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Microsoft.AIX.7.Process.Cron.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

AIX 7 Process Cron Monitor

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This monitor checks the status of the Cron daemon. This is done by running a WSMan query, checking if the Cron daemon is running. If you receive an alert from this monitor, check the Diagnostic and Recovery results to see if further action is required.

Causes

An unhealthy state indicates that the Cron daemon is currently unavailable.

Resolutions

Check the service on the system by running 'ps -ef | grep cron' or by viewing the diagnostic in the Operations Manager Console. If it is down, you can start the process using the command '/usr/sbin/cron &' or by clicking the recovery link in the Operations Manager Console.

For root cause analysis, check the system logfile by using the command 'errpt', and view any related entries at the time of failure.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.AIX.7.OperatingSystem
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.AvailabilityState
CategoryAvailabilityHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.Unix.WSMan.Process.Status.MonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
Cron is not running
The cron daemon on server {0} is not running.
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.AIX.7.Process.Cron.Monitor" Accessibility="Public" Target="Microsoft.AIX.7.OperatingSystem" TypeID="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.WSMan.Process.Status.MonitorType" Enabled="true" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.AvailabilityState">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.AIX.7.Process.Cron.AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</AlertParameter1>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <OperationalStates>

    <OperationalState HealthState="Success" MonitorTypeStateID="Running" ID="Running"/>

    <OperationalState HealthState="Error" MonitorTypeStateID="NotRunning" ID="NotRunning"/>

  </OperationalStates>

  <Configuration>

    <TargetSystem>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.Computer"]/NetworkName$</TargetSystem>

    <ProcessName>cron</ProcessName>

    <Interval>300</Interval>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>