MCP System Properties (Operations)

The following table describes the properties displayed for a managed MCP system. Use this table to help you interpret data when monitoring and managing these systems.

Property

Definition

Default Action

The action that is initiated when you double-click the MCP system or press Enter while it is selected in a table or topology.

Identifier

The name of the system preceded by the names of the objects that contain it. For example, the identifier of a system in a server is <server> . <system>

Image

The image that represents the system in a topology.

Name

The name by which the system is known within Operations Sentinel. The name is used in alerts and log files to identify the system; it is also the image label for the system in a topology.

Server

The server the system belongs to, if any.

System Type

The type of system. In this case, the value is always MCP.

RHC.rml10_30\a

A property that your site uses however it chooses. It is often used as an identifier to make filtering of managed objects easier.

Automation Mode

The property used to control automation for the system and the amount of automation information written to the SP-AMS log for the system. The value is one of the following:

  • Normal

    Automation actions are performed, but are not written to the SP-AMS log.

  • Trace

    Automation actions are performed and automation trace information is written to the SP-AMS log. Automation trace information includes the original message text, the identifier of the matching pattern, and all actions performed.

  • Debug

    Automation actions are not performed, but all automation trace information is written to the SP-AMS log. Debug mode is used to test which automation actions would be performed without actually performing them.

You can click Log Viewer on the Tools menu to view the log SP-AMS.

External Network Name

The Internet name of the system. The external network name is made available to external applications launched for the MCP system. Typically, the External Network Name value is the same as the Network Name value. However, these names might differ if the workstation running Operations Sentinel Console uses a different name to identify the system than the Operations Sentinel server does.

Monitor

Indicates whether the communication link between the MCP system and the Operations Sentinel server is monitored by Operations Sentinel. The Monitor property controls whether Operations Sentinel can

  • Access the MCP Agent on the system.

  • Perform SP-AMS automation for the system.

  • Log messages from the system.

The value in the Monitor property is either

  • True (default)

    The system is being monitored.

  • False

    The system is not being monitored.

You can still open a RHC.rml10_57\a to the system if Monitor is set to False.

Network Name

The Internet name of the system that is used by Operations Sentinel Console to make a connection to the MCP Agent. The default value is the same as the Name value.

Service Name

The service address of the Operations Sentinel Interface. The default value is spo_mcp, which is the correct value under most circumstances. By default, Operations Sentinel equates spo_mcp with the service address of 10301.

Timeout Period

The time interval (in seconds) between the receipt of system messages before a timeout alert is generated. Operations Sentinel uses this property to determine if its connection with the system is functional.

If the timeout value is set to 0, this process is disabled. You never see a timeout alert for the system and the Operations Sentinel Server services cannot determine whether their connection to the MCP system remains functional.

Command Security

The level of security access for the submission of commands to the system through command event reports. The value is one of the following:

  • NoAccess

    All command event reports for this system are discarded.

  • AutomationAccess

    Command event reports originating in an autoaction database managed by SP-AMS and CP-AMS are allowed. All others are discarded.

  • UnlimitedAccess

    Command event reports from all sources are allowed, including the Single Point Interface Pipe and client programs built using the Event Server API.

Automation State

The automation state of the system. The value is either

  • Active

    SP-AMS is monitoring the system and is actively processing system messages.

  • Inactive

    SP-AMS is not currently monitoring the system.

Note: SP-AMS only monitors a system when a database is active and the system’s Monitor property is True

Connection State

The state of the connection between the Operations Sentinel server and the system. This value affects the display of the connection line to the system in topologies. The value is one of the following:

  • Connected

    Operations Sentinel has established a connection to the MCP Agent.The connection line around the system in the topology is a solid green.

  • Disconnected

    Operations Sentinel cannot establish a connection to the MCP Agent.The connection line in a topology is red-dashed.

  • Unmonitored

    Operations Sentinel is not attempting to establish a connection to the MCP Agent because the Monitor property for the system is False.No connection line is drawn around the system.

  • Unknown

    Operations Sentinel has no information on the state of the connection to the MCP Agent.The connection line in a topology is red-dashed.

If the state of the connection is Disconnected or Unknown, an alert is raised.

