3.6.1 HP PolyServe Matrix Server Administration Guide (T5392-96018, August 2008)

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Configure Device Monitors
PolyServe Matrix Server provides built-in device monitors that can be
used to watch local disks, gateway devices, or an NT service, or to
monitor access to a SAN disk partition containing a PSFS filesystem. You
can also create custom device monitors.
Overview
A device monitor is configured on one or more servers in the matrix.
Depending on the type of monitor, it can be active on all servers on which
it is configured, or on only one server.
By default, all virtual hosts on the servers are dependent on the device
monitor and may be failed over if the monitor probe fails. However, you
can change the configuration so that only certain virtual hosts, or no
virtual hosts, are dependent on the device monitor.
Types of Device Monitors
Matrix Server provides the following types of device monitors. To
configure a device monitor, you will need to specify the probe timeout,
the probe frequency, and a monitor-specific parameter.
Type
Default
Timeout
Default
Frequency Other Parameters
DISK
5 seconds 30 seconds Partition to monitor
GATEWAY
5 seconds 5 seconds Gateway IP address
NTSERVICE
15 seconds 30 seconds Whether to start
dependent services