8.1 JP1/IM - Manager process management

Process management is a core functionality of JP1/IM - Manager, used to control startup and termination of the manager functions. Another responsibility of process management is to issue instructions for checking the status of JP1/IM - Manager functions.

JP1/IM - Manager provides the following functions, the processes of which are controlled by process management:

• Event console service (evtcon)

• Event base service (evflow)

• Automatic action service (jcamain)

• Event generation service (evgen)^{#1, #2}

• Central Scope service (jcsmain)^#2

• IM Configuration Management service (jcfmain)^#2

• Intelligent Integrated Management Base service (jddmain)^#2

  #1: Applicable when not using the integrated monitoring database.

  #2: Not started by default.

Process management is realized by the following commands:

Table 8‒1: Process management commands

Functionality	Command	Description
Start JP1/IM - Manager# (UNIX only)	jco_start	Controls JP1/IM - Manager startup and termination.
Stop JP1/IM - Manager# (UNIX only)	jco_stop
JP1/IM - Manager status check	jco_spmd_status	Checks the activity status of JP1/IM - Manager.
Reload JP1/IM - Manager definition information	jco_spmd_reload	When definition information is updated in JP1/IM - Manager, this command reloads and applies the new definitions.

For details about the commands in the table, see Chapter 1. Commands in the manual JP1/Integrated Management 2 - Manager Command, Definition File and API Reference.

JP1/IM - Manager process management can also detect and troubleshoot abnormal process startup and termination using the following functionality:

• Automatically restarting an abnormally ended process

• Issuing a JP1 event when an error is detected at process startup or termination

For details about this functionality, see 8.1.1 Restarting abnormally ended processes and 8.1.2 Issuing JP1 events at detection of process errors.

Organization of this section

• 8.1.1 Restarting abnormally ended processes

• 8.1.2 Issuing JP1 events at detection of process errors

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