What is Veritas Cluster Server KM?

Veritas Cluster Server KM is a standard Knowledge Module (KM) that enables you to monitor your Veritas Cluster Server infrastructure in BMC TrueSight Operations Management or BMC Helix Operations Management. It is one of the three knowledge modules required for monitoring Veritas Infoscale. The other two being Veritas Volume Manager KM and Veritas File System KM.

Technically, Veritas Cluster Server KM is composed of:

• A KM for PATROL:

  • Compatible with Linux, Windows, Solaris, HP-UX, and IBM AIX
  • Deployable and configurable through TrueSight/Helix CMA
  • Configurable through Monitoring Studio X Web UI

• A Component for TrueSight Presentation Server (TSPS)

  • Enables the configuration of Veritas Cluster Server KM and facilitates the interaction with the PATROL Agent through the user-friendly Monitoring Studio X Web interface.

There are two possible options to setup Veritas Cluster Server KM and the PATROL Agent:

• Remote Monitoring: Install the KM and the Agent on a dedicated managed node that monitors one or more Veritas Cluster Server systems remotely.
• Local Monitoring: Install the KM and the Agent on the Veritas Cluster Server system directly to monitor locally.

Standard KM for PATROL

Veritas Cluster Server KM monitors every component of Veritas Cluster Server to ensure it runs efficiently 24 hours a day:

• Systems: in the cluster, their availability, status, CPU usage
• Heartbeats: between the cluster nodes and global clusters
• LLT & GAB: communication protocols’ health and connectivity
• Resources & Service Groups: status of resources and their availability
• Logs: for any error in VCS and system logs
• Agents: status for successful failover
• Automatic KM Failover: in the event of a VCS failover, the KM continues the monitoring through the new active node.

As a KM for PATROL, Veritas Cluster Server KM runs natively on the BMC PATROL Agent. The monitored objects and metrics and their configuration are automatically integrated into the various BMC consoles:

• TrueSight Operations Management or Helix Operations Management
• TrueSight Central Monitoring Administration (CMA)
• TrueSight Infrastructure Management
• PATROL Console (Classic)
• PATROL Central - Windows Edition
• PATROL Central - Web Edition

Since Veritas Cluster Server KM,

• detects service group and resource faults
• helps prevent failures during cluster failovers
• detects any performance issues before failures

it ensures maximum cluster application availability.