Getting started with monitoring an IBM Global High Availability Mailbox server
The getting started with monitoring an IBM® Global High Availability Mailbox server workflow outlines high-level steps to set up an IBM Global High Availability Mailbox server with IBM Control Center Monitor.
There are several considerations when you monitor an IBM Global High Availability Mailbox server. The following sections help you identify the steps that you need to complete to successfully monitor a IBM Global High Availability Mailbox server.
Planning for an IBM Global High Availability Mailbox server
Before you begin monitoring IBM Global High Availability Mailbox events with IBM Control Center Monitor, you need to make the following decisions:
- Are you going to use a secure connection for event processing?
- Do you want to receive notifications when IBM Global High Availability Mailbox events occur?
Configuring IBM Global High Availability Mailbox to connect to IBM Control Center Monitor
A IBM Global High Availability Mailbox server is on-boarded when the IBM Global High Availability Mailbox servers begin posting events to the event repository (ER). IBM Control Center Monitor begins monitoring Global Mailbox servers and displays information about IBM Global High Availability Mailbox and its services in the web console. However, if you want to be notified when certain types of events occur, you need to set up rules in IBM Control Center Monitor.
You need to configure the IBM Global High Availability Mailbox server before they can publish events to IBM Control Center Monitor. For more information on configuring IBM Global High Availability Mailbox, see Configuring IBM Global High Availability Mailbox to publish events to IBM Control Center.
Securing the connection to an IBM Global High Availability Mailbox server
You can create a secure connection for event processing between IBM Control Center Monitor and the IBM Global High Availability Mailbox server.
If you need to encrypt your information, create a secure connection for event processing. Creating a secure connection with encrypted information can decrease the performance of IBM Control Center Monitor. For more information about creating a secure connection, see Configuring event processing for a secure connection.
After you create the secure connection, you can configure authentication for event processing. For more information about enabling authentication, see Enabling authentication for posting events to the IBM Control Center event repository.
Monitoring IBM Global High Availability Mailbox status
You can get the health status of your IBM Global High Availability Mailbox system from the Environmental Health widget. The widget provides an at a glance status for the data centers in your IBM Global High Availability Mailbox system. You can click a data center chart to access information about the servers in each data center and the server services and components. For more information on monitoring IBM Global High Availability Mailbox status, see Monitor Global Mailbox status.
Scenarios for monitoring IBM Global High Availability Mailbox events
The following list contains scenarios for configuring rules for a IBM Global High Availability Mailbox server:
- How can I know when a data center component or service has a change in status?
- How can I monitor all IBM Global High Availability Mailbox events?
- How can I know if a Global Mailbox file is replicated successfully?
- How can I know if a Global Mailbox file replication starts?
- How can I know when a Global Mailbox message creation operation completes successfully?
- How can I know when a Global Mailbox message creation operation starts?
- How can I know when a Global Mailbox message creation operation fails?
- How can I monitor events from a specific data center?
- How can I know if a Global Mailbox file transfer payload is replicated successfully?
- How can I know when a Global Mailbox message creation operation fails?
- How can I know if a Global Mailbox file transfer payload fails to replicate?