Using the Event Monitoring Service (June 2007)

Monitoring System Resources
Creating System Resource Monitoring Requests
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Creating System Resource Monitoring
Requests
Table 7-5 shows examples of how you can monitor system resources.
Table 7-5 Examples of System Resource Requests
To be alerted
when...
Resources to
monitor
Monitoring Parameters
Notify Valu
e
Option
fewer than 5
users are on the
node, for
running backups
/system/numUse
rs
when
value is
<5
more than 20
users are on the
node, for load
balancing, and
when value
returns to below
20 users
/system/numUse
rs
when
value is
>20 RETURN
system load is
high
/system/
jobQueue1Min
when
value is
>7 INITIAL
/system/
jobQueue5Min
when
value is
>4 INITIAL
/system/
jobQueue15Min
when
value is
>3 INITIAL