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.