Using High Availability Monitors (June 2007)

Monitoring Disk Resources
Creating Disk Monitoring Requests
Chapter 246
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 ...
Resourc
es 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
_DOWN
any disks fail pv_pvlink
/
status/*
when
value
is
not
equ
al
UP
any disks fail,
and you want to
know when they
are back up
pv_pvlink
/
status/*
when
value
is
not
equ
al
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
/status/*
at each
interv
al (use
a long
polling
interv
al, 1
hour
or
more)
= DOWN REPEAT
RETURN
any logical
volume becomes
unavailable
lv/status/
*
when
value
is
not
equ
al
UP