Console State

The operational state of the system. The value is one of the following:

  • Active

    If the value of Monitor is True, the system and the connection to it are in a state where data can be exchanged. SP-AMS is processing message traffic and performing automation actions.

  • Inactive

    The connection to the system has not been established or has been broken. If the value of Monitor is True, the Inactive state indicates a problem. If the value of Monitor is False, this represents a normal condition.

  • Timeout

    No message traffic or heartbeat has been received from the system within the timeout period defined for that system. This can indicate a problem on the system, such as a system hang, console hang, or a problem with the communications required to monitor that system.

  • Busy

    The Operations Sentinel server cannot connect to the system. A possible cause is that another Operations Sentinel server is using the same connection to the system. Since an MCP system can be managed by no more than two Operations Sentinel servers simultaneously, this means that two other Operations Sentinel servers are using the same connection.

  • Unrecognized

    The specified information needed to access the connection is incorrect or incomplete. This usually means that the network name or service name specified for the system is not known on the Operations Sentinel server. If the Connection State value is Unmonitored, the Console State value is always Unrecognized.  

MCP System Utilization Parameters

There are several MCP system utilization parameters that you can monitor that are included in the details pane for an MCP system. Utilization data messages are continuously sent from the MCP system to the Operations Sentinel server at 20-second intervals. You can change the length of this interval, as described in Operations Sentinel Interface for ClearPath MCP Installation and Configuration Guide.

The following table describes the MCP parameters shown in the details pane. Each of these read-only parameters raises an alert if it satisfies the threshold condition set for it by the Operations Sentinel administrator.

Parameter

Alert Identifier

Description

Cache Data Rate

_ACacheDataRate

Effective data rate represented by cache disk requests.

Cache Read Hits

_ACacheHitPcent

The percentage of cache disk requests that are read hits.

Cache Request Rate

_ACacheRequest

The number of requests per second to disk cache.

IO Interrupt Rate

_AInterruptIORate

The average number of I/O interrupts per second.

MCP DC IO Byte Rate

_AMCPDCByteRate

The number of kilobytes of data transferred per second by the data communication I/O operations.

MCP DC IO Rate  

_AMCPDCRate

The average number of data communication I/O operations per second.

MCP IO Byte Rate

_AMCPByteRate

The number of kilobytes of data transferred per second by MCP I/Os.

MCP IO Rate  

_AMCPRate

The average number of MCP I/O operations per second.

Total IO Byte Rate

_ATotalIOByteRate

The number of kilobytes of data transferred per second by total system I/O operations.

Total IO Rate

_ATotalIORate

The average number of total system I/O operations per second.

User IO Byte Rate

_AUserByteRate

The number of kilobytes of data transferred per second by user I/Os.

User IO Rate

_AUserRate

The average number of user I/O operations per second.

ASD In Use

_AASDPcent

The percentage of Actual Segment Descriptors (ASDs) in use.

Memory Available  

_AMemoryAvailable

The number of words of memory available for executing jobs and tasks.

Memory Overlay

_AMemoryOverlay

The number of words of memory that can be overlaid (written to disk and then made available).

Memory Save

_AMemorySave

The number of words of memory that cannot be overlaid.

Memory Total

_AMemoryTotal

The total number of words of Memory Available, Memory Overlay, and Memory Save.

Process False Idle

_AFalseIdlePcent

The percentage of processor time spent idle while overlaid data is being transferred by the I/O subsystem.

Process Initial Pbits

_AInitPbitPcent

The percentage of processor time spent making arrays and code initially available.

Process IO Finish

_AIOFinishPcent

The percentage of processor time spent handling I/O completions.

Process MCP

_AMCPPcent

The percentage of processor time charged to the combination of the MCPSTACK, PROCESSSWITCH, and LISTEN accounts.

Process Other Pbit

_AOtherPbitPcent

The percentage of processor time spent making arrays and code present again after they were overlaid and time spent overlaying existing data to make room for new data.

Process Search

_ASearchPcent

The percentage of processor time charged to the combination of the SEARCHLEAD and SEARCHFOLLOW accounts.

Process True Idle

_ATrueIdlePcent

The percentage of processor time spent idle that is not considered to be false idle.

Process User

_AUserPcent

The percentage of processor time spent in user stacks.

Waiting Count

_AWaitingEntries

The total number of RSVP/waiting messages that are currently outstanding.