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    							DEFINITY Performance Management User Guide, Release 2.0, 585-229-808
    2NMS Submap AdministrationModify NMS Submaps
    Issue 1
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    Modify NMS Submaps
    If you wish to modify location or connection information for a submap, you can edit 
    the 
    Location Override
     file from a text editor or can modifying the 
    Default Location
     
    screen on the Proxy Agent. 
    Modify the 
    Location 
    Override File
    In the
     Location Override
     file, you can change location information for managed 
    nodes or hide managed nodes. The changes you administer in the 
    Location 
    Override 
    file do 
    not
     change the information contained in the Proxy Agent. This 
    functionality allows multiple NMS users to view the same information in different 
    formats.
    Directions for modifying the 
    Location Override 
    file are contained within that file. To 
    modify the 
    Location Override 
    file
    , do the following:
    1At a UNIX prompt, type 
    /opt/OV/OneVision/DG3Poll/Location 
    and press
     Return.
    Result: 
    The system opens the
     Location Override 
    file. 
    2Follow the directions contained in the 
    Location Override
     file. 
    						
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    3NMS AlertsChapter Contents•Introduction
    63
    •Identify NMS Alerts
    64
    –
    Identify Proxy Agent Icon States
    65
    –
    Events that Change Proxy Agent States
    66
    –
    Identify Managed Node Icon States
    67
    –
    Events that Change Managed Node Icon States
    69 
    						
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    3NMS AlertsIntroduction
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    Introduction
    The Network Management System When Performance Management performs a 
    data collection, or when the Network Management System (NMS) performs a poll, 
    the NMS color-codes managed node icons to identify alerts for those managed 
    nodes. 
    When the NMS polls Proxy Agents and discovers an alarm for a Proxy Agent, the 
    NMS color-codes the associated Proxy Agent icons to reflect alarm states.
    Performance Management comes with the facility to notify you by pager or by 
    email when alerts occur. You may also install the add-on software, TeleAlert or 
    Remedy to provide more notifcation capabilities.
    This chapter describes the:
    • Icon states for Proxy Agents
    • Icon states for managed nodes
    • Alert notification methods 
    						
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    Identify NMS AlertsIntroduction
    When a Proxy Agent has an alarm or a managed node has an alert, the NMS 
    colors the corresponding icon to indicate the severity of the alarm or alert. When 
    multiple alarms or alerts that have more than one level of severity occur, icon 
    colors represent the most severe alarm or alert.
    See 
    Icon States
     on page 56
     for details on icon states.
    This section contains information that identifies icon states for Proxy Agents and 
    managed nodes and describes the events that change an icon state. 
    						
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    Identify Proxy 
    Agent Icon 
    States
    Proxy Agent alarms occur when alarm forwarding fails or when an authentication 
    failure occurs. Because alarms manifest as colored icons, the following section 
    refers to alarm states as icon states. 
    Each state of a Proxy Agent icon represents a condition that exists between a 
    Proxy Agent and a managed node. The NMS platform assigns the names of these 
    states. The table below describes Proxy Agent icon states that occur in 
    OpenView. Table 5. Proxy Agent icon states OpenView 
    State Name
    Description
    Normal The Proxy Agent is communicating with the NMS.
    Warning The Proxy Agent is communicating with the NMS but the NMS 
    received an Authentication Failure trap sent by the Proxy Agent.
    Major The Proxy Agent failed to forward alarms to the administered 
    destination. 
    						
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    Events that 
    Change Proxy 
    Agent States
    The color of a Proxy Agent icon changes when polling events or trap events 
    indicate a change in the Proxy Agent alarm status. 
    Proxy Agent icon states change when OpenView polls a Proxy Agent and 
    receives one of the unacceptable results identified in the table below. 
    If the icon is in the 
    New 
    state and a subsequent poll finds an acceptable response, 
    the icon returns to the Normal 
    state.
    Table 6. Polling changes for Proxy Agent icon alarm statesResult of poll
    Default polling 
    interval (min)
    New State
    AlarmForward = Failed 5 Major
    Proxy Agent does not exist or does not respond 5 Unknown 
    						
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    3NMS AlertsIdentify NMS Alerts
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    Identify 
    Managed Node 
    Icon States
    Managed node alerts arise when unacceptable conditions occur on a managed 
    node. Because alerts manifest as color-coded icons, the following section refers 
    to alert states as icon states. 
    The state of a managed node icon represents the current alert for that managed 
    node. The NMS platform assigns the names of these states. 
    The table below describes managed node icon states that occur in OpenView.Table 7. Managed node icon alert statesOpenView State 
    Name
    Definition
    Normal The managed node has no alert. 
    Warning The managed node has at least one warning alert.
    Minor The managed node has at least one minor alert. 
     (1 of 2) 
    						
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    Major The managed node has at least one major alert. 
    Unknown One of the following conditions is true:
    • Communication between a Proxy Agent and a managed 
    node is unstable; therefore, the Proxy Agent cannot 
    indicate the status or health of the managed node.
    • The NMS cannot communicate with the Proxy Agent and, 
    therefore, cannot determine the status of the managed 
    node.
    • A dynamic connection that has not received a fault status 
    update or a major or minor alert.Table 7. Managed node icon alert statesOpenView State 
    Name
    Definition
     (2 of 2) 
    						
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    Events that 
    Change 
    Managed Node 
    Icon States
    The color of a managed node icon changes when Performance Management 
    conducts a data collection that identifies an alert level. Below is a description of 
    the alert levels you might encounter.Data Collection. 
    Performance Management collects data on a user-specified 
    basis. This information is specific to managed nodes with static connections in an 
    up
     state. When an unacceptable health condition arises, that managed node icon 
    accepts the icon state described in the table below.
    Table 8. Performance data collection change managed node icon statesResult of poll
    New icon state
    g3healthMajor > 0 Major
    • g3healthMinor > 0, and 
    • g3healthMajor = 0Minor
    • g3healthWarning > 0, and
    • g3healthMajor = 0, and
    • g3healthMinor = 0Warning
    • g3healthMajor = 0, and
    • g3healthMinor = 0, and
    • g3Warning = 0Normal
     (1 of 2) 
    						
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    Proxy Agent does not exist or does not respond Unknown
    Connection status is not 
    up
    Unknown
    Table 8. Performance data collection change managed node icon statesResult of poll
    New icon state
     (2 of 2) 
    						
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