Managing Systems and Workgroups: A Guide for HP-UX System Administrators

Conﬁguring a System

Reconﬁguring the Kernel (HP-UX 11i Version 2)

Chapter 3346

Monitoring Kernel Resource Usage

Some tunable parameters represent kernel resources whose usage can be

monitored. For these tunables, you can set alarms to notify you when the

usage of the corresponding kernel resource crosses a threshold you

specify.

Getting Information about Alarms with kcweb

To get more detailed information about a particular alarm using kcweb,

execute the following two steps:

Step 1. Select the alarms menu item in the navigation column. The alarms pane

is displayed, which lists all the alarms that are currently conﬁgured on

your system.

Step 2. Select an alarm to view the details about a particular alarm in the

details pane.

The alarms page allows you to:

• create and remove alarms

• activate and deactivate alarms

• ﬁnd alarms that have been triggered

• view details on alarms