Operation Manager 0.27.0 (full version)
 
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Table of Contents
1. Conventions
2. General information about David system
3. Terminology
4. Installation
5. Operation Manager requirements
6. Installation
7. General information
8. Graphic Notifications Server (dgnsd)
9. Sound Client (sndc)
10. Access to the SNMP Trap Interface (damsnmpti)
11. SNMP Trap Analyser (damsnmptaud)
12. Access to the SNMP Data Interface (damsnmpdi)
13. SNMP Data Analyser (damsnmpdaud)
14. Cases Database Unit (damadbud)
15. Cases Service Unit (damcsud)
16. Buttons the most often used in Web applications
17. Recorded Operation Browser
18. Pending Operation Browser
19. Graphic Notifications Presenter (xdgnp)
 
 

18.2. Description

Pending Operation Browser is accesible through Cases tab. The tab is divided into groups, that make possible for access to particular kinds of data. Statistics group allows you to see statistic data of particular modules, that are a part of the product, and it has a diagnostic sense. Cases group gives access to current proceeded cases, whereas Collected data group makes access to data collected through SNMP Data Analyser.

18.2.1. The view of active cases

18.2.1.1. Specyfication of searching criterions

The group includes Text field allowing to give a searching text, that shows in a description of pending cases. Community field allows to browse cases according to a text content in their Community fields. State field allows to choose these cases, that are currently in a choosen state. Clicking the button runs a searching process of the cases.

18.2.1.2. The list of active cases

The list is divided into columns, that characterize the particular cases. State column shows a current state of a each case, while ID gives its identyfier. The column Updates shows if sending updates is blocked or not. Description column shows a description of each case. Clicking on ID or Description field casuses displaying details about the selected case.

There is also a list of events included in the case and a list of actions, that were or are run for this case.

The list of events is devided into colimns describing an event state (State column), a number of occurrence of a given event since the case was created (Hits column) and its meaning (Description column).

The list of actions is devided into columns: ID - an action identyfier which comes from a configuration file of damcsud module, State - a current action state (DONE or RUNNING) and Calls - a number of calls of a given action.

The button which is placed on the toolbar, above description of a given case, lets you close the case.

Clicking on Description field shows a detailed view of selected event included in a given case.

The Case field describes a case in brief to which a given event belongs. Next fields describes properties of particular event parts, that were created in a process of event creation starting off a message SNMP Trap or SNMP Data.

The button which is placed on the toolbar, above a given event description, lets you to set an event state as passive.

18.2.2. The view of collected SNMP Data

18.2.2.1. Specyfication of searching criterions

The fields of Collected data group and their meaning are shown in the chart below.

Table 18.1. Pending Operation Browser - meaning fields of Collected data group

Field Description
Text A human readable meaning of data.
Community A label assigned to a given data
Device type A device type which data comes from.
Source device A device which is a sender's data.
Last modified within A period of time in which data has been modified lately.
Last value A range of values to which data can be included (in the range of avarage values, besides this range, below the range, above the range).
Significant values only It tells whether only significant values should be shown (data with values below the predifinied threshold are ignored).

Clicking on the button runs searching process of collected data, that correct values SNMP Data Analyser learns.

18.2.2.2. The list of SNMP Data, that corresponds with searching criterions

The list is devided into columns. State column shows if the last data value is below the range of average values (violet), if it includes in the range (green), or if it is above the range (red). Source column shows a source data item (i.e.: a device and network interface which data belongs to). Modyfication time column presents last modification time of data. Last value column shows a location of last data value in the range of its average values. The graphs presents values: minimum and maximum in black color, minimum out of average values in blue color, and maximum in red color and additionally drawn as violet line.

Description column describes a human readable meaning of data and it includes a link. When you click it, you'll see detailed information about selected item.

There are detailed values of particular fields of SNMP Data and a visualisation of the average values window, that ranges the system learns during its work. The system configuration allows to set not to learn average values for selected data by the system, but the values can be set by a user.

Clicking the button allows to go to edition mode of selected SNMP Data. A user can define limits of the average values window.

Clicking on either of these buttons allows to save any changes.