3.5.2 Verifying that a large number of events are consolidated
After you have specified the repeated event conditions, verify that the repeated events were consolidated as you intended. The following describes how to execute the verification command.
Prerequisites
OS user mapping must be configured according to the procedure in 2.2.1 Using the user mapping feature to map a JP1 user account to an OS user account.
Procedure
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In the Event Console window, click the Execute Command button. The Execute Command window appears.
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Set the items in the Execute Command window as described below, and then click the Execute button.
Item
Setting
Command type
Select Command of managed host.
Event information to inherit
Clear the Inherit event information check box.
Target host
Enter the following:
hostA
Command
Enter the following:
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In Windows:
"Base-path\bin\jevsend" -i 123 -e SEVERITY=Warning -m A memory shortage occurred on host B
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In Linux:
/opt/jp1base/bin/jevsend -i 123 -e SEVERITY=Warning -m A memory shortage occurred on host B
An event with severity level Warning, event ID 123, and the message A memory shortage occurred on host B is issued on host A.
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Execute the command above two or three times to repeatedly issue the event with severity level Warning, event ID 123, and the message A memory shortage occurred on host B on host A.
Make sure that steps 2 and 3 terminate within the time specified for End monitoring period, for which the default value is 300 seconds.
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In the event list in the Event Console window, verify that the events issued in steps 2 and 3 were consolidated into one event.
The number of consolidated events is indicated in the Summary Status column in the event list. An icon indicating that repeated events are consolidated is displayed in the Type column.
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Select and then right-click an event that is being consolidated. In the pop-up menu that appears, select Display Related Event List to open the Related Events (Summary) window.
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In this window, verify that the list under Related Events only shows the events that were issued on host A with severity level Warning, event ID 123, and the message A memory shortage occurred on host B.
Related topics
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2.1 Overview of the Event Console window in the manual GUI Reference
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2.38 Execute Command window in the manual GUI Reference