Using High Availability Monitors (June 2003)

Preface

This guide describes how to install and conﬁgure the High Availability

Monitors to monitor system health. The chapters are as follows:

• “Understanding the Event Monitoring Service,” which describes the

Event Monitoring Service components and operations, including the

role of High Availability Monitors.

• “Monitoring Disk Resources,” which provides guidelines on using the

disk monitor, including using it with MC/ServiceGuard or

ServiceGuard OPS Edition.

• “Monitoring Database Resources,” which provides guidelines on

using the database monitor.

Audience

HP intends this manual for system managers or administrators

responsible for conﬁguring and maintaining the High Availability

Monitors (HA Monitors) on HP-UX 11i Versions 1 and 2.

This manual is based on the assumption that you have:

• An understanding of distributed network concepts and client-server

computing

• Demonstrated knowledge of UNIX

• An understanding of EMS and HA Monitors basics

Publications

The following documents contain additional related information:

• Using the Event Monitoring Service (HP Part Number B7612-90015)

• EMS Hardware Monitors User’s Guide (HP Part Number

B6191-90018)

• Managing MC/ServiceGuard (HP Part Number B3936-90026).

• Conﬁguring OPS Clusters with ServiceGuard OPS Edition (HP Part

Number 5158-90026).

• Peter Weygant, Clusters for High Availability: A Primer of HP-UX

Solutions (ISBN 0-13-494758-4). HP Press: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1996.