Using the Event Monitoring Service (November 1999)

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Monitoring System Resources
Creating System Resource Monitoring Requests
Creating System Resource Monitoring
Requests
Table 8-5 shows examples of how you might monitor system resources.
The job queue and file system resources have the INITIAL option set to
give a baseline for comparison. The job queue threshold value decreases
Table 8-5 Examples of System Resource Requests
To be alerted
when...
Resources to
monitor
Monitoring Parameters
Notify Value Option
fewer than 5 users
are on the node, for
running backups
/system/numUsers when
value is
<5
more than 20 users
are on the node, for
load balancing, and
when value returns
to below 20 users
/system/numUsers 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
file systems are
running out of
space
/system/filesystem/
availMb for:
/home
/opt
/root
/stand
/tmp
/usr
/var
when
value is
<50 INITIAL