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

determining the severity of an alarm, 189

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

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

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

Details

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

graph, 123 to 130

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

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

RMI port address, 488

router forwarding rule, 510

routing tables, 56, 58

row

adding, 105 to 106, 106 to 108, 113 to 115

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

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

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

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

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