2.1 Overview of the Event Console window
When a user logs in to JP1/IM - Manager (Central Console), the Event Console window appears.
The Event Console window is used to monitor JP1 events and can be used to open windows for performing operations, such as executing a command, from the Event Console window. Note that some windows are not available in Web-based JP1/IM - View. This section also describes the functional differences between JP1/IM - View and Web-based JP1/IM - View windows.
The Event Console window has three pages: Monitor Events, Severe Events, and Search Events. The user displays a page by choosing the corresponding tab. For details about the Monitor Events page, see 2.2 Monitor Events page. For details about the Severe Events page, see 2.3 Severe Events page. For details about the Search Events page, see 2.4 Search Events page.
This section describes the items displayed in the Event Console window and the items that are common to all pages.
- Reference note
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Some of the items displayed in the Event Console window change if linkage with BJEX or JP1/AS is enabled. For information about the contents of the Event Console window when linkage with BJEX or JP1/AS is enabled, see 2.42.2 Event Console window.
The figure below shows an example of the Event Console window.
Note that some windows, buttons, and other items related to the Event Console window might not be enabled or displayed, depending on the version of JP1/IM - Manager (Central Console). For details, see H. Connectivity with Previous Versions in the Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager Overview and System Design Guide.
The following describes the items displayed in the Event Console window:
- Alarm indicator
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Indicates whether there are unprocessed severe events on the Severe Events page.
If the alarm indicator is red, unprocessed severe events exist. If the alarm indicator is blue, no unprocessed severe events exist.
When all severe events displayed on the Severe Events page have been processed or deleted, the color of the alarm indicator changes from red to blue.
- Toolbar
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Provides buttons for executing functions that are frequently used in the Event Console window.
- (Event Details button)
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Opens the Event Details window, which displays the detailed attribute information of a selected JP1 event.
- (Monitor button)
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Opens the window of the application from which the selected JP1 event was sent. This button cannot be used in Web-based JP1/IM - View.
- (Execute Command button)
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Opens the Execute Command window, from which the user can execute a command. This button cannot be used in Web-based JP1/IM - View.
- (Refresh button)
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Refreshes the information displayed in the event list.
- (Action Log button)
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Opens the Action Log window to display the execution results of an automated action, if one has been set, for the selected JP1 event.
- (Tool Launcher button)
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Opens the Tool Launcher window. This button cannot be used in Web-based JP1/IM - View.
- (Central Scope button)
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Opens the Monitoring Tree window. This button cannot be used in Web-based JP1/IM - View.
Note that this button is disabled if OFF is specified for the -s option of the jcoimdef command and, after starting JP1/IM - Manager, the user restarts the connected JP1/IM - View. For details about the jcoimdef command, see jcoimdef in 1. Commands in the manual Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager Command and Definition File Reference.
- (Help button)
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Displays the online manual.
With the initial JP1/IM - View settings after installation, this button does not work. Refer to the applicable manual for the procedure to enable this button. For Windows, see 1.21 Saving manuals to a computer in the Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager Configuration Guide. For UNIX, see 2.19 Saving manuals to a computer in the Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager Configuration Guide.
- Event list
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The event list indicates the status of an event (Processed, Unprocessed, Processing, or Held) with a status icon that corresponds to the event status. The following table lists the event statuses and the corresponding status icons.
Table 2‒1: Event statuses and corresponding icons Event status
Status icon
Processed
Processing
Held
Unprocessed
None (blank)
Mixed#
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The statuses that the user can set and how the settings are applied to other pages differ depending on the page. The following table describes the differences.
Table 2‒2: Differences in handling of event status settings among pages Page
Event statuses that can be set
Number of events whose status can be set at one time
How the settings are applied to other pages#1
Monitor Events
Processed, Processing, Held, and Unprocessed
Multiple
Automatically
Severe Events
Processed, Processing, Held, Unprocessed, and Delete#2
Multiple
Automatically
Search Events
Processed, Processing, Held, and Unprocessed
Multiple
After another search is performed
The Event level column in the event list shows the severity level (Emergency, Alert, Critical, Error, Warning, Notice, Information, or Debug) of each event with a character string indicating the event level and the corresponding icon.
You can also apply a text color and background color to events in the event lists on the Monitor Events and Search Events pages by selecting the Enable check box for the Coloring option in the Preferences window. To apply these colors to the Severe Events page, select the Include the Severe Events page radio button after selecting the Enable check box. You can change the text and background colors by editing the system color definition file (systemColor.conf). The table below lists the background colors applied by default when coloring is enabled.
For details on the system color definition file, see System color definition file (systemColor.conf) in 2. Definition Files in the manual Job Management Partner 1/Integrated Management - Manager Command and Definition File Reference.
