6.2.2 Effects of PFM - Manager stopping
PFM - Manager stopping affects the entire Performance Management system.
PFM - Manager provides centralized management of the agent information for PFM - Agent for Service Response that is running at all the nodes. It also controls both alarm event notifications when thresholds are exceeded during performance monitoring by PFM - Agent for Service Response, and the execution of actions based on alarm events. Therefore, when PFM - Manager is stopped, the Performance Management system is affected as described in the following table.
Program |
Effects |
Action |
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PFM - Agent for Service Response |
If PFM - Manager is stopped while PFM - Agent for Service Response is running, the following occurs:
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Start PFM - Manager. An active PFM - Agent for Service Response can continue to operate. Because alarms may not be notified as expected, after PFM - Manager has been recovered, check the KAVE00024-I messages that have been output to PFM - Agent's common message log. |
You should evaluate your operating procedures, taking into account the effects of PFM - Manager stopping. Apart from system crashes, events such as a configuration change or maintenance may require stopping of PFM - Manager. You should stop for maintenance purposes only when the stopping will have the least effects on operations.