This task describes how to run a query on a selected host within a process group.
To Query a Host within a Process Host Group
- Double-click the PROCESS application container.
- Access the PROCESS_PRESENCE application menu as described in Accessing KM Commands and InfoBoxes.
- Select Manage Host Group from the pop-up menu. The Manage Host Group dialog box is displayed.
- In the Host Group Members group box, highlight the host you want to query.
- In the Actions group box, select the Query Selected Host option and click OK.
The Status group box will display the following information:
- Local host name
- The last host that sent an update within the group
- The date and time that the last update was sent to the group
- Whether or not the selected host responded when BMC PATROL tried to query it
- The following diagnostic messages
- No session-- is displayed when the host was unable to open a session on the remote BMC PATROL Agent
- Event failed-- is displayed when the session was opened on the remote BMC PATROL Agent, but sending an event to the remote BMC PATROL Agent failed
- No response-- is displayed when the BMC PATROL Agent timed out while waiting for a response to the event that was sent to the remote BMC PATROL Agent
- Bad return data-- is displayed when the message that is received seems to be from a BMC PATROL Agent other than the one with which the session was opened
- Unknown OS type-- is displayed when the BMC PATROL Agent did not return a known OS type string
- Non-UNIX OS-- is displayed when the remote BMC PATROL Agent is not running on a supported UNIX operating system
- OK-- is displayed when the BMC PATROL Agent responded correctly
Using the PATROL KM for UNIX for Process Monitoring