Sun Management Center 3.5 User's Guide

Module List

Table 11–1 lists generic modules that you can load and use. The list of modules that is displayed for your system depends on your platform type and any add-on products that you have installed. See your supplement for more information on platform-specific modules, including the Config-Reader and Dynamic Reconfiguration module. For information on the other Sun Management Center modules, see Appendix C, Sun Management Center Software Modules.

Table 11–1 Sun Management Center Modules

Module 

Module Version Number 

Description 

Agent Statistics 

2.0 

Provides information about the health of the agent installed on a host by monitoring the objects, processes, and execution of processes by the agent.

Agent Update 

1.0 

Enables you to use the Agent Update process to update software on agent systems.

Config-Reader 

1.0 

Provides the hardware configuration of the host. This module is available only if the hardware platform is supported and either the Workgroup or Desktop add-on products are installed. Both the physical view and the logical view require that this module be loaded.

Data Logging Registry 

2.0 

Provides information about agent data logging, such as log destination, module name, logging interval, and buffer length. Multiple copies of this module can be loaded.

Directory Size Monitoring 

2.0 

Enables you to isolate and monitor the size of any directory and its subdirectories on a host where a Sun Management Center agent is installed. Multiple copies of this module can be loaded, or you can add additional directories for monitoring by adding a row in the properties table.

Dynamic Reconfiguration 

2.0 

Enables you to perform dynamic reconfiguration operations on DR-enabled monitored hosts.

File Monitoring 

2.0 

Monitors selected files on a host. Monitored parameters include file size and timestamps. Multiple copies of this module can be loaded. This module requires you to add rows in the data property table. For more information, see To Add a Row to a Data Property Table.

File Scanning 

2.0 

Scans files on a host for specified patterns. Multiple copies of this module can be loaded. This module requires you to add rows in the data property table. For more information, see To Add a Row to a Data Property Table.

HP JetDirect 

2.0 

Monitors the status of HP printers that are equipped with a JetDirect card. Multiple copies of this module can be loaded.

Health Monitor 

2.0 

Enables you to monitor various resources usage in your host such as CPU, disk, NFS, and SNMP.

Kernel Reader 

2.0 

Provides kernel statistics, such as CPU details, system call, faults, streams, disk information, and page information.

Kernel Reader (Simple) 

1.0 

Provides kernel statistics, such as load statistics, swap statistics, and streams statistics. Also, provides software rules information.

Logview ACL 

1.0 

This module supports viewing and monitoring of the system log, Sun Management Center log, and other log files, using the Modules tab on the Details window. 

MIB-II Instrumentation 

1.0 

Provides the system, interfaces, IP, ICMP (internet control message protocol), TCP (transmission control protocol), and UDP (user datagram protocol) MIB-II (management information base) group information of the monitored host.

MIB-II Proxy Monitoring 

2.0 

Provides proxy management of hosts that are running non-Sun Management Center MIB-II SNMP agents. Multiple copies of this module can be loaded.

MIB-II (Simple) 

1.0 

Provides the system Group, interfaces Group, IP Forwarding, IP Route Table information of the standard MIB-II (Management Information Base) group information of the monitored host. This module is a scaled-down version of the MIB-II Instrumentation module. 


Note –

The MIB-II module identifies an agent. If this module is not loaded, the agent can be created only as a ping host or as an SNMP host.


NFS File Systems 

2.0 

Provides information about the NFS file systems on monitored hosts by monitoring the amount of disk space occupied by mounted or unmounted file systems and the amount of used and available space as well as the file system's remaining total capacity.

NFS Statistics 

2.0 

Monitors the number of NFS calls and RPC (remote procedure calls) received by the server, and monitors the status of the transaction activity on the monitored host. Multiple copies of this module can be loaded.

Print Spooler 

3.0 

Monitors the status of the printer daemon, the print queue, and the printer devices that are installed on the monitored host.

Process Monitoring 

2.0 

Monitors one or more processes on the host. Specifies monitored processes by matching patterns. Multiple copies of this module can be loaded. This module requires you to add rows in the data property table. For more information, see To Add a Row to a Data Property Table.

Solaris Process Details 

2.0 

Displays detailed information of Solaris processes running on a host where the Sun Management Center agent has been installed. The Process Details window requires that this module be loaded.

Storage A5x00

1.0 

Enables you to monitor the state of A5000, 5100, and 5200 storage devices, and manage alarms on these devices. 

Sun StorEdge T3 

1.0 

Enables you to monitor the state of T3 storage devices, and manage alarms on these devices. 

For more information on modules, see Appendix C, Sun Management Center Software Modules.


Note –

The Config-Reader and Dynamic Reconfiguration modules are supported only on specific hardware platforms. For more information, refer to your platform supplement.

Depending on your system hardware, additional modules may be supported. For more information, refer to the Sun Management Center web site at http://www.sun.com/sunmanagementcenter/.