Using the Event Monitoring Service (November 1999)

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Understanding the Event Monitoring Service
Resource Monitors
Resource Monitors
Resource monitors are applications written to gather and report
information about specific resources on the system.
The resource monitor:
• Provides a list of resources that can be monitored
• Provides information about the resources
• Monitors the resources it supports
• Provides values to the EMS API notification
The EMS framework evaluates the data to determine if an event has
occurred. If an event has occurred, the EMS API sends notification in
the appropriate format to the configured target(s).
Installing Resource Monitors
To obtain additional information about installed monitors:
1. Go to the /etc/opt/resmon/dictionary directory.
Each monitor registered with EMS has a dictionary file that is stored
in this directory.
2. View the monitor dictionary file.
Each dictionary file name is descriptive of its monitor. The file
extension is typically .dict. For example, the mibmonitor dictionary
filename is mibmond.dict.
Configuring Resource Monitors
To configure your HA Monitors use either the Event Monitoring Service
(EMS) through SAM or the package configuration area of ServiceGuard
GUI or edit the package configuration ascii file.
Writing Resource Monitors
The EMS API provides a method for writing new resource monitors. To
create your own monitor, read the Writing Monitors for the Event