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Altos RAIDWatch User Guide
• Event Monitor requires at least one disk array to be operating normally and Altos RAIDWatch
12.3 Starting Event Monitor
12.3.1 Starting Agents and NPC
Agents must be started before running the program. The Event Monitor is unable to display system
events when agents are not running.
12.3.1.1
Under Windows (95,98, NT 4, or 2000/XP) Operating Systems:
12.3.1.2
Under Unix Operating Systems (Solaris 7 SPARC or x86, HP UX 11, or Red
Hat Linux 6.1):
• First the secondary agent must be started,
• Second, the primary agent must be started.
• Third, the NPC module must be started.
To Start the Primary Agent and Secondary Agent(s) under a Unix system:
1
At the host computer, change directories to:
/usr/hybrid/bin/ (or whatever directory you chose during the installation if not the default)
2
Then at the command line, type:
primary <Enter>: to start the Primary Agent
secondary <Enter>: to start the Secondary Agent
Agents are now running. The next step is to start the Event Monitor.
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Primary and Secondary agents installed on a main management server. Other requirements for
running Event Monitor are identical to those required for Altos RAIDWatch Manager.
The Primary and Secondary Agents start automatically under Windows Operating Systems
whenever the host machine they have been installed on is powered up. However, the NPC
(NPC.exe) must be started manually.
Under Unix systems the Primary Agent and Secondary Agent and NPC (which are located on
the host) must be started manually each time the host computer is reset. These components
must be started in the following order:
To start the Primary Agent, Secondary Agent(s), and NPC under a Unix system:
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