Veritas Cluster Server Bundled Agents Reference Guide

Services and applications agents
ServiceMonitor agent
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Table 6-4
GenericService agent optional attributes (continued)
Optional Attributes
UseVirtualName
Description
Set this value to enable the service specified by the ServiceName
attribute to inherit the Virtual Server context of Lanman resource
specified in LanmanResName attribute. If this attribute is set,
the LanmanResName becomes a mandatory attribute.
Note: It is recommended that you do not set this attribute for
system services. If you configure system services using the
GenericService agent, then this attribute is not supported.
Type and Dimension: boolean-scalar
LanmanResName
The name of the Lanman resource on which the GenericService
resource depends.
Note: It is recommended that you do not set this attribute for
system services. If you configure system services using the
GenericService agent, then this attribute is not supported.
Type and Dimension: string-scalar
Sample configuration
GenericService Telephony_Service (
ServiceName = "Telephony Service"
DelayAfterOnline = 10
DelayAfterOffline = 10
UserAccount = Administrator
Password = bphNepE
Domain = VCS-DOMAIN
service_arg = { 3 }
)
ServiceMonitor agent
The ServiceMonitor agent monitors a service or starts a user-defined script and
interprets the exit code of the script. A service is an application type supported
by Windows that conforms to the interface rules of the SCM. The agent can be
configured to monitor a service using the Service Control Manager (SCM) or
through a user-defined script.
When configured to monitor using the SCM, the agent queries the SCM database
for the status of the service. When configured to monitor using a script or an
executable, the agent executes the script on each system in the cluster, once every