Solstice Enterprise Manager 4.1 Management Information Server (MIS) Guide

Contents

 Preface

1.  Introduction

1.1 What is the MIS?

1.2 MIS Concepts

1.2.1 Network Resources as Objects

1.2.2 Objects and Applications

1.2.3 Agents

1.2.4 Management Requests

1.2.5 Remote or Collaborating MISs

1.3 Components

1.3.1 Event Distribution System

1.3.2 Naming Service

1.3.3 New Application Entity Title Format

1.3.4 Portable Management Interface

1.3.5 Management Protocol Adaptors

1.3.5.1 CMIP MPA

1.3.5.2 SNMP MPA

1.3.5.3 RPC Management Protocol Adaptor

1.3.5.4 Other Management Protocol Adaptors

1.3.6 Management Information Tree

1.3.6.1 MIT Object Naming

1.3.6.2 Name Binding

1.3.6.3 Name Types

1.3.6.4 MIT Organization and Standards

1.3.7 Metadata Repository

1.3.8 Nerve Center

1.3.9 Alarm Service Module

1.3.10 Data Logging and Storage Module

1.3.11 Compilers

1.3.12 Message Routing Module

1.3.13 Object Access Module

1.3.14 UNIX Processes (Daemons)

2.  Operating MIS

2.1 Starting MIS

2.1.1 After a New Installation

2.1.2 Under Normal Conditions

2.1.3 After a System Failure

2.1.4 After a System Reboot

2.1.5 Reintializing the Database

2.1.6 Recreating the Database

2.1.7 Options and Commands for em_services

2.2 Monitoring the Daemon Processes

2.2.1 Starting the Process Monitor

2.2.2 Stopping the Process Monitor

2.2.3 Monitor Timeouts

2.2.4 Configuring Escalation Actions

2.3 Shutting Down MIS

2.3.1 In Normal Mode

2.3.2 Using Emergency Mode to Shut Down MIS

3.  Accessing a Remote MIS

3.1 Implementing a Multiple-MIS Architecture

3.2 Comparing MIS-to-MIS Examples

3.2.1 Accessing Objects Without an MIS-to-MIS Connection

3.2.2 Accessing Managed Objects With an MIS-to-MIS Connection

3.3 Establishing MIS Connections

3.4 Sharing Data Between Connected MISs

3.4.1 Accessing Data About All Events

3.4.2 Accessing Data about Selected Events

3.5 Re-establishing a Remote MIS Link

4.  Managing MIS

4.1 Setting Up MIS on Your Network

4.2 Controlling Access

4.3 Customizing the MIS Configuration

4.4 Starting MPAs

4.4.1 Starting CMIP

4.4.1.1 Registering CMIP Agents

4.4.1.2 Configuring

4.4.2 Starting RPC and SNMP

4.4.3 Starting MPAs on a Remote Machine

4.4.4 Stopping MPAs

4.4.5 Using em_topo_args for Third Party Integration

4.5 Detecting Events and Conditions

4.6 Troubleshooting

5.  Backing Up/Restoring and
Exporting/Importing Data

5.1 Guidelines for Backing up and Restoring Data

5.1.1 Testing Your Backups

5.1.2 Preparing for Backup

5.1.3 Backing up and Restoring Network Views Data and Agents

5.1.4 Supporting Migration Paths

5.1.5 Copying Network Views and Agent Data

5.1.6 Using Solstice Backup and Restore

5.2 Guidelines for Importing and Exporting Data

5.2.1 What is Exported?

5.2.2 What is Not Exported?

5.3 Exporting Network View Data

5.3.1 Exporting and Importing Log Records

5.4 Converting Legacy Data

6.  Managing Event Logs

6.1 Logging Event Files

6.2 Using Event Logging

6.2.1 Logging Services

6.2.2 Non-Default Location of Logs

6.3 Creating and Instantiating Logs

6.4 Creating and Defining Events to be Logged

6.5 Logging Received Events

6.6 Logging Historical Records

6.6.1 Enabling Historical Logging

6.6.2 Logging Historical Log Files

6.6.2.1 Configuration File

6.6.2.2 Database Schema Definition File

6.6.2.3 Database Schema Mapping

6.6.2.4 Database Tables

6.6.2.5 Database Schema Parser

6.7 Merging Log Records from Different Databases

7.  Obtaining Data From the Database

7.1 Prerequisite Knowledge

7.2 Querying the Database

7.3 Using Third-Party Software

8.  Adding New Data Definitions

8.1 Adding a MIB

8.2 Adding SunNet Manager Schemas

8.3 Adding Managed Object Classes

8.3.1 Defining the Properties of an MOC

8.3.1.1 Sample GDMO File

8.3.1.2 Sample ASN.1 Definition File

8.3.2 Loading an MOC into MIS

8.4 Configuring Notifications for Managed Objects That Reside in the Solstice EM MIS

8.4.1 Comments

8.4.2 Format of a CREATE Entry

8.4.3 Format of a DELETE Entry

8.4.4 Format of a SET Entry

8.4.5 Adding Event Types

8.5 Creating GDMO Documents for New Events

8.6 Logging New Event Types

8.7 Loading a New Event Type

8.7.1 Loading Data Definitions

A.  Database Schema

A.1 Database Schema Mapping

A.2 Database Tables

A.3 Database Schema Parser

B.  Management Information Tree (MIT)

B.1 Management Information Tree Objects

B.1.1 Object Descriptions

B.1.2 Adding a New Managed Object to the MDR

B.1.3 Compiling Definitions for the MDR

B.2 Compilers

B.2.1 The ASN.1 Compiler

B.2.1.1 Compiling ASN.1 Documents

B.2.2 The GDMO Compiler

B.2.2.1 GDMO Updates

B.2.2.2 GDMO Compiler Input

B.2.2.3 Managing Related GDMO Documents

B.2.2.4 GDMO Compiler Output

B.3 Command Line Syntax for em_gdmo

B.3.1 Parse-only Operation

B.3.2 Parse-and-Compile Operation

B.4 The Concise MIB Compiler

B.4.1 Names of Input and Output Files

B.4.2 Command Line Syntax for em_cmib2gdmo

B.4.3 Diagnostics

B.5 The Schema Compiler

B.5.1 Command Line Syntax for em_snm2gdmo

B.6 Invoking the Compilers

B.6.1 To Invoke the ANS.1 Compiler

B.6.2 To Invoke the em_compose_oc Command

B.6.3 The em_cmib2gdmo Command

B.6.4 The em_gdmo Command

B.6.5 The em_load_name_bindings Command

B.6.6 The em_snm2gdmo Command

B.6.7 The em_topo_args Command