11.6 Detecting problems within Performance Management
You can use the health check function to detect problems within Performance Management itself. This function monitors the operating status of the monitoring agent and the host on which the monitoring agent is running, and displays the monitoring results in PFM - Web Console as changes in the status of the monitoring agent.
You can also use the PFM service Auto-restart functionality that automatically restarts the PFM service when it abnormally terminates for some reason or restart it on a regular basis.
To use the health check function to monitor the operating status of the monitoring agent or use the PFM service Auto-restart functionality, you need to use the status management function. This function checks the detailed status of the Performance Management service. Therefore, the version of the target monitoring agent must support the status management function and the status management function must be enabled. There are no requirements when you monitor the operating status of the host.
Using JP1/Base, which is an integrated system monitoring and management product, to monitor Performance Management log files can also detect problems within Performance Management itself. This allows the system administrator to quickly detect an error if a problem occurs, determine the cause of the error, and take an appropriate recovery measure.
For details about detecting problems within Performance Management itself, see the chapter explaining error detection in Performance Management in the JP1/Performance Management User's Guide.