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Ito files on managed nodes – HP UX B6941-90001 User Manual

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Chapter 9

An Overview of ITO Processes

Understanding ITO Processes

and

opcmon(3)

API can be used (asynchronously) to

feed the monitor agent with the current threshold
values.

Note that

opcmona

does not immediately begin

monitoring when agents are started. Instead, it waits
one polling interval, and only then executes the
monitor script for the first time. Typically, polling
intervals are of the order of 30 seconds to 5 minutes.

opcmsga

The message agent receives messages from the
logfile encapsulator, the monitor agent, the
console interceptor, the event interceptor and the
message interceptor on the local system. The
messages are forwarded to the message receiver
running on the management server; if the connection
to the management server has been lost, the messages
are buffered locally. The message agent triggers local
automatic actions by forwarding the task to the action
agent
.

opcmsgi

The message interceptor receives and processes
incoming messages. The

opcmsg(1)

command and

opcmsg(3)

API can be used to forward messages into

ITO. Conditions can be set up to integrate or suppress
chosen message types.

opcconsi

The MPE/iX console message interceptor is the
message interface for feeding MPE/iX console messages
into ITO. Conditions can be set to integrate or suppress
chosen message types.

opcctla

The control agent starts and stops all ITO agents,
and performs ITO self-monitoring tasks. The control
agent
is informed of new configuration and
distribution requests by the request sender.

opctrapi

The event interceptor is the message interface for
feeding SNMP events into ITO. Conditions can be set
to integrate or suppress selected message types.

ITO Files on Managed Nodes

The location of the files that the various processes use on the managed
node depends on the agent platform as described in Table 9-2 on page
363.