HP StorageWorks Clustered File System 3.6.0 Windows Storage Server Edition Administration Guide (403103-005, January 2008)

Chapter 20: Other Cluster Maintenance 268
•Starting
• Stopping
•Inactive
•Active
The activity status is not an error condition; it represents the activity of
scripts associated with the monitor. However, if the activity status
continues to have a value other than Active or Inactive, there may be a
script problem that requires attention. Active status indicates that the
probe script will be executed at the probe frequency. Inactive status
means that the monitor is not the only one currently providing the
service. For example, when the primary server is functioning normally, a
monitor on a backup server may show an Inactive status. The probe script
is still executed in the Inactive state.
Typically, the status is Active on all appropriate servers, as it is important
to continue to probe the service on backup servers as well as on the
primary servers.
“Activity Unknown” Status
For a brief period while the monitor_agent process checks the monitor
script configuration and creates a thread to serve the monitor, the activity
may be displayed as “activity unknown.”
“Transitioning” Activity
The “Transitioning” activity indicates that the monitor state is on its way
to becoming
ACTIVE or INACTIVE (or starting or stopping, if a Start or
Stop script is present)