Sun Enterprise Symon 2.0 User's Guide
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Sun Enterprise SyMON™ 2.0 User’s Guide Sun Microsystems, Inc. 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto, CA 94303-4900 USA 650 960-1300 Fax 650 969-9131 Part No. 805-5375-10 December 1998, Revision A Send comments about this document to: [email protected] Copyright 1998 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 901 San Antonio Road • Palo Alto, CA 94303 USA. All rights reserved. This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors, if any. Third-party software, including font technology, is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers, including Halcyon Inc. and Raima Corporation. Parts of the product may be derived from Berkeley BSD systems, licensed from the University of California. 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Sun détient une licence non exclusive de Xerox sur l’interface d’utilisation graphique Xerox, cette licence couvrant également les licenciés de Sun qui mettent en place l’interface d’utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et qui en outre se conforment aux licences écrites de Sun. CETTE PUBLICATION EST FOURNIE "EN L’ETAT" ET AUCUNE GARANTIE, EXPRESSE OU IMPLICITE, N’EST ACCORDEE, Y COMPRIS DES GARANTIES CONCERNANT LA VALEUR MARCHANDE, L’APTITUDE DE LA PUBLICATION A REPONDRE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE, OU LE FAIT QU’ELLE NE SOIT PAS CONTREFAISANTE DE PRODUIT DE TIERS. CE DENI DE GARANTIE NE S’APPLIQUERAIT PAS, DANS LA MESURE OU IL SERAIT TENU JURIDIQUEMENT NUL ET NON AVENU. Contents Preface xxix 1. Introduction 1 SyMON Overview 1 SyMON Architecture 2 SyMON Console Layer 3 SyMON Server Layer 3 SyMON Agent Layer 5 SyMON Server Context 5 SyMON Concepts 6 Domains 6 Modules 7 Alarms and Rules 8 SyMON Monitoring Features 9 Autonomous Agents 10 Main Console Window 10 Hierarchy and Topology Views 10 Process Viewer 10 Log Viewer 11 Contents iii Physical View 11 Logical View 11 Graph 11 Security 11 Getting Started With the SyMON Software 12 2. Installing the SyMON 2.0 Software 13 System Requirements 13 SyMON Agent Supported Systems 14 Supported Operating Environments 15 SyMON Compatibility 15 Installation Packages 16 Pre-Install Information 17 SNMP Subagents 18 SyMON Add-on Components 18 Installing SyMON 2.0 Software 19 ▼ To Install the SyMON Packages From the CD 21 ▼ To Install the SyMON Packages From the Web 22 ▼ To Set Up SyMON Components 23 SyMON Directories 24 SyMON Licensing 24 Starting the SyMON Software 25 ▼ To Start the SyMON Software 26 Exiting and Stopping the SyMON Software 29 ▼ To Exit the SyMON Console 30 ▼ To Stop the SyMON Server and SyMON Agents 31 Uninstalling the SyMON Software 31 ▼ To Remove SyMON 2.0 Software 31 iv Sun Enterprise SyMON 2.0 User’s Guide • December 1998 3. Using Domains 33 Starting SyMON 35 ▼ To Set a Home Domain 36 Creating Domains 38 ▼ To Select Domain Manager 38 ▼ To Create Domains 40 Populating Domains 40 Managing Domains 41 Selecting Domains 41 ▼ To Select a Domain 41 Deleting Domains 42 ▼ To Delete a Domain 42 Monitoring Remote Domains 44 ▼ To Set a Remote Domain 45 Attribute Editor for a Domain 46 ▼ To Set Security for a Domain 47 4. Objects 49 Creating Groups 50 ▼ To Create a Group 50 Creating a Node 53 ▼ To Create a Node 54 Creating a Monitored Module Object 59 ▼ To Create a Module Object 59 Creating Segments 62 ▼ To Create a Segment 62 Connecting Objects 64 ▼ To Connect Objects 64 Contents v Copying Objects 65 ▼ To Copy an Object 65 ▼ To Copy a Group of Objects 66 Modifying Objects 67 ▼ To Modify an Object 67 Cutting and Pasting Objects 70 ▼ To Cut and Paste Objects 70 Deleting Objects 72 ▼ To Delete Objects 72 5. Discovery Manager 75 Starting the Discovery Requests Window 76 ▼ To Start the Discovery Requests Window 76 Initiating a Discovery Request 79 ▼ To Initiate a Discovery Request 79 Customizing Your Discovery Request 82 ▼ To Customize a Discovery Request 84 Modifying a Discovery Request 89 ▼ To Modify a Discovery Request 89 Starting, Stopping, or Deleting a Discovery Request 90 ▼ To Start, Stop, or Delete a Discovery Request 90 6. SyMON Main Console Window 91 Main Console Window 91 Domain View 92 Hierarchy View 94 ▼ To Obtain Specific Information About the Hierarchy View 95 ▼ To Obtain General Information About the Hierarchy View 96 vi Sun Enterprise SyMON 2.0 User’s Guide • December 1998 Topology View 96 Tool Tip Balloon 97 ▼ To See a Tool Tip Balloon 97 Pop-up Menu 97 ▼ To Access a Pop-Up Menu 98 Menu Bar 98 ▼ To Use the SyMON Main Console Window Menu Bar 99 File Menu Options 100 Edit Menu Options 100 View Menu Options 101 Go Menu Options 102 Tools Menu Options 102 Navigation Buttons 103 SyMON Administrative Domains Pull-Down Menu 104 ▼ To View the Current List of Domains 105 Help Button 105 Domain Status Summary 105 7. Browser 107 Details View 108 Using the Details Window 110 ▼ To Start the Details Window 111 ▼ To Exit the Details Window 113 Browser Tab 114 Hardware 116 Operating System 116 Local Applications 116 Remote Systems 117 Contents vii Browser Buttons 117 Host Security 119 ▼ To Set Security for a Host or Module 121 Monitoring Data Properties 122 ▼ To Display a Data Property 122 Working with Rows 125 ▼ To Add a Row 125 ▼ To Refresh Displayed Data 128 Probing Properties 129 ▼ To Probe a Property 129 Graphing Properties 131 ▼ To Graph A Monitored Data Property 131 ▼ To Graph Two Data Properties 132 ▼ To Save Graphing Parameters 135 ▼ To Open a Graph 136 ▼ To Apply a Graph Template 137 Graphing Menus 138 Graph Menu Items 138 Edit Menu Items 140 View Menu Items 143 Tools Menu Items 144 Attribute Editor for a Data Property 145 ▼ To Open the Attribute Editor 146 Information Tab in the Attribute Editor 147 Alarms Tab in the Attribute Editor 148 ▼ To Create an Alarm 150 Actions Tab in the Attribute Editor 151 viii Sun Enterprise SyMON 2.0 User’s Guide • December 1998 ▼ To Send an Email 153 Refresh Tab in the Attribute Editor 154 ▼ To Set a Refresh Interval 155 History Tab in the Attribute Editor 156 ▼ To Set a History Interval 158 Timex Editor 159 Combining Timex Expressions 160 ▼ To Create a Timex Expression Using the Cyclic and Comparison Tabs 160 ▼ To Create a Timex Expression Using the Absolute and Cron Tabs 168 ▼ To Create an Alarm Schedule Using the Comparison Tab 175 8.