Environment
Novell GroupWise 8 Support Pack 2 Hot Patch 3
Situation
Installed GroupWise 8 Support Pack 2 Hot Patch 3 Monitor Agent on SLES 10 SP3 or SLES 11 SP1.
Configured GroupWise Monitor to monitor the agents.
Monitor is listening and monitoring GroupWise agents , but GroupWise High Availability do not automatically restart the agents when they are down.
Configured GroupWise Monitor to monitor the agents.
Monitor is listening and monitoring GroupWise agents , but GroupWise High Availability do not automatically restart the agents when they are down.
Resolution
Resolution:
- Install GroupWise Monitor on one server and configure it.
- Edit /etc/init.d/grpwise-ma script and uncomment the line MA-OPTIONS line.
- Leave the username to "gwha", change the password to whatever you want.
- Change the polling cycle from 120 secomds to 30 seconds.
- Run the command at the terminal, "useradd gwha" to create user called gwha.
- Run the command at the terminal "passwd gwha" to set the password for the user.
- Edit monitor.xml file in /opt/novell/groupwise/agents/share folder and make sure it is pointing to one of the GroupWise domain under the section <HOME_PATH>.
- Make sure <HTTP_POLL_CYCLE> value is set to 30.
- Make sure xinetd service is installed and gwha is set to ON by going to Yast / xinetd/gwha/ Toggle it to ON .
- Restart Monitor Agent using the command "rcgrpwise-ma start"
- Test whether GWHA daemon is listening using the command "netstat -nl | grep 8400"
- Make sure to have http port enabled for the GroupWise Agents to be monitored.
- Open a browser and go to url "http://ipadd_of_ma_server:8400". You should see the agents up and running and in the listening status.
- Test by bringing down one of the agents. Note that after 30 seconds , it should start automatically.