1.5 This Manual
The System Event Analyzer User Guide describes the features of SEA and explains how to use the application:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Explains the basics behind running SEA, including permissions, processes, and log files, as well as pointers to additional details
Chapter 3
Describes how to interact with the WEBES Director and the DESTA CLI command
Chapter 4
Describes how to interact with the WCCProxy and the WCCPROXY CLI command
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Describes the translation of system events and the analysis of error logs
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Appendix A
Appendix B
Contains information about optimizing the performance of SEA
Appendix C
Details how to configure and use your browser with the web interface
Appendix D
Appendix E
Explains the CLI old common syntax, DECevent UNIX syntax, and DECevent VMS syntax
1.5.1 Intended Audience
The System Event Analyzer User Guide is intended for system managers and service personnel who run the SEA software to analyze and diagnose events occurring on the products shown in the Supported Products list.
1.5.2 Document Conventions
This manual uses the following conventions:
1.5.3 Nomenclature
There are certain terms that are applied somewhat interchangeably throughout WEBES, so you need to become aware of some subtle differences in meaning.
- Hardware configuration refers to the field replaceable units (FRUs) or hardware components currently installed in a system.
- System configuration refers to the current software settings of the SEA system and each of the services it contains. Most of the settings can be changed using the SEA interfaces.
- The system includes an error or event log file containing binary events written by the system event logger, such as /var/adm/binary.errlog, written by the binlogd daemon on Tru64 UNIX and translated and analyzed by SEA.
- The tool itself has a log file containing errors or information written by a SEA or WEBES process, such as /usr/opt/hp/svctools/specific/webes/logs/desta_dir.log on Tru64 UNIX. See Section 2.5.
- WEBES can be installed and run on certain operating systems, and is often said to "support" the operating systems even when SEA may not analyze events on those operating systems. See Section 1.4.
- For informational and troubleshooting purposes, the release notes may specify the exact platforms used for WEBES testing. In spite of that, you always can install and run SEA on supported hardware and operating systems even when a particular one was not formally included in the test environment.
- There is a defined list of supported products that SEA can analyze, regardless of where SEA may be installed. See Section 1.3.