Using High Availability Monitors (June 2003)

Monitoring Disk Resources
Creating Disk Monitoring Requests
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Disk Monitoring Request Suggestions
The examples listed in Table 2-8 are valid for both RAID and mirrored
configurations.
Table 2-8 Suggestions for Creating Disk Monitor Requests
To be alerted
when ...
Resources
to monitor
Monitoring Parameters
Notify Value Option
you are at risk for
data loss (most
common for use
with ServiceGuard)
pv_
summary
when
value is
>= SUSPECT
lv_
summary
when
value is
>= INACTIVE_D
OWN
any disks fail pv_pvlink/
status/*
when
value is
not
equal
UP
any disks fail, and
you want to know
when they areback
up
pv_pvlink/
status/*
when
value is
not
equal
UP RETURN
you want regular
reminders to fix
inoperative disks,
controllers, buses,
and host adapters,
and you want
notification when
they are fixed
pv_pvlink/st
atus/*
at each
interval
(use a
long
polling
interval,
1 hour or
more)
= DOWN REPEAT
RETURN
any logical volume
becomes
unavailable
lv/status/* when
value is
not
equal
UP
you have lost a
mirror in your
2-way mirroring
environment
lv/copies/* when
value is
<2