4.1 Centralized monitoring using JP1 events

The JP1/IM Central Console centrally monitors major events occurring in the system, such as network problems and server failures, based on JP1 events.

This section describes the following functions used to perform centralized monitoring:

Monitoring from the Central Console
Filtering of JP1 events
Issue of correlation events
Monitoring repeated events
Searching for events
Event guide function
Setting memo entries
Display of user-defined event attributes
CSV output of information displayed in JP1/IM - View
System operations from JP1/IM

When you use the integrated monitoring database, expanded functionality is available for centralized monitoring, as described in the following table.

Table 4‒1: Expanded functionality when using the integrated monitoring database
Item	Expanded functionality
Specifying the event display start-time	You can specify the event display start-time for the JP1 events to be displayed in the event list.
Changing the severity of a JP1 event	You can set a severity changing definition to change the severity of the JP1 event that meets the condition specified by the definition.
Changing the message displayed for a JP1 event	You can set a display message change definition to change the message displayed for a JP1 event that satisfies specified conditions.
Searching for events in the integrated monitoring database	You can specify the event database or integrated monitoring database as the database in which to search for events.
Adding filtering conditions for JP1 event filtering	More filtering conditions can be used for the view filter and the event receiver filter.
Adding memo entries	When the memo entry setting function is enabled, you can add memo entries for the JP1 events registered in the integrated monitoring database.
Outputting event reports about the events in the integrated monitoring database	You can output the information about JP1 events stored in the integrated monitoring database in CSV format.
Suppressing monitoring of repeated events	You can set repeated event conditions to suppress the display of JP1 events (that meet set conditions) in the event list and execute corresponding automated actions.
Specifying the range of events to be collected at login	You can specify the period of occurrence for the events that JP1/IM - View acquires from the integrated monitoring database of JP1/IM - Manager when you log in to JP1/IM - Manager.

The following figure shows the window for monitoring JP1 events.

Figure 4‒1: JP1 event monitoring in the Event Console window

The Event Console window shows a list of JP1 events. JP1 events are managed by JP1/Base, and can be optimally viewed using the various functions provided by JP1/IM.

In the above Event Console window, the area for event display start-time specification is displayed. This area appears only when you use the integrated monitoring database.

Display in the Event Console window

JP1/IM attaches an icon to each event to indicate its level of severity (one of the attributes of JP1 events). This enables visual identification when the user views an event listing.

The event levels of JP1 events are [Figure] Emergency, Alert, Critical, Error, Warning, Notice, Information, and Debug.

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