2.6.4 Collecting and distributing definitions for the event service by using commands
This section describes how to collect and distribute event service definitions by using commands. To monitor the system using JP1/IM, you must decide and define what sorts of JP1/Base events occurring on the hosts are to be managed as JP1 events, and which JP1 events are to be forwarded to a higher-level host. One way of doing this is to check and change the individual JP1/Base definitions entered on each host. But this is an inefficient method which is prone to error.
Using the JP1/Base functionality for collecting and distributing definitions on the manager host, you can check all the JP1/Base information defined on every host in a single operation. You can also update JP1/Base definitions on each host by editing the definitions on the manager host, and then distributing them to all the hosts. This allows definitions relating to the event service to be managed in an efficient manner.
The following figure shows the processing flow when collecting and distributing definitions for the event service.
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- Organization of this subsection
(1) Requirements for collecting and distributing event service definitions
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Install JP1/Base and JP1/IM - Manager.
The following table lists the products you must install on each host in the system as well as their versions.
Host
Required products
Host that collects and distributes definitions
JP1/Base (Version 7 or later)
JP1/IM - Central Console (Version 7) or JP1/IM - Manager (Version 8 or later)
Host from which definitions are collected from or distributed to
JP1/Base (Version 7 or later)
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Define a system configuration in JP1/IM - Manager on the host that will collect and distribute the definitions.
When JP1/Base collects or distributes definitions, it uses the configuration definition information in JP1/IM - Manager. JP1/Base collects definitions from or distributes definitions to the managed hosts defined in the system configuration. For details on how to define the system configuration, see the manual JP1/Integrated Management 2 - Manager Configuration Guide.
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When the manager host collects definitions from or distributes definitions to managed hosts, it communicates with the managed hosts directly, without using a submanager host. If a firewall exists between the manager host and submanager host, reconfigure the firewall so that port 20306 can pass data from the manager host to all managed hosts. Also ensure that names can be resolved between the manager host and managed hosts.
(2) Collectable and Distributable definitions
You can collect and distribute the following definitions:
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Definition files |
File names |
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Forwarding settings file |
installation-folder\conf\event\servers\default\forward |
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shared-folder\jp1base\event\forward |
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Action definition file for log file trapping |
installation-folder\conf\any-file |
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Action definition file for event log trapping |
installation-folder\conf\event\ntevent.conf |
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Log-file trap startup definition file# |
installation-folder\conf\event\jevlog_start.conf |
#: To distribute and collect log-file trap startup definition files, JP1/Base version 10-00 or later must be installed on the source and destination hosts.
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Definition files |
File names |
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Forwarding settings file |
/etc/opt/jp1base/conf/event/servers/default/forward |
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shared-directory/event/forward |
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Action definition file for log file trapping |
/etc/opt/jp1base/conf/any-file |
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Log-file trap startup definition file# |
/etc/opt/jp1base/conf/event/jevlog_start.conf |
#: To distribute and collect log-file trap startup definition files, JP1/Base version 10-00 or later must be installed on the source and destination hosts.