2.2.5 Example of monitoring processes and services
By monitoring processes and services, you can check whether the system is running normally.
- Organization of this subsection
(1) Overview of process and service monitoring
A system functions based on individual processes and services. Therefore, knowing the operating statuses of these processes and services is essential for stable system operation.
If the processes or services that provide the system's functionality terminate abnormally, the system will stop, resulting in serious adverse effects on operations. Therefore, it is important to monitor the initiation, termination, and startup status of processes and services, and to detect any errors quickly so that you develop corrective measures.
Using PFM - RM for Platform, you can collect the process operation status information from multiple monitored hosts and monitor it from PFM - Web Console. You specify the collection of process operation status information interactively using PFM - Web Console or by using commands.
PFM - RM for Platform monitors processes by collecting information from them. Therefore, note that even when processes and services are being monitored, their statuses are only reported when PFM - RM for Platform collects information from them, and not when their statuses actually change.
If collection processing that uses WMI or SSH is treated as a separate process (a core collection process) and this core collection process does not terminate within the specified time, performance information cannot be collected from a monitored target having the same instance for which collection has not been completed. A time-out occurs.
The following table lists and describes the records and fields that are used for monitoring the processes and services.
No. |
Record |
Field to be used |
Description of value |
Interpretation of value |
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1 |
PD_APP2 |
Application Exist |
Status of the application specified as a monitoring target |
If this value is ABNORMAL, either all processes and services being monitored on a per-application basis are stopped, or more processes and services than necessary are running. |
2 |
Application Status |
Status of the application specified as a monitoring target |
If this value is ABNORMAL, either one of the processes and services being monitored on a per-application basis is stopped, or more processes and services than necessary are running. |
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3 |
PD_APS |
Command Line |
Command line for executing programs |
If no records have been collected, the process might be stopped. |
4 |
Program Name |
Program name |
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5 |
PD_ASVC |
Display Name |
Name used by the user interface program to identify a service |
In all cases except when the application service (process) is running, the service might be stopped. |
6 |
Service Name |
Name of the service being used by the service control manager database |
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7 |
State |
Status of a service when data is being collected |
You can use PFM - RM for Platform to collect process operation status information by using one of the following methods:
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Collecting the status on a per-process or per-service basis
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Collecting the status on a per-application basis by grouping multiple processes or services
The following table shows the records used for each of these methods.
No. |
Record |
Monitoring target |
Information to be stored |
Collection method |
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1 |
PD_APS |
Processes in a Windows or UNIX environment |
Stores performance data indicating the status of the monitored host's process at a given time. |
Real-time |
2 |
PD_ASVC |
Services in a Windows environment |
Stores performance data indicating the status of an application service registered in the monitored host's service control manager (SCM), such as a Win32 process. |
Real-time |
No. |
Record |
Monitoring target |
Information to be stored |
Collection method |
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1 |
PD_APP2 |
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Stores performance data that summarizes the records stored in the Application Process Overview (PD_APS) or Application Service Overview (PD_ASVC) record in the status, at a given point in time, on a per-application basis. |
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2 |
PD_APPC |
Stores as performance data the records stored in the Application Process Overview (PD_APS) or Application Service Overview (PD_ASVC) record in the status, at a given point in time, on each process and service being monitored, on a per-application basis. |
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3 |
PD_APPD |
Stores performance data that summarizes the records stored in the Application Process Overview (PD_APS) or Application Service Overview (PD_ASVC) record in the status, at a given point in time, on each process and service being monitored, on a per-application basis. This stored performance data is more detailed than the Application Process Count (PD_APPC) records. |
Real-time |
The relationships between the process name, program name, program path, and command line used for setting up process status monitoring are explained below using examples.
- When the monitored host is Windows
- When the monitored host is UNIX
(2) Usage example of templates related to monitoring of processes and services
This subsection shows a usage examples of alarms and reports, which are provided as monitoring templates, related to process and service monitoring.
PFM - RM for Platform provides templates such as the Process Existence alarm and the Application Status report.
(a) Alarms
The following table lists and describes alarms related to monitoring of process and service statuses.
No. |
Alarm |
Record used |
Field used |
Error condition |
Warning condition |
Interpretation of value |
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1 |
Application Status |
PD_APP2 |
Application Exist |
Application Name = * AND Application Exist = ABNORMAL AND Application Status = ABNORMAL |
Application Name = * AND Application Exist = NORMAL AND Application Status = ABNORMAL |
Either one of the processes or services being monitored on a per-application basis is stopped, or more processes and services than necessary are running. |
2 |
Application Name |
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3 |
Application Status |
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4 |
Process Existence |
PD_APS |
Program Name |
Program Name <> jpcsto.exe#1 |
Program Name <> jpcsto.exe#1 |
If no records have been collected, a warning or error state has occurred. |
5 |
Service Stop |
PD_ASVC |
Service Name State |
Service Name = JP1PCAGT_7S#2 AND State <> Running |
Service Name = JP1PCAGT_7S#2 AND State <> Running |
If the monitoring-target service has not started, a warning or error state has occurred. |
6 |
Service Stop(dsp nm) |
PD_ASVC |
Display Name State |
Display Name = PFM - Remote Monitor for Platform#3 AND State <> Running |
Display Name = PFM - Remote Monitor for Platform#3 AND State <> Running |
If the monitoring-target service has not started, a warning or error state has occurred. |
(b) Reports
The following table lists and describes the reports related to monitoring of process and service statuses.
No. |
Report name |
Displayed content of the report |
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1 |
Application Process Count |
Operating state of the processes or services being monitored on a per-application basis |
2 |
Application Process Status |
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3 |
Application Status |
Operating state of an application |