Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager Quick Reference

1.3.1 Using Central Console to centrally manage a system

To centrally monitor events issued in a system, you must set up event forwarding and some Central Console functions. You can reduce the process load on JP1/IM - Manager by setting up event forwarding such that events that do not need to be monitored are not forwarded. With the Central Console functions, you can monitor from a single location a wide variety of events that are issued during system operations.

To centrally monitor events:

Set up event forwarding.

Set up the Central Console functions.

The following subsections explain the procedure for each of these steps.

Organization of this subsection

(1) Setting up event forwarding

(2) Setting up the Central Console functions

(1) Setting up event forwarding

You set up event forwarding in the Display/Edit Profiles window of IM Configuration Management.

To display the window:

To display the Display/Edit Profiles window, in the IM Configuration Management window, choose Display, and then Display Profiles.

Prerequisite condition:

The IM Configuration Management database is configured.

Let's set up event forwarding so that events are forwarded to the management server.

Edit the forwarding settings file if you need to change a forwarding setting for a managed target.

References:

See 3.1.1 Monitoring from the Central Console in the Overview and System Design Guide.

Section on the forwarding settings file (forward) in the Job Management Partner 1/Base User's Guide.

(2) Setting up the Central Console functions

Explanations in this manual are based on the following Central Console functions. For details about where each function is explained, see the following table.

Table 1-1 Central Console functions in this manual

Central Console function Overview of Central Console function Reference

Event filtering To display events that are consistent with your monitoring objectives, you can set up event filtering.
Event filtering provides the following four types^# of filters.

Event acquisition filter:
Filter for selecting JP1 events acquired from JP1/Base

Event receiver filter:
Filter for selecting (limiting) events by which individual users can be monitored

Severe events filter:
Filter for selecting important JP1 events needed for management

View filter:
Filter for temporarily displaying only certain JP1 events

2.1, 2.3

Correlation event generation This function generates a new event when a correlated event is issued. 3.1

Automated action This function automatically executes a command when a specific problem occurs in the system. 3.2, 3.3

#: In addition, event filtering also includes a forwarding filter, which is used in JP1/Base to select events for forwarding to various agents.

Central Console function	Overview of Central Console function	Reference
Event filtering	To display events that are consistent with your monitoring objectives, you can set up event filtering. Event filtering provides the following four types^# of filters. Event acquisition filter: Filter for selecting JP1 events acquired from JP1/Base Event receiver filter: Filter for selecting (limiting) events by which individual users can be monitored Severe events filter: Filter for selecting important JP1 events needed for management View filter: Filter for temporarily displaying only certain JP1 events	2.1, 2.3
Correlation event generation	This function generates a new event when a correlated event is issued.	3.1
Automated action	This function automatically executes a command when a specific problem occurs in the system.	3.2, 3.3

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