Managing IBM Serviceable
Event Provider
You can configure and manage Serviceable Event Provider . This includes
modifying the configuration and specifying how Serviceable Event Provider monitors and collects
problem information, and sends SNMP traps to registered listeners .
Management information base The IBM® Serviceable Event Provider generates a Management information base (.mib) file, which can be used by the SNMP management applications when they listen to the traps.Updating the Configuration file You can specify the IBM® Serviceable Event Provider to continuously report a problem according to the configuration file settings.Checking status You can check whether IBM® Serviceable Event Provider is monitoring your system's syslog.Displaying the activity log Display the activity log to see all IBM® Serviceable Event Provider activity for a designated time period.Collecting inventory IBM® Serviceable Event Provider collects the hardware and software inventory data. To collect the hardware and software inventory, use the following commands.Viewing the error data IBM® Serviceable Event Provider collects additional information about the errors and automatically captures set of diagnostic information when errors occur. To view error data use the following commands.Deactivating IBM Serviceable Event Provider IBM® Serviceable Event Provider is activated by using the sepcli start command. However, there might be times when you want to deactivate Serviceable Event Provider until you choose to restart it.Uninstalling IBM Serviceable Event Provider Before you uninstall IBM® Serviceable Event Provider , determine whether you want to save the configuration information to use for another system or again on this system.