Creating a process monitor

In order to monitor a process, you must create a monitor.

Before you begin
Note: This task requires the IBM® Systems Director Launched Tasks program. This program is installed automatically the first time you use a task that requires it. For information about the IBM Systems Director Launched Tasks program, see "Starting the IBM Systems Director Launched Tasks program."
About this task

To create a process monitor, complete the following steps:

  1. In the IBM Systems Director Web interface navigation area, click Navigate Resources.
  2. Navigate to the resource from which you want to create a process monitor.
  3. Right-click the resource and select System Status and Health > Process Monitors. The Process Monitors launched task is displayed.
  4. In the Process Monitors window, type the executable file name of the application process that you want to monitor.
  5. Select any combination of the Start, Stop, and Fail check boxes, to specify which action or actions you want to monitor.
  6. If you selected the Fail check box, type a timeout setting. This setting is the number of seconds that the process monitor will wait for the application process to start before generating a fail event.
  7. To monitor additional processes with the same Process Monitors subtask, click Edit > New Row.
  8. Repeat steps 4 through 7 until you have listed the executable file names of all the processes that you want to monitor.
  9. Click File > Save As to save the process monitor.
  10. In the Save As window, type a name to identify the process monitor; then, click OK.
Results
The new process monitor is displayed as a subtask under the Process Monitors task in IBM Systems Director Web interface.

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