Installing the SFM Software
Configuring Indication Filters
Configuring Indication Filters
You must configure indication filters to view desired indications. The Filter Metadata Provider (FMD) helps configure indication filters that deliver important or desired indications, for example, indications with a certain severity. The provider also ensures that all the indications recommended by HP for system management are logged in the Event Archive, available at /var/opt/sfmdb/pgsql. Logging indications in the archive helps track all the events that are generated.
Filters are classified as follows:
•HP-Defined Filters
HP-Defined filters are defined by HP, and are present in the FMD repository at the time of installation. You can enable or disable HP-Defined filters. To enable HP-Defined filters, run fmdcontrol enable at the HP-UX prompt. To disable HP-Defined filters, run fmdcontrol disable at the HP-UX prompt. Indications fulfilling the conditions in the HP-Known HP-Defined filters are logged in the Event Archive. These subscriptions ensure that all the indications recommended by HP for system management are logged in the Event Archive.
•Admin-Defined Filters
You can create, delete, and modify Admin-Defined filters by using the fmdcontrol command. You can also enable or disable Admin-Defined filters. HP does not provide any Admin-Defined filter. You must create filters. By default, the FMD Provider does not log indications fulfilling the conditions in the Admin-Defined filters, in the Event Archive. You must modify the Admin-Defined filters to log indications in the Event Archive.
For more information about the fmdcontrol command and its options, run man fmdcontrol at the HP-UX prompt.