Starting and stopping IBM Serviceable Event Provider

You can start and stop the IBM® Serviceable Event Provider manually.

Before you begin

When the registered listener runs the subscribe command on IBM PowerKVM system, the listener checks the state of IBM Serviceable Event Provider and starts it, if not started already. The IBM Serviceable Event Provider monitors problems, collects, and sends service information. These functions are stopped when IBM Serviceable Event Provider is stopped. IBM Serviceable Event Provider must be started to activate these functions. If IBM Serviceable Event Provider is stopped, it does not start on system reboot as the status of the IBM Serviceable Event Provider is retained across multiple reboots.

About this task

IBM Serviceable Event Provider has two modes: Active and Inactive. By default, the IBM Serviceable Event Provider that is installed on the IBM PowerKVM system is in inactive mode. But, when the listener subscribes for the events, the IBM Serviceable Event Provider starts and is in active mode. To start and stop the Serviceable Event Provider manually, follow these steps:

Procedure

Log in to the IBM PowerKVM system.
In command line, go to /opt/ibm/seprovider/bin and enter either of the following commands
- To start the Serviceable Event Provider, run sepcli start command. For more information about sepcli start command, see sepcli start.
- To stop the Serviceable Event Provider, run sepcli stop command. For information about sepcli stop command, see sepcli stop.
  The Serviceable Event Provider retains its status after system restart. That is, if the Serviceable Event Provider is in stop state, after system restart also the Serviceable Event Provider will be in same state.

Results

After you activate Serviceable Event Provider on the system, you can use the command-line interface to both use and manage IBM Serviceable Event Provider.