ASAP 2.8 Server Manual

Using Discrete Object Thresholds (DOTs)

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GOAL and RANK Usage Considerations

Use the GOAL and RANK commands to set discrete objectives on any attribute

defined in EDL that has an associated state (StatePair Yes). For example, to set a

global objective for all CPUs to less than 90% busy with a queue length less than 2,

then override it with a specific objective on CPU 2 that its queue length must be less

than 1:

GOAL CPU, BUSY < 90, QUEUE < 2

GOAL CPU 2, QUEUE < 1

To designate that Informative or Critical EMS events be generated when an objective is

not met, specify one of the keywords in the GOAL or RANK command. For example, to

specify that a critical EMS event be generated if CPU 4 is busier than 95% and to

repeat the event at each interval where the condition persists:

RANK CPU 4, BUSY <= 95 CRITICAL REPEAT

For ASAP to generate EMS events, you must turn EMS event generation on as

described in EMS Event Considerations. To load objective database changes into a

running copy of ASAP, you must use the COMMIT command.

EMS Event Considerations

ASAP generates two classes of events:

•

Normal status and problem events describing ASAP operation

These are events such as component startup messages or error messages when a

component cannot obtain a system resource. They are written to EMS and the

ASAPLOG log file, and are subject to event suppression if turned on within ASAP.

•

Events generated by DOTs to describe the status of objects (domains) being

monitored by ASAP

DOTs events are not written to the ASAPLOG log file or subject to event

suppression within ASAP. Because the ASAP Client provides many features for

monitoring the state of monitored domains, DOTs EMS event generation is turned

off by default.

ASAP DOTs can generate EMS events for status changes and for failed objective

comparisons:

•

To turn on ASAP generation of down EMS events (ASAP event 4000) for failed

domains and objectives, place the SET ObjectivesEvent ON command in your

ASAPCONF file.

Note. GOAL and RANK are synonyms for the same command. You can interchange

them at will.