Preface

This guide describes how to install and configure the High Availability Monitors to monitor system health. The chapters are as follows:

"Chapter 1 “Understanding the Event Monitoring Service”," which describes the Event Monitoring Service components and operations, including the role of High Availability Monitors.
"Chapter 2 “Monitoring Disk Resources”," which provides guidelines on using the disk monitor, including using it with MC/ServiceGuard or ServiceGuard OPS Edition.
"Chapter 3 “Monitoring Database Resources”," which provides guidelines on using the database monitor.

Audience

HP intends this manual for system managers or administrators responsible for configuring and maintaining the High Availability Monitors (HA Monitors) on HP-UX 11i Versions 1 and 2.

This manual is based on the assumption that you have:

An understanding of distributed network concepts and client-server computing
Demonstrated knowledge of UNIX
An understanding of EMS and HA Monitors basics

Related Publications

The following documents contain additional related information:

Using the Event Monitoring Service (HP Part Number B7612-90015)
EMS Hardware Monitors User's Guide (HP Part Number B6191-90018)
Managing MC/ServiceGuard (HP Part Number B3936-90026).
Configuring OPS Clusters with ServiceGuard OPS Edition (HP Part Number 5158-90026).
Peter Weygant, Clusters for High Availability: A Primer of HP-UX Solutions (ISBN 0-13-494758-4). HP Press: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1996.
Tom Madell, Disk and File Management Tasks on HP-UX (ISBN 0-13-518861-X). HP Press; Prentice Hall, Inc., 1997.
Managing Systems and Workgroups (HP Part Number B2355-90664)
HP OpenView IT/Operations Admnistrator's Reference (HP Part Number B6941-90001)
Managing Highly Available NFS (HP Part Number B5125-90001)
http://docs.hp.com Website for information about Hewlett-Packard's high-availability technologies where you can find documents such as Writing Monitors for the Event Monitoring Service (EMS) (HP Part Number B7611-90016). Select HP-UX then High Availability.
www.software.hp.com Website for designing and building an EMS monitor. Select High Availability then Event Monitoring Service Developer's Kit.

Problem Reporting

If you have any problems with the software or documentation, please contact your local Hewlett-Packard Sales Office or Customer Service Center.

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