HP P9000 Business Continuity Manager User Guide

10 Automatic operation using BCM Monitor
This chapter provides an overview of the Business Continuity Manager Monitor functions. It explains
how to start and stop Business Continuity Manager Monitor, describes the available operator
commands, troubleshooting procedures, and also provides operation examples.
Overview of the Business Continuity Manager Monitor functions
Business Continuity Manager Monitor loads parameter files (YKMONOPT and YKMONCG) used to
monitor the status of copy groups. If a monitored copy group changes to the specified status for
that copy group (the target status), Business Continuity Manager Monitor automatically performs
the specified operations (the actions) for the copy group. The actions include startup actions, which
are executed if the monitored copy group is not in the specified status when Business Continuity
Manager Monitor starts, and error actions, which are executed when the executed action results
in an error. Information about Business Continuity Manager Monitor and about the copy group's
status is output to SYSTSPRT or the Remote Web Console.
“Overview of the Business Continuity Manager Monitor functions” (page 513) shows an overview
of the Business Continuity Manager Monitor functions.
Figure 123 Overview of the Business Continuity Manager Monitor functions
Specify the following information in the Business Continuity Manager Monitor parameter files,
which are loaded by Business Continuity Manager Monitor.
• YKMONOPT file: Option information required for starting Business Continuity Manager Monitor
• YKMONCG file: Copy groups monitored in Business Continuity Manager Monitor and the actions
to take
For details on the specified values in the Business Continuity Manager Monitor parameter files,
see the chapter about these files in the HP for Business Continuity Manager Reference Guide.
Table 88 (page 514) provides an overview of the BCM Monitor parameter files.
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