Veritas Cluster Server Bundled Agents Reference Guide

Chapter
6
Services and applications
agents
This chapter includes the following topics:
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About services and application agents
Internet Information Services agent
GenericService agent
ServiceMonitor agent
Process agent
MSMQ agent
About services and application agents
Services and applications agents make generic services and other applications
highly available.
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The Internet Information Services (IIS) agent brings IIS sites and services
online, monitors their status, and takes them offline.
The GenericService agent brings services online, monitors their status, and
takes them offline.
The ServiceMonitor agent only monitors a service or starts a user-defined
script and interprets the exit code of the script.
The Process agent brings processes online, monitors their status, and takes
them offline.