Monitoring clustered watch folder states

The mmhealth command can be used to check the various states of a clustered watch folder.

mmhealth states for a clustered watch folder

  • UNKNOWN: The state of the node or the service that is hosted on the node is not known.
  • HEALTHY: The node or the service that is hosted on the node is working as expected. There are no active error events.
  • CHECKING: The monitoring of a service or a component that is hosted on the node is starting at the moment. This state is a transient state and is updated when the startup is completed.
  • TIPS: There might be an issue with the configuration and tuning of the components. This status is only assigned to a tip event.
  • DEGRADED: The node or the service that is hosted on the node is not working as expected. A problem occurred with the component, but it did not result in a complete failure.
  • FAILED: The node or the service that is hosted on the node failed due to errors or cannot be reached anymore.
  • DEPEND: The node or the service that is hosted on the node failed due to the failure of some components. For example, an NFS or SMB service shows this status if authentication failed.

mmhealth events for the mmwatch command

For more information, see Watchfolder events.