ASAP 3.2 Server Manual

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Section 4: Using Discrete Object
Thresholds (DOTs)
DOTs let users set discrete objectives and recovery actions against specific attributes
for any domain within an ASAP entity. DOTs also let users selectively monitor specific
objects (domains), and provide an event generation service.
DOTs are implemented within ASAP by:
 Providing a database to store and retrieve domain names, objective values, and
recovery actions
 A user command interface (ASAP CI)
 A recovery action service
 Automatic event generation service
 An internal service for calculating the ASAP OEM states and retrieving information
from the database
Topic
Page
DOTs Overview
88
MONITOR Usage Considerations
95
GOAL and RANK Usage Considerations
96
EMS Event Considerations
96
System Entity Specifics
100
DOTs Overview
DOTs provide services to ASAP users in four ways:
 DOTs let you choose the objects to monitor with ASAP. Using the ASAP CI
MONITOR command, you enter the list of objects (domains) in each subsystem to
monitor with ASAP. For example, MONITOR CPU 1 makes ASAP monitor
processor 1. ASAP does not monitor any other processors unless they are
included in the list to monitor.
Many ASAP components autoconfigure domains at startup if you do not enter any.
For example, the Disk SGP automatically monitors all disk drives.