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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Navigating the Event Table View Page

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Navigating the Systems and Events Panel
»Viewing the System Overview Page
»Saving Collections
»Customizing System or Cluster Collections
»Customizing Event Collections
»System Table View Page
»Cluster Table View Page
»Event Table View Page
Navigating the Event Table View Page
»Customizing the Event Table View Page
»Clearing Events from the Collection
»Deleting Events from the Database
»Assigning Events to Users
»Entering Comments on Events
»Printing an Event Collection Report
»Event Severity Types
»Event Details Section
»Searching for Systems and Events
»Reference
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Event Status Legend
» Event Details
» Event Collection Columns
» Event Management Buttons
» Customizing the View
» Related Procedures
» Related Topics

The event table view page is a list of events that meet common criteria. For example, if you open an event collection from the events table view page by Event Type, you can view systems that have generated the same events.

The event table view page is divided into the following sections:

Event view

From this page, you can clear, delete, and assign events, enter comments on the event, and view printable reports.

Event Status Legend

The legend shows how many events in the view are Critical, Major, Minor, Normal, and Informational. Refer to Event Table View Page - Event Severity Types for more information on event status types.

Event Details

The event collection can be displayed by clicking:

  • An event collection from the Systems and Events panel

  • An event status icon in the System Status panel

  • The All Events Associated with this System link from the System Page

  • A private event collection

  • A hyperlink in the Uncleared Events section on the System Overview page

Event collections are filtered based on authorizations. Users can only view events on systems for which they have the appropriate authorization. Refer to HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Users and Authorizations for more information.

When HP Storage Essentials is installed, a link in this section allows you to view the corresponding event details in HP Storage Essentials.

Event Collection Columns

Sort collection results by a particular column, click the column header for ascending or descending order. Place your cursor over a column name for a brief description of the column. Refer to:

Selection

Select the checkbox in this column to select an event. You can select more than one event. Select the checkbox in the column heading to select or deselect all displayed events.

State

This column displays whether the event is in the Cleared or Not Cleared state. Events start in the Not Cleared state. A Cleared state means the user is no longer interested in this event. Event states also include In Progress, indicating not all the data for the event has been logged. Events in an In Progress state cannot be removed or cleared. A restart of the CMS moves any pending state events to Not Cleared.

Severity

This column displays the event status icon to indicate the severity of a problem represented by the event. Refer to Event Table View Page - Event Severity Types for more information.

Event Type

This column displays the type of an event. Some examples are SNMP traps, login failures, or the replicate agent settings tool event type. Select an event type from the list to view the Event Details section. The information displayed varies depending on the event. If you cannot see the entire event type in the column, place your cursor over a this field, and a popup window is displayed that shows the entire event type. Refer to Event Table View Page - Event Details Section for more information on event details.

System Name

This column displays the system name on which the event occurred. Clicking a link in this column displays the System Page for the selected system.

When an event occurs that affects an entire rack or enclosure, it is possible for several systems in that rack or enclosure to generate a trap for that event. These container traps are filtered such that only one event is logged per rack or enclosure trap. Also, even though the source of the trap is a server blade or management processor, HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) sets the Event Source and Associated System for the logged event to the rack or enclosure, as appropriate. Refer to System Table View Page - About Racks and Enclosures for more information on racks and enclosures.

Event Time

This column displays the time stamp when the CMS received this event, which includes the date and time. If the client is in a different time zone than the event time (CMS time), the event time is converted to the client time zone.

Assigned To

To assign responsibility for an event to a user, select the event, and click [Assign to] at the bottom of the page. The Assign to section appears, which enables you to select to assign a new assignee or use an existing assignee. If you select to use an existing assignee, you can only select one user name from the list. This name does not have to be a user with privileges on the system or a name that can be used to log into the CMS. This field is free-form text. Refer to Event Table View Page - Assigning Events to Users for more information on assigning an event to a user.

Comments

This column displays the comments for this event or is blank if no comments have been entered. Comments are truncated in the column itself. Click the event type to view the entire comment if needed, or place your cursor over a comment field, causing a pop-up window that shows the entire comment to appear. Refer to Event Table View Page - Entering Comments on Events for adding comments.

Event Management Buttons

Five buttons at the bottom of the event table view page are available to users with full-configuration-rights only. These buttons might not appear depending on where you access this page from. For example, when creating a task and selecting targets, there are no buttons displayed, only the table or system names.

  • [Clear]. This button is used to clear one or more events from the database. Select the events to clear, and click [Clear]. Refer to Event Table View Page - Clearing Events from the Collection for more information.

  • [Delete]. This button is used to delete one or more events from the database. Select the events to be deleted, and then click [Delete]. A dialog box appears. Click [OK] to continue with the deletion, or click [Cancel] to cancel the deletion. Refer to Event Table View Page - Deleting Events from the Database for more information.

  • [Assign to]. This button is used to assign responsibility for events to a particular user. Refer to Event Table View Page - Assigning Events to Users for more information.

  • [Enter Comments]. Brings up a dialog box to enter comments for one or more events. Refer to Event Table View Page - Entering Comments on Events for more information.

  • [Print]. When the report is displayed, select FilePrint from the browser menu to print the report.

    Because the following print options are not supported in HP SIM, you cannot:

    • Change the Orientation to Landscape in the Print dialog box (refer to Printing Problems in Troubleshooting - Printing for a workaround to this issue)

    • Cancel printing after the print job has been executed, but you can access the operating systems print queue and cancel the print job

    • Print to a file

    • Print selected events, not entire list of events

    • Print the event table view page if you close the browser immediately after issuing a print request

Buttons are disabled if you do not have appropriate privileges. However, the print button is displayed for all users.

Customizing the View

The Customize link is in the upper right corner of the event table view page. Click this link to determine which columns are displayed and in what order. The Customize link is not shown on the following pages:

  • System Overview

  • Advanced Search

  • System Page under the Events tab

  • The Task page, when selecting targets

Refer to Event Table View Page - Customizing the Event Table View Page for more information.

Related Procedures

» Event Table View Page - Customizing the Event Table View Page
» Event Table View Page - Clearing Events from the Collection
» Event Table View Page - Deleting Events from the Database
» Event Table View Page - Assigning Events to Users
» Event Table View Page - Entering Comments on Events
» Event Table View Page - Printing an Event Collection Report

Related Topics

» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
» Event Table View Page - Event Severity Types