
Alarm Viewer
# P0602566 Ver: 2.7 Page 251
Source of Alarm Information
The Alarm Viewer receives alarm text messages from alarm daemons (alarmd) that
execute on nodes to which the Viewer is currently connected. Alarm daemons are
node-specific. A single alarm daemon collects alarm information for all alarms
generated on a node.
This information is then written to component-specific default alarm log files for the
components that reside on the node. For additional information about alarm log files,
see Default Alarm Log Files on page 251.
Alarm definitions are stored in the alarm database, which is node-specific and should
contain alarms for all components configured for the node. Each node’s alarm
database resides in the following locations.
Solaris: $MPSHOME/common/etc
Windows 2000:%MPSHOME%\common\etc
Live alarms display as they are received from alarm daemons (alarmd). Logged
alarms display from the file in which they have been recorded.
The Alarm Viewer can display Live Alarms and the default Alarm Log Files. While
live alarms display as they are received, you must select alarm log files for viewing
before you can view them.
Use the View menu button to select the type of alarm log files to view. When logged
alarms display, the log file path name is identified with the title of the Alarm Log File
Viewer window.
Live Alarms
Alarm text messages display as live alarms in the Alarm Viewer window, as they are
received from the node-specific alarm daemons (alarmd) executing on the nodes to
which the Viewer is connected.
Alarm Viewer can apply with an alarm filter so, only the live alarms that pass the filter
will show in Alarm Viewer.
The information that is recorded in alarm log files is subject to the live alarm filtering
properties that were in use during logging. You can view these files in the Alarm Log
File Viewer window.
For additional information, see View Live Alarms on page 255.
Default Alarm Log Files
A component-specific default alarm log file is automatically created by each
component as part of the initial boot-up process. This file contains a continuous record
of all alarms, for that component, that were collected by the node’s alarm daemon
(alarmd).
Alarms on a node log by alarmd, based on the severities of these alarms. There are
three categories of alarm severities: info, warning, and alarm. Component-
specific default alarm log files are named in the following format:
Syntax:
info.<component_type>.<component_number>.log
Komentarze do niniejszej Instrukcji