HP Operations Manager for UNIX Administrator’s Reference

Integrating Applications into HPOM
Integrating Monitoring Applications
Integrating Monitoring Applications
You can use applications for monitoring purposes by configuring them to
deliver the monitored object status using the opcmon(1) command or
opcmon(3) API.
Requirements for Integrating Monitored Applications
To integrate a monitored application into HPOM, the application must
meet the following requirements:
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UNIX Systems
The application must be accessible from the$PATH settings of the
root.
All Systems
The path must be fully qualified in the corresponding message
condition.
NOTE
In either case, the application must be available on the managed node.
Distributing Monitored Applications to Managed
Nodes
You can distribute simple and widely used monitoring applications to
managed nodes through HPOM. For details, see “Distributing the HPOM
Agent Configuration to the Managed Nodes” on page 171.
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