Veritas Cluster Server Bundled Agents Reference Guide

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Services and applications agents
GenericService agent
Services are defined as resources of type GenericService. You can configure the
GenericService agent to monitor multiple services by defining a resource for each
service to be monitored. You can monitor a service in a user-context by specifying
the user name, password, and domain. You can start and monitor services in the
virtual computer context by enabling the UseVirtualName attribute.
Configure a service group for GenericService agent using the Application
Configuration wizard, described in the Veritas Cluster Server Administrator's
Guide.
This agent supports intelligent resource monitoring and uses Intelligent
Monitoring Framework (IMF) for resource state change notifications. The agent
traps the Windows service related events and takes appropriate action if a
configured service stops or fails to respond.
For more information about IMF, refer to the Veritas Cluster Server Administrator's
Guide.
Note: The service to be configured using the GenericService agent must have the
status as Stopped and the startup type as Manual.
Agent functions
online
offline
monitor
Starts the configured service.
Stops the configured service.
Retrieves the current state of the configured service. It also verifies the
user context, if applicable.
State definitions
ONLINE
OFFLINE
UNKNOWN
Indicates the service being monitored is online.
Indicates the service being monitored is offline.
Indicates the service operation is in a pending state, or that the agent
could not determine the state of the resource.
Resource type definition
type GenericService (
static i18nstr ArgList[] = {ServiceName, DelayAfterOnline,
DelayAfterOffline, UserAccount, Password, Domain, service_arg,