Monitor the System Health

You can subscribe to receive email notifications when there is an unexpected change in the state of certain processes. This feature works in conjunction with the Email Settings functionality. For example, if your username is part of the SENDLOGS email notification group, you can subscribe to receive emails when the Message Center or EJM processes are unexpectedly started, stopped, or restarted.

To monitor the status of system processes:

1. In System Management Center, click System Settings in the left navigation and then click System Health Monitor.
   You see the System Health Monitor workspace.
   
2. To edit an existing monitoring service, right click a service and select Edit.
   
3. Adjust the Installation and Service Type parameters for system monitoring.
   
   
4. Review the process parameters for which notifications will be sent. Click Save.
   
5. To add a new status monitor, right click anywhere and click New.
   
6. Select a monitoring service for new processes by selecting the environment, service type, and parameters for which notifications will be sent. Click Save.
   
7. To monitor KPI attributes, select the KPI Attributes Monitor tab.
   
8. To edit an existing monitoring service, right click a row and click Edit.
9. Select the appropriate the environment and service type for monitoring.
   
   
   
10. Select the Measure Type and adjust the Warning Value and Critical Value. Click Save.
    The Measure Type drop down allows you to select a system parameter for monitoring. You can adjust the Warning Value and Critical Value to specify the bounds at which a notification will be sent. The Warning Value specifies a value close to the critical threshold and the Critical Value specifies a value which exceeds this threshold.
    
11. To add a new KPI Attributes monitor, right click anywhere and click New.
12. Select the installation, service type, measure type, and threshold parameters for which notifications will be sent. Click Save.
13. To monitor core dumps, select the Core Dumps Monitor tab. To edit existing services, right click on a selection and click Edit.
    
14. Select a storage directory for the core dump, the backup storage threshold for the directory, and the check rate preferences for the core dump files. Click Save.
    The Backups Max Days to Store value describes the amount of days this stack will be stored in the storage directory. The Check Rate value is a period of time for checking for new core dump files in directories.
    
    
15. To monitor the Oracle Clusters, select the Oracle Cluster Monitor tab. To edit the existing services, right click a selection and click Edit.
    
16. Adjust the values for the check periods, if needed. Click Save.
17. To monitor the event logs, select the Event Log Monitor tab. To create a new monitoring service, right click anywhere and click New.
    
18. Specify the installation environment, log name, and check period interval for the event log alerts selected. Click Save.
    
19. To monitor the error logs, select the Logs Error Monitor tab. To create a new monitoring service, right click anywhere and select New.
    
    
20. Specify the installation environment and enter the text to be found in the error log records. Click Save.
    You can receive notifications (if subscribed) when a specific text pattern is found in the error records. In this example, you can get an email if the word "testing" is found in the error logs.
    
    
21. To close the workspace, click the X in the System Health Monitor bottom tab.