Table 2‒3: Event levels and the corresponding icons and background colors Event level
Icon
Background color
Emergency
Red
Alert
Red
Critical
Red
Error
Orange
Warning
Yellow
Notice
None
Information
None
Debug
None
Note that in the Event Details window, the display item Source host is displayed as Event-issuing server.
In the event list, linefeed codes in event messages are ignored.
- When consolidated display of repeated events is enabled
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On the Monitor Events and Severe Events pages in the Event Console window, repeated events are consolidated as shown in the following figure.
Figure 2‒2: Example of consolidated display of repeated events The following items are displayed in a consolidated display of repeated events:
- Summary Status
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The number of event repetitions is displayed. Note that the displayed number includes one consolidation event. For non-consolidation events, this column is blank.
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When consolidation has been completed
The number of event repetitions is displayed. When suppression of monitoring of repeated events is enabled, the range of values that can be displayed is from 1 to 1,000,000.
When consolidated display of repeated events is enabled, the range of values that can be displayed is from 1 to 100.
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When consolidation is in progress
The number of event repetitions, followed by a plus sign (+) indicating that consolidation is in progress, is displayed.
When only a consolidation start event exists (there are no repeated events yet), 1+ is displayed. When a consolidation start event and one repeated event exist, 2+ is displayed. The range of displayed values in this case is from 1+ to 99+. Note, however, that on the Severe Events page, 0+ is displayed when the consolidation start event has been deleted and no repeated events exist.
If a consolidation start event is deleted on the Severe Events page of the Event Console window, the status of the consolidation start event changes to the deleted status, and Del is displayed to the right of the number of repetitions.
If severe events of the consolidation start event are released, the status of the severe events changes to the released status, and Released is displayed to the right of the number of repetitions.
Thereafter, when consolidation is completed and the event changes to a non-consolidated event in the deleted status or in the severe events released status, the event is no longer displayed on the Severe Events page of the Event Console window.
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- Display of the processing status of an event
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An icon indicating the processing status of a JP1 event is displayed in the leftmost column.
The status icons and their meanings are the same as those displayed on the Monitor Events and Severe Events pages in the Event Console window.
When the statuses of repeated events and a consolidation event are different, an exclamation mark (!) is displayed.
- Action
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When the function for suppressing automated actions is used, the suppression status is displayed with an icon in the Event Console window. The following table lists the status icons.
Table 2‒4: Action suppression status icons Icon
Description
Action that has not been suppressed
Action that has been suppressed
Action that has been partially suppressed
If many events occur when execution of automated actions is suppressed by a condition for suppressing monitoring of repeated events, the icon is displayed.
When the statuses of repeated events and a consolidation event are different, an exclamation mark (!) is also displayed in the Action column.
- Type
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The icon indicating a correlation event is displayed.
Table 2‒5: Type Type
Description
Indicates that the event is a correlation approval event.
Indicates that the event is a correlation failure event.
If many events occur when events are suppressed by suppression of monitoring of repeated events, the icon, which means that many events occurred, is displayed.
As the default setting, the Type column is not displayed. The user can display this column by changing the setting in the Preferences window.
- Action type
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The icon indicating an action type is displayed.
Table 2‒6: Action type Action type
Description
A command is executed.
A rule startup request is sent to JP1/IM - Rule Operation.
As the default setting, the Action type column is not displayed. The user can display this column by changing the setting in the Preferences window.
- Monitor Events tab
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Clicking the Monitor Events tab opens the Monitor Events page.
The Monitor Events page is the page displayed when the Event Console window is first opened. This page displays received JP1 events.
If many events occur when events are suppressed by suppression of monitoring of repeated events, the icon, which means that many events occurred, is displayed on the page.
- Severe Events tab
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Clicking the Severe Events tab opens the Severe Events page, which displays only severe events.
If many events occur when events are suppressed by suppression of monitoring of repeated events, the icon, which means that many events occurred, is displayed on the page.
- Search Events tab
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Clicking the Search Events tab opens the Search Events page, which displays JP1 event search results. The user can perform an event search by choosing Search Events from the View menu.
- When the integrated monitoring database is used
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When the user uses the integrated monitoring database to change the severity level or to specify memo entries, the following items are displayed:
- New Severity Level
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If the user selects New Severity Level as a display item in the Preferences window, the New Severity Level column is displayed as shown below. By default, this column is not displayed.
- Original Severity Level
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If the user selects Original Severity Level as a display item in the Preferences window, the Original Severity Level column is displayed as shown below. By default, this column is not displayed.
- Memo
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If the user selects Memo as a display item in the Preferences window, the Memo column is displayed. By default, this column is not displayed.
The following table describes the menu items of the Event Console window.