Using EMS HA Monitors

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Monitoring System Resources
Creating System Resource Monitoring Requests
Creating System Resource Monitoring Requests
Table 5-4 shows examples of how you might monitor system resources.
Table 5-4 Examples of System Resource Requests
The job queue and file system resources have the INITIAL option set to give a
baseline for comparison. The job queue threshold value decreases for the longer job
queues because the longer something is in the queue, the more likely it is that a node
needs to be load balanced.
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