systems, modules relating to, 592
rhltm000, 598
rhltm001, 598
rhltm002, 598
rhltm003, 598
rhltm004, 598
rhltm005, 598
rhltm006, 598
rhltm007, 598
rknrd100, 597
rknrd102, 597
rknrd103, 597
rknrd105, 597
rknrd106, 597
rknrd401, 597
rknrd402, 597
rknrd403, 597
rknrd404, 597
rknrd405, 597
RMI port address, 488
router forwarding rule, 510
routing tables, 56, 58
row
adding, 105 to 106, 106 to 108, 113 to 115
deleting, 90
disabling, 90
editing, 90
enabling, 90
rule, 5, 9
complex, 595
CPU power, 598
Directory Name Lookup Cache, 598
disk busy, 597
disk loaded, 598
Health Monitor, 595, 598
kernel memory allocation, 598
Kernel Reader, 595, 596 to 597
no swap space error, 597
run queue length, 598
simple, 595
Solstice SyMON 1.x software, 595
Sun Management Center 2.1 software, 595
swap space, 597, 598
time for an unreferenced page, 598
user-customized, 595
run queue length, 598
running UNIX commands on data, 116 to 118
S
same server context, 5
sampling points for data property, 147
saving graph, 122
scalar dataviews tables, 295
creating, 295
schedule, 149, 151 to 156, 157 to 161, 162 to 165, 179 to 183
scheduling discovery requests, 60
search pattern, 214
Search window in Details Logical view, 230
searching for specific log messages, 215
Secure Socket Layer, 317
security, 12
access control (ACL) categories, 233, 234
- accessing on a module, 242
- adding user-defined group, 244
- adding users, 241
- deleting users, 245
- granting administrator privileges, 245
- specifying ACL, 238
- using key functions, 241
administrative domains, 19
default privileges
- default privileges, 246
esmaster
- private, 234
espublic
- public, 234
for a module, 179 to 183
functions
- admin, 237
- general, 237
- operator, 237
host, 92
layers in Sun Management Center software, 233
module, 92
permissions, 233
remote, 23
Sun Management Center users, 234
tab, 242
security keys, 479 to 480
regenerating, 481
seed for security key, 480
segment creation, 42 to 44
selecting columns in Details Process display, 218 to 220
server
access, 239
context, 239
context limitations, 241
interacting with console and agent, 3 to 5
interaction with agents, 5
interacts with multiple consoles, 5
port number, 487
remote access, 239
server component as monitored object, 491
server context, 23
discovery process, 57
limitations, 241
server-config.x file, 487
Session ID process property, 220
setting
alarm schedule, 162 to 165
history interval, 151 to 156
refresh interval, 145, 157 to 161, 426
schedules, 149
Show Details button, 227, 232
simple alarms thresholds, 9
simple rules
alarm generation, 595
monitored properties, 595
Size process property, 220
Smart delete, 496 to 498
SMsystemCommand, 503
SNMP, 10
MIBs for Sun Management Center Modules, 504
SNMP port
definitions, 487
SNMP subagents, 482 to 484
software properties monitored by Sun Management Center software, 2, 8
Solaris Process Details module, 217
sorting columns in Details Process display, 220
Start time process property, 220
starting
Details window, 85, 207
discovery, 52 to 54, 66
State process property, 220
statistics
Detail Process Statistics window, 221
pfiles, 221
pldd, 221
pmap, 221
pstack, 221
stopping discovery request, 66
subagent, 482 to 484
subnets, 510
Sun Management Center
component layers, 2
Java security classes, 233
monitoring, 32 to 33
remote access, 239
rules, 595
security layers, 233
server
- context limitations, 241
server access, 239
server agent statistic, 490
server context, 239
user functions, 237
user security, 234
swap space, 597, 598
error, 597
in use, 597
switching between administrative domains, 80 to 81
syslog, 597
T
tape devices, total in Details window, 224
Target Hostname property, 209
Target IP Address property, 209
text pattern includes UNIX regular expressions, 214
Time Editor, 149, 150
combining expressions, 150 to 165
Time process property, 220
timeout, discovery process, 57 to 58
tool tip, 72, 87
Tools Menu
customizing, 501
Topology manager, 5, 239
agent statistic, 490
exiting, 493 to 495
function, 493
port number, 487
system resource requirement, 493
Virtual Size limit, 493
topology view, 10, 68
mouse actions, 72
Trap handler, 5, 239
agent statistic, 490
port number, 487
U
UID process property, 219
UNIX regular expressions in text patterns, 214
unloading a module, 90, 179
User process property, 219
users, 234
default functions, 237
esmaster, 234
espublic
- public, 234
V
var/adm/message, 597
vector dataviews tables, 297
creating, 297
view
hierarchy, 10
of administrative domain, 68
topology, 10
View Columns pull-down menu, 218
View menu items, 76
viewing
error messages, 11
log files, 212, 216
virtual size, increasing, 493 to 495
W
Wait Channel process property, 220
web interface
alarm categories, 411
alarms attribute editor, 405
alarms status summary, 407
attribute editor, 316
- Actions tab, 421
- Alarms tab, 418
- History tab, 428
- Info tab, 418
- Refresh tab, 426
creating an alarm, 420
defining alarm action script, 424
details, 306
- Browser tab, 307
- displaying, 306
- filtering alarms, 311
- Info tab, 307
- loading modules, 313
- Log tab, 314
displaying attribute editor, 416
down alarm notification, 404
email notification for critical alarm, 424
login screen, 303
main console, 304
main console screen, 304
modifying alarms, 423
module data properties, 415
setting a history interval, 429
setting a refresh interval, 426
starting, 302
viewing alarm information, 408
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