IBM SG24-5131-00 manual Sample Screen for Add a Notification Method

2.6.2.1Single Point-of-Failure Hardware Component Recovery As described in 2.2.1.2, “Special Network Considerations” on page 12, the HPS Switch network is one resource that has to be considered as a single point of failure. Since a node can support only one switch adapter, its failure will disable the switch network for this node. It is strongly recommended to promote a failure like this into a node failure, if the switch network is critical to your operations.

Critical failures of the switch adapter would cause an entry in the AIX error log. Error labels like HPS_FAULT9_ER or HPS_FAULT3_ER are considered critical, and can be specified to AIX Error Notification in order to be able to act upon them.

With HACMP, there is a SMIT screen to make it easier to set up an error notification object. This is much easier than the traditional AIX way of adding a template file to the ODM class. Under smit hacmp > RAS Support > Error Notification > Add a Notify Method, you will find the menu allowing you to add these objects to the ODM. An example of the SMIT panel is shown below:

Add a Notify Method

Type or select values in entry fields.

Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes.

		[Entry Fields]
* Notification Object Name		[HPS_ER9]
* Persist across system restart?		Yes	+
Process ID for use by Notify Method		[]	+#
Select Error Class		All	+
Select Error Type		PERM	+
Match Alertable errors?		All	+
Select Error Label		[HPS_FAULT9_ER] +
Resource Name		[All]	+
Resource Class		[All]	+
Resource Type		[All]	+
* Notify Method	[/usr/sbin/cluster/utilities/clstop -grsy]

F1=Help	F2=Refresh	F3=Cancel	F4=List
F5=Reset	F6=Command	F7=Edit	F8=Image
F9=Shell	F10=Exit	Enter=Do

Figure 8. Sample Screen for Add a Notification Method

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