Overview Of The Software Availability Manager; Software Availability Manager - NEC Express5800/320Ma User Manual

The ftServer Software Availability Manager (SAM) Service monitors system
performance and user-application availability. This chapter presents an overview of the
SAM service. It includes the following topics:
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"Software Availability Manager"

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"Event Log Messages from SAM"
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"Event Log Messages from SAM"
Software Availability Manager
The Software Availability Manager consists of a Windows service that runs at system
startup and a snap-in that runs within a Microsoft Management Console (MMC). The
SAM Service monitors the performance of critical Express5800/320Ma system
components and the status of user applications.
You can configure the SAM snap-in to send email or execute a program based on the
status of applications, configured performance thresholds, or messages sent to the
Event Log.
SAM is one of two NEC-supplied MMC snap-ins. The other is the ftServer Management
Console (ftSMC) snap-in, which is documented in the system administrator's guide.
SAM and ftSMC both monitor system functionality. Most of the elements (called
instances) that SAM monitors relate to system performance, though it also detects
user-application failures and monitors Event Log entries for warning and error
messages. On the other hand, ftSMC monitorssystem hardware and the device drivers
for the ftServer system.
SAM and ftSMC both report system information to system administrators.
Overview of the Software Availability

Overview of the Software Availability Manager

Chapter 1
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