eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by FCStatusTest

Whenever a user complains of the inaccessibility of a resource (i.e., a server/service/application), the administrator should first check whether that resource is part of a cluster, and if so, check whether the Windows cluster service has been enabled and is running on each node of the cluster. This is where the FCStatusTest test helps.

This test reports whether a monitored node is part of a cluster or not and if so, indicates whether/not the cluster service is enabled and running on that node. This way, administrators can be promptly alerted to the sudden termination or the absence of the cluster service on a cluster node. In addition, the test also reports the composition of the cluster – i.e., the number of nodes and services/applications that have been clustered as part of the monitored cluster setup.

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Is_cluster Indicates whether/not the cluster service is installed on the monitored node.   The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values have been listed in the table below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Yes 100
No 0

Note:

By default, this measure reports one of the Measure Values listed in the table above. The graph of this measure however will indicate whether/not the monitored server is cluster-enabled or not.

Is_status Indicates the current status of the cluster service on the target node.   The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values have been listed in the table below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Running 100
Stopped 0

Note:

By default, this measure reports one of the Measure Values listed in the table above. The graph of this measure however will indicate whether/not the cluster service is running using the numeric equivalents only.

Cluster_active Indicates whether/not the monitored node is the active node in this cluster.   The values that this measure can report and their corresponding numeric values have been listed in the table below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
True 100
False 0

Note:

By default, this measure reports one of the Measure Values listed in the table above. The graph of this measure however will report the status of the cluster service using the numeric equivalents only.

No_of_serapp Indicates the number of services/applications that are currently clustered under this cluster. Number To know which services/applications are currently clustered, use the detailed diagnosis of this measure.
No_of_node Indicates the number of nodes in this cluster. Number To know which nodes are the members of the cluster, use the detailed diagnosis of this measure.