Contents

• Notices

• Summary of amendments

• Preface

• 1. Installing and Setting Up JP1/IM

  • 1.1 Overview of a basic configuration system

  • 1.2 Preparation before installation

    • 1.2.1 Preparing the products to be installed

    • 1.2.2 Prerequisite OSs and OS environment configuration

    • 1.2.3 Required amounts of installation memory and disk space

    • 1.2.4 Language settings in prerequisite OSs

    • 1.2.5 Setting ports used by JP1/IM

    • 1.2.6 Setting name resolution

  • 1.3 General procedures for installing and setting up JP1/IM

  • 1.4 Installation and setup (for Windows)

    • 1.4.1 Installing the prerequisite product (for Windows)

    • 1.4.2 Setting up the prerequisite product (for Windows)

    • 1.4.3 Installing JP1/IM (for Windows)

    • 1.4.4 Setting up JP1/IM - Manager (for Windows)

    • 1.4.5 Setting up JP1/IM - View (Windows only)

    • 1.4.6 Starting JP1/IM - Manager (for Windows)

  • 1.5 Installation and setup (for Linux)

    • 1.5.1 Installing the prerequisite product (for Linux)

    • 1.5.2 Setting up the prerequisite product (for Linux)

    • 1.5.3 Installing JP1/IM (for Linux)

    • 1.5.4 Setting up JP1/IM - Manager (for Linux)

    • 1.5.5 Starting JP1/IM - Manager (for Linux)

  • 1.6 Logging in to JP1/IM - Manager from JP1/IM - View

• 2. Setting Up Monitoring Targets

  • 2.1 What is IM Configuration Management?

    • 2.1.1 Registering the hosts into IM Configuration Management

    • 2.1.2 Using IM Configuration Management to define the system hierarchy

    • 2.1.3 Verifying that the system has been correctly set up by IM Configuration Management

  • 2.2 Settings for executing commands on monitored hosts from JP1/IM - View

    • 2.2.1 Configuring user mapping

    • 2.2.2 Verifying that you can execute a command

  • 2.3 Customizing settings for forwarding events from an agent to the manager

    • 2.3.1 Using IM Configuration Management to set a forwarding filter

    • 2.3.2 Verifying that the forwarding filter has been correctly set

  • 2.4 Using event conversion to monitor log files

    • 2.4.1 What is log file trapping for JP1/Base?

    • 2.4.2 Verifying that records can be converted to events by the log file trap

• 3. Monitoring a System

  • 3.1 Monitoring only necessary events

    • 3.1.1 Using a view filter to filter events to be displayed

    • 3.1.2 Verifying that the events that match the view filter conditions are displayed

  • 3.2 Removing hosts undergoing maintenance from the items to be monitored

    • 3.2.1 Using common exclusion conditions in a filter to temporarily stop hosts from being monitored

    • 3.2.2 Verifying that events from unmonitored hosts are not displayed

• 4. Detecting and Investigating System Errors

  • 4.1 Automatically executing a command whenever a specific event is issued

    • 4.1.1 Using the automated action function to execute a command whenever an event is issued

    • 4.1.2 Verifying that a command specified as an automated action was executed

  • 4.2 Searching for events

    • 4.2.1 Using the search events function to search for events that match a specified condition

    • 4.2.2 Verifying that events were found

• Appendixes

  • A. Using the Email Notification Function to Send Emails (Windows Only)

    • A.1 Setting up the email notification function (Windows only)

    • A.2 Verifying that the email notification function has been set up correctly (Windows only)

    • A.3 Example definition for an automated action when using the email notification function (Windows only)

  • B. Using Visual Monitoring to Understand the Extent of the Impact of a System Error

    • B.1 Procedure for configuring visual monitoring

    • B.2 Verifying that you can monitor the extent of impact of events in map format and tree format

  • C. Port Numbers

    • C.1 JP1/IM port numbers

    • C.2 JP1/Base port numbers

    • C.3 Direction of communication through a firewall

  • D. List of Services (Windows only)

  • E. Advanced Use

  • F. Reference Material for this Manual

  • G. Glossary

• Index

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