Managing Events

The event management area, at the bottom of the LibMON Home Page, lists the events that have been logged at the server for the monitored libraries and system events. The events are displayed in a table format.



To Select an Event

Before you can configure the display attributes of an event or access detailed event information, you select it.



To Set the Event Display Attributes

  1. On the LibMON Home Page, select an event.

  2. On the View menu, click Display.

    LibMON displays the Event Display Attributes dialog box.

  3. Select an attribute in the list, and then click the Add or Remove buttons to move it to or from the Show Attributes box.


Note - The Show Attributes box must contain at least one attribute.
    The attributes you select appear in the event management area. TABLE 9 describes the event display attributes that are available.

TABLE 9 Event Display Attributes
Attribute
Description
Originator1
When the event type is Device, the Originator field displays the library name, if one is defined. If a library name has not been defined, the Originator field displays the device name of the medium changer for the tape library.
When the event type is Operation, the Originator field displays the user name of the LibMON user who performed the operation.
Event Type1
LibMON generates two types of events: Device and Operation.
  • Device events are generated when an exceptional condition has been detected as a result of running the SCSI commands for the tape library.
  • Operation events are generated when a LibMON contact or library is created, updated, or deleted.
Timestamp1
The time the event was generated.
Title1
A summary of the event.
Severity
LibMON uses three severity levels:
  • Information events are indicated by a green event icon. They indicate a condition that will not make the library unavailable. All Operation events are information events.
  • Warning events are indicated by a yellow icon. They indicate a condition (other than a hardware failure) that will probably make the library unavailable.
  • Failure events are indicated by a red icon. They indicate a hardware failure condition.
1 These attributes are displayed by default.


  1. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Event Display Attributes dialog box.

    To restore the previously saved settings, click Reset. To exit the Event Display Attributes dialog box without saving any changes, click Cancel.


Note - LibMON saves these settings as user preferences. Each time you log in to LibMON, it uses these settings.

To Set the Event Sort Order

  1. On the LibMON Home Page, select an event.

  2. On the View menu, click Sort.

    LibMON displays the Event Sort Order dialog box.

  3. Select an attribute in the list, and then click the Add or Remove buttons to move it to or from the Sort Order box.

    The attributes in the Sort Order box are the sorting keys for the event management area.


Note - The Sort Order box must contain at least one attribute.
    The following table describes the event sort order attributes that are available.

TABLE 10 Event Sort Order Attributes
Attribute
Description
Originator
When the event type is Device, the Originator field displays the library name, if one is defined. If a library name has not been defined, the Originator field displays the device name of the medium changer for the tape library.
When the event type is Operation, the Originator field displays the user name of the LibMON user who performed the operation.
Event Type
LibMON generates two types of events: Device and Operation.
  • Device events are generated when an exceptional condition has been detected as a result of running the SCSI commands for the tape library.
  • Operation events are generated when a LibMON contact or library is created, updated, or deleted.
Timestamp1
The time the event was generated.
1 This attribute is the default primary key used for sorting.


  1. To move an attribute up or down in the Sort Order box, click the up or down arrow buttons.

    The placement of an attribute in the Sort Order box determines whether it is a primary, secondary, or tertiary sorting key.

  2. Select Ascending or Descending:



  3. Click OK to save your changes and exit the Event Sort Order dialog box.

    To restore the previously saved settings, click Reset. To exit the Event Sort Order dialog box without saving any changes, click Cancel.


Note - LibMON saves these settings as user preferences. Each time you log in to LibMON, it uses these settings.

To View Detailed Event Information

LibMON maintains an Event Property Book Page for each event. To open the Event Property Book Page for an event:

  1. On the LibMON Home Page, select the event.


Note - Select only one event. If multiple events are selected, the Properties option in the Selected menu is not available.
  1. On the Selected menu, click Properties.

    LibMON opens the Event Property Book Page for the selected event.

    The left side of the page, labeled Sections, provides hypertext links to the sections of the page.

  2. To navigate to a section, click its link:



    The following table provides a detailed description of each field on the Event Property Book Page.

TABLE 11 Event Property Book Page Field Descriptions
Field/Option
Description
Originator
This field displays the originator of the event:
  • When the event type is Device, this field displays the library name where the event occurred. If no library name is defined, this field displays the device name of the medium changer for the tape library.
  • When the event type is Operation, this field displays the name of the LibMON user who performed the operation.
Timestamp
This field displays the time the event was generated.
Title
This field displays the title of the event.
Severity
This field displays the severity of the event: Information, Warning, and Failure.
Type
This field displays the event type: Device or Operation.
Type Specific Data
This field displays data specific to the event type.
Description
This field provides a more detailed description of the event.
Recovery Message
This field provides the recommended steps to correct the error condition. If the event is not an error condition, this field is blank.


To Delete an Event

  1. Select the event or events you wish to delete.

  2. On the Selected menu, click Delete.

    LibMON displays a dialog box, prompting you to confirm the deletion.

  3. To delete the Event, click Yes.

    LibMON removes the event or events from the event management area.