Guide for Setting Up the Availability
                      Manager to Forward Events to OpenView

              This guide contains the following sections:

          Section 1 - Overview and Steps for Installation and Setup
          Section 2 - Availability Manager OpenView Template
                      Installation Instructions

              Section 2 contains two sets of instructions, for a
              Management Server that runs on either a UNIX or a Windows
              system.

        1 Overview and Steps for Installation and Setup

              This section of the guide covers the steps necessary
              to configure both the Availability Manager and OpenView
              Operations (OVO) Server so that Availability Manager events
              are forwarded to an OVO Server.

              The Availability Manager Data Analyzer signals events based
              on data that it collects from OpenVMS systems. If you want,
              you can configure these events so that the Availability
              Manager forwards the event to an OVO Server for further
              processing. In this case, the Data Analyzer uses the
              OpenView Management Agent to forward the events to the
              OVO Server.

              The Availability Manager acts as a proxy server for the OVO
              Server. As such, the Availability Manager signals events
              for nodes that do not necessarily have OVO Management
              Agents installed. Because the Availability Manager acts
              as a proxy server, the events that are signaled for these
              nodes appear in the message browser on the OVO Server
              under the name of the node that is running the Availability
              Manager. The event data contains the name of the node where
              the event condition occurs and is displayed in the Node
              field in the message browser display.

              The basic steps for installation and setup are as follows:

              1. Install and configure the Availability Manager Data
                 Collector on the OpenVMS systems that are to be
                 monitored. See the HP Availability Manager Installation
                 Instructions for instructions on how to do this.

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              2. On the OpenVMS or Windows system where the Availability
                 Manager Data Analyzer is to be run:

                 a. Install and configure the OVO Management Agents to
                    forward events to the OpenView Server.

                 b. Install the Availability Manager Data Analyzer. See
                    the HP Availability Manager Installation Instructions
                    for instructions on how to do this.

              3. Install the Availability Manager OVO template/policy
                 on the OVO Server. Depending on the kind of system the
                 OpenView Server is installed on, Section 2.1 or 2.2
                 explain how to do this.

              4. Deploy (in other words, install and update) the
                 template/policy to the Management Agents on the node
                 where the Availability Manager Data Analyzer is to be
                 run.

              5. Run the Availability Manager Data Analyzer, and
                 configure it to forward selected events to OpenView.
                 Section 7.7 of the Availability Manager User's Guide
                 explains how to do this.

              After you perform these steps, the Availability Manager
              is ready to forward events to OpenView. If there are
              problems forwarding events to the Management Agents, the
              Availability Manager posts an OVOERR event along with
              the Availability Manager or OVO Management Agent error
              condition.

        2 Availability Manager OpenView Template Installation
          Instructions

              Sections 2.1 and 2.2 contain instructions for updating
              the Management Server. The steps to perform these updates
              differ depending on whether your Management Server runs on
              a UNIX or a Windows system:

                 Section 2.1 contains instructions for a UNIX system.
                 Section 2.2 contains instructions for a Windows system.



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        2.1 Updating a UNIX Management Server (OVOU)

              Follow the steps in this section if you plan to view
              your OpenVMS Availability Manager messages from a UNIX
              Management Server.

              To distribute the updates on a UNIX Management Server,
              follow these steps:

              1. Log on to your OVOU server.

              2. Copy the OVOU_vmsam.TAR file to the UNIX Management
                 Server into a temporary directory such as /tmp.

              3. To make the required updates to the Management Server,
                 perform the following lettered steps:

                ________________________ Note ________________________

                Perform the lettered steps in the following section
                ONLY ONCE, even if you later add nodes or perform
                other update tasks.

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                 a. To distribute the files on the Management Server, set
                    the directory to the root directory, and untar the
                    file using the following commands:

                        # cd /
                        # tar -xvf <your-temp-directory>OVOU_vmsam.TAR

                 b. Upload the templates so that you can distribute them
                    later to the agent nodes:

                        # opccfgupld -add VMSAMpkg

        2.2 Updating a Windows Management Server (OVOW)

              Perform the following numbered steps if you plan to manage
              your OpenVMS system from a Windows Management Server.

                ________________________ Note ________________________

                Perform the installation on the "C:" drive of the
                Windows Management Server.

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              1. Extract the OVOW_vmsam.ZIP files into the HP OpenView
                 folder:

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                       C:\Program files\HP OpenView

                 During the extraction process, do not create subfolders;
                 the extraction into the HP OpenView folder places the
                 files in the correct subfolders.

              2. Go to the \HP OpenView\install\OpenVMS folder. Run the
                 Upload_AM_Policy batch file to load the OpenView AM
                 policies on the OVOW console.

                 Load the following Policy on the OVOW console:

                 \Policy management\Policy groups\OpenVMS_policies\AvailMan

                 At this point, you have installed the policies for the
                 OpenVMS Availability Manager.

                 Finally, follow this post-installation step:

              3. Go to the \Policy management\Policy groups\OpenVMS_
                 policies directory, and select the AvailMan template.

                 Then drag and drop the file into \Nodes\your-managed-
                 node-name.

                 This last action associates the policy with the node.

              Conclusion

              By completing the steps in either Section 2.1 or 2.2, you
              have made the OpenView Management Server aware of the
              Availability Manager. The Availability Manager can now
              forward Availability Manager events to the OpenView Server.












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