HP XC System Software Administration Guide Version 2.1

3.2.3
Displaying the Services Provided by a Specified Node ...................... 3-4
3.3
Restarting a Service .................................................................. 3-5
3.4
Stopping a Service .................................................................... 3-5
3.5
Adding a Service ...................................................................... 3-5
3.5.1
Understanding the roles_services.ini File ...................................... 3-5
3.5.2
Adding a Service to an Existing Role .......................................... 3-6
3.5.3
Creating a Role and Adding a Service to It .................................... 3-7
3.6
Global System Services .............................................................. 3-8
3.7
NTP Service ........................................................................... 3-9
4 Managing Licenses
4.1
Introduction ........................................................................... 4-1
4.2
Determining If the License Manager Is Running .................................. 4-1
4.3
Starting and Stopping the License Manager ........................................ 4-2
4.3.1
Starting the License Manager ................................................... 4-2
4.3.2
Stopping the License Manager ................................................. 4-2
4.3.3
Restarting the License Manager ................................................ 4-2
5 Managing the Configuration and Management Database
5.1
Accessing the Configuration and Management Database ............ .. ... .. ...... 5-1
5.2
Querying the Con fig
uration and Management Database ..........................
5-1
5.2.1
Displaying Configuration Details .............................................. 5-2
5.2.2
Displaying the Nod
es That Provide a Specified Service .....................
5-2
5.3
Finding and Setting System Attribute Values ...................................... 5-2
5.4
BackingUptheCon
figuration Database ............................................
5-3
5.5
Restoring the Configuration Database from a Backup File ....................... 5-3
5.6
Archiving Metrics Data from the Configuration Database ........................ 5-3
5.7
Restoring the Metrics Data from an Archive File ................................. 5-4
5.8
Purging Metrics Data from the Configuration Database ........................... 5-4
5.9
Dumping the Configuration Database ............................................... 5-4
6 Monitoring t
he System
6.1
Monitoring St
rategy ..................................................................
6-1
6.2
Monitoring Tools ..................................................................... 6-1
6.2.1
Commands for
Monitoring Node Status .......................................
6-1
6.2.2
Nagios ............................................................................ 6-2
6.2.3
Supermon ......................................................................... 6-5
6.2.4
Syslog-ng ......................................................................... 6-5
6.3
Displaying System Environmental Data ............................................ 6-5
6.4
Displaying System Statistics ......................................................... 6-6
6.4.1
Displaying System Sensors ..................................................... 6-6
6.4.2
Monitoring CPU Usage and Load from the Command Line ................. 6-7
6.4.3
Monitoring Memory from the Command Line ................................ 6-7
6.4.4
Monitoring Paging and Swap Data from the Command Line ................ 6-8
6.4.5
System Monitoring with the Nagios GUI ...................................... 6-8
6.5
Customizing Nagios Metrics Gathering ............................................. 6-8
6.6
Logging Node Events ................................................................ 6-10
7 Distributing Software Throughout the System
7.1
Overview of Image Replication And Distribution Environment .................. 7-1
7.2
Adding Software or Modifying Files on the Golden Client ....................... 7-2
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