Mapping the Automation Agent Statuses to the Automation Manager Observed Status
Table 1 shows how the current resource statuses that are retrieved by the related automation agents are mapped to the observed status that is used by the automation manager.
| Automation Agent | Observed | Automation | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWN | SoftDown | Idle | The automation agent is ready to perform an initial start of the resource. |
| RESTART | SoftDown | Idle | The automation agent is ready to perform a startup of the resource. |
| STARTED | Starting | Busy | The automation agent has issued the start commands for the resource. |
| EXTSTART | Starting | Busy | This means that the automation agent has detected that an external agency (probably ARM) is in the process of starting the resource. |
| ACTIVE | Starting | Busy | The automation agent has received some indication that the start is successful, although it is not yet complete. |
| STARTED2 | Problem | Problem | Although the resource is still active, it does not appear to have started properly within the time period that the automation agent expected it to start within. |
| UP | Available | Idle | The resource has entered a stable state and is available for usage. |
| HALTED | Degraded | Busy | The resource has encountered a problem, but is still active. The automation agent may be attempting to return it to an UP state. |
| RUNNING | Starting | Busy | The resource is a transient subsystem that is currently executing. |
| ENDING | Starting | Busy | The resource is a transient subsystems that is terminating. |
| AUTOTERM | Stopping | Busy | The automation agent is in the process of stopping the resource. |
| STOPPING | Stopping | Busy | The automation agent has detected that the application is terminating normally outside of its control. |
| ABENDING | Stopping | Busy | The automation agent has determined that the application is terminating abnormally but can be recovered. |
| BREAKING | Stopping | Busy | The automation agent has determined that the resource is terminating abnormally in a nonrecoverable fashion. |
| ENDED | Available | Idle | The resource is a transient subsystem that has completed successfully. |
| AUTODOWN | SoftDown | Idle | The resource is down and may be restarted as needed by automation. |
| CTLDOWN | HardDown | Idle | The resource is down and may not be restarted by automation. |
| STOPPED | HardDown | Idle | The automation agent has determined that the resource has been stopped normally outside the control of automation and its policy indicates that an automated restart is not allowed. |
| BROKEN | HardDown | Idle | The automation agent has determined that the application has failed in a nonrecoverable fashion. |
| HALFDOWN | Degraded | Problem | A shutdown for the resource by the automation agent was cancelled at the users request. Although the resource is still active, its status is indeterminate. |
| STUCK | Stopping | Problem | While trying to stop or start the resource, the automation agent ran out of instructions. |
| ZOMBIE | Problem | Problem | The automation agent believes that the resource should be inactive, but it is not. |
| MOVED | Standby | Idle | The automation agent has determined that the resource is active elsewhere within the sysplex. The manager may reactivate it on this system. |
| FALLBACK | Standby | Idle | The resource is a backup for a resource that normally runs on a different system within the sysplex. The manager may start it if it needs to. |