Starting Vantage Through the .rc System
Vantage can be configured to start automatically as part of the rc system of the Vantage host. Re-starting automatically enables a more automated and fault-tolerant system. Vantage monitoring will be re-started in the event of either a reboot or a power loss, ensuring the highest level of availability of Vantage monitoring. The Vantage host must be enabled to start either cde or kde to enable this feature.
Vantage monitoring can be started in one of four states:
· Default Vantage processes. This state will re-start monitoring for resources that are contained in the file STATIC/startup_files/rc_startup. To determine the STATIC directory check the /etc/vantage.rc file. On a Vantage legacy system the file should be created in the /users/vantage/startup_files directory. The rc_startup file should contain a list of resources for which monitoring should be started when the Vantage host comes up from either a power failure or a reboot. The file should contain one resource name per line.
· Last known Vantage processes. This state will re-start the Vantage processes running at the time of the system restart. Monitoring for all resources active at the time of the system restart will be re-started.
· Vantage RPC server only. This state will restart the vanrpc_serv process only in the event you want to re-start monitoring yourself from another Vantage host.
· No Vantage processes. This state will not start any Vantage processes.
To configure the Vantage host to automatically re-start Vantage monitoring, execute the following steps:
1. Copy the file asp_vantage_rc_tar from the Vantage CDto a directory of your choice on the Vantage host.
2. Change directory to that directory and execute tar -xvf asp_vantage_rc_tar
3. Su to login as root.
4. Execute asp_vantage_rc_install
5. Choose a number from the menu to enable the state you want.
To change the state after the install, login as vanmgr, cd to the directory /etc and execute the program ./vantage_ssc config. You will see the menu and will be allowed to change the state.
