7.6 Detecting problems within Performance Management
Using the health check function, Performance Management can detect errors that occur in Performance Management itself. The health check function monitors the operating status of the monitoring agent and the host on which the monitoring agent is running, and displays the monitoring result on PFM - Web Console as changes in the operating status of the monitoring agent.
Furthermore, using the PFM service automatic restart function, Performance Management can automatically restart a PFM service if it abnormally terminates due to a problem, and it can restart a PFM service at regular intervals.
To have the health check function monitor the operating status of the monitoring agent or to have the PFM service automatic restart function automatically restart a PFM service, you use the status management function, which checks the detailed status of Performance Management services. Therefore, the monitoring agent to be monitored must be a version that is compatible with the status management function, and this function must be enabled. To monitor the operating status of a host, there are no prerequisite conditions.
Errors in Performance Management can also be detected using JP1/Base, which is an integrated system monitoring product, to monitor Performance Management log files. Using these monitoring results, the system administrator can detect problems when they occur, identify their causes, and take the necessary corrective actions.
For details about how to detect errors in Performance Management, see the chapter that explains error detection in Performance Management in the JP1/Performance Management User's Guide.