Sends real-time system event message data from the MCP host system to one or more Operations Sentinel servers. This data contains a variety of information including file usage, communication activity, error information, and job and task activity. This same type of information is stored in the host system log.

You can control the types of system event messages processed by Operations Sentinel by filtering the information based on Major, Minor message types. A filter file defines the types of messages. See Section 3.

Sends system usage and performance information to Operations Sentinel at regular intervals. A default interval value is defined with the product, but you can dynamically change it.

Responds to commands sent from the Operations Sentinel server as a result of automation actions determined by SP-AMS. These commands are processed on the host system just as if they were entered by host system operations personnel. Commands sent from OS 2200 CP-AMS, SMART AMS, or other event sources to the MCP system using Operations Sentinel cross-system automation capabilities are also processed this way.

Monitors utilization for disk families and individual disk packs, based on the monitoring threshold levels you set for them. Also raises and clears alarms in Operations Sentinel Console when utilization crosses site-defined thresholds. See Section 4.

Sends information to the Operations Sentinel server that Operations Sentinel uses to initialize application and device objects.

Supports an API library for MCP application programs so that they can send messages to Operations Sentinel. See Section 7.