4.1.0 HP PolyServe Matrix Server administration guide (T5392-96073, October 2010)

NOTE:
An error on a monitor may still be indicated after correcting the problem with the
Start, Stop, Recovery, or probe script. Errors can be cleared only with the
Management Console or the appropriate mx command. An error will not be
automatically cleared by the ClusterPulse process. The date and time of the script
event are available in the cluster log file.
Monitor activity
Service and device monitors report one of the following as their activity status:
• (activity unknown)
• Transitioning
• Starting
• Stopping
• Inactive
• Active
The activity status is not an error condition; it represents the activity of scripts
associated with the monitor. However, if the activity status continues to have a value
other than Active or Inactive, there may be a script problem that requires attention.
Active status indicates that the probe script will be executed at the probe frequency.
Inactive status means that the monitor is not the only one currently providing the
service. For example, when the primary server is functioning normally, a monitor on
a backup server may show an Inactive status. The probe script is still executed in the
Inactive state.
Typically, the status is Active on all appropriate servers, as it is important to continue
to probe the service on backup servers as well as on the primary servers.
“Activity Unknown” status
For a brief period while the monitor_agent process checks the monitor script
configuration and creates a thread to serve the monitor, the activity may be displayed
as “activity unknown.”
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