Controlling Threshold Management at the Global Level

• turn on and off the display of notifications, which are messages that Threshold Manager sends to the system console

• display configuration information on screen as a list or graphically

• print a list of configuration information

• turn on and off monitoring of individual resources

• reset the configuration to the initial values

• change the time interval between Threshold Manager's operation cycles

• use Threshold Manager with OpenView System Manager

To control global notifications

You use two Threshold Manager commands, ENABLENOTIFY and DISABLENOTIFY, to control the display of global notifications on the system console. ENABLENOTIFY displays information and DISABLENOTIFY prevents the display of information about system resource usage.

You can enter either command at the Threshold Manager prompt or from a job. There are no parameters for the commands.

Using these commands does not affect the configuration of an individual resource. You must set notification to YES for a resource with the MODIFYTHRESHOLD command to see information about that resource. Or, to suppress information about some, but not all, resources, use the MODIFYTHRESHOLD command to disable notification for the individual resources that you want to ignore. (For more information, read “To Modify a Threshold” later in this chapter.)

To display the configuration

You can display information about the Threshold Manager configuration as a list or graphically.

	NOTE: You can only use the DISPLAY command interactively; you cannot issue the command from a job.

To print the configuration display

Instead of displaying the configuration on screen, you can print a list of configuration information. To do so, you redirect the output to a file and then print it by following these steps:

To enable monitoring of a resource

Use the ENABLERESOURCE command to turn on monitoring of a resource. Once you enable monitoring, Threshold Manager monitors the thresholds associated with the resource and, depending upon how it is configured, displays messages on the console and/or controls job and session logons.

You can issue the ENABLERESOURCE command at the Thmgr: prompt or from a job. The syntax of the command is:

The only parameter, ResourceName, must be any of the resources listed when you issue the SHOW command. For example, to enable monitoring of the resource Timers, at the Thmgr: prompt enter:

   Thmgr: ENABLERESOURCE Timers

To disable monitoring of a resource

Use the DISABLERESOURCE command to turn off monitoring of a resource. Once you disable monitoring, Threshold Manager no longer monitors the thresholds associated with the resource and does not display messages on the console or control job and session logons.

You can issue the DISABLERESOURCE command at the Threshold Manager prompt or from a job. The syntax of the command is:

The only parameter, ResourceName, must be any of the resources listed when you issue the SHOW command. For example, to disable monitoring of the IO_Requests resource, at the Thmgr: prompt enter:

   Thmgr: DISABLERESOURCE  IO_Requests

Once you have disabled monitoring of a resource, the global configuration display shows the resource name with a D (for disabled) in the left column; all other columns for that resource remain empty.

	NOTE: DISABLERESOURCE is one of three commands that you can use to disable monitoring with Threshold Manager. Each one works at a different level. You can disable Threshold Manager at the global level (DISABLEMANAGER), at the resource level (with this command, DISABLERESOURCE), and at the threshold level (DELETETHRESHOLD).

To reset the configuration

Use the RESET command to overwrite all changes to the configuration file and restore it to the preset factory values. This command lets you return to a known starting point when you need to create a customized configuration that best suits your site.

You can issue this command at the Threshold Manager prompt or from a job.

To reset the configuration, at the Thmgr: prompt, enter RESET or type RS.

To modify the time interval of the operation cycle

Use the MODIFYINTERVAL command to change the time interval between Threshold Manager's operation cycles.

The syntax for the MODIFYINTERVAL command is:

The interval is an integer representing the number of seconds between cycles. You can enter any value between 25 and 3600 seconds. If you modify the interval when the factory-provided (default) configuration is active, Threshold Manager does not save the value when you reboot.

For example, to change the time interval from 120 seconds to 60 seconds, at the Thmgr: prompt enter:

   Thmgr: MODIFYINTERVAL 60

To monitor Threshold Manager with OpenView System Manager

HP OpenView System Manager is an HP OpenView Windows application that provides a single integrated console to manage multiple HP 3000 computers in a network.

HP OpenView System Manager is shipped with a sample systems oriented map, configured for one system, which can be used as a starting point for customizing your systems oriented operation's environment. The task map contains an icon labelled MPE/iX. By default, you manage Threshold Manager through this icon.

We recommend that you create a customized icon for Threshold Manager. This will allow you to monitor Threshold Manager notifications without the clutter created by messages from other applications and peripherals monitored through the MPE/iX icon. To create a customized icon for Threshold Manager, please refer to HP OpenView System Manager Manager's Guide (36936-61002). In chapter 1, Introduction to HP OpenView System Manager, you will find a list of icons available for customization. Chapter 1 also contains information on customizing your OpenView environment. You will need the Threshold Manager identification number for HP OpenView System Manager, which is 216, to customize an icon.

	NOTE: For detailed information on how to use OpenView System Manager, please refer to HP OpenView System Manager Manager's Guide (36936-61002)