VRTSWebApp Agent
Brings Web applications online, takes them offline, and monitors their status. The application is a Java Web application conforming to the Servlet Specification 2.3/JSP Specification 1.2 and runs inside of the Java Web server installed as a part of the VRTSweb package. This agent is used to monitor the Web Consoles of various VERITAS products, such as VCS and VVR.
Entry Points
- Online---Starts the Web application with the specified parameters. If the Web server is not already running, it first starts the server.
- Offline---Removes the Web application from the Web server. If no other Web application is running, it shuts down the Web server.
- Monitor---Checks if the specified Web application is currently running inside the Web server. If the application is running, monitor reports ONLINE. If the application is not running, monitor reports OFFLINE.
- Clean---Removes the Web application from the Web server. If no other Web application is running, it shuts down the Web server.
State Definitions
- ONLINE---Indicates that the Web application is running.
- OFFLINE---Indicates that the Web application is not running.
- UNKNOWN---Indicates that the agent could not determine the state of the resource or that the resource attributes are invalid.
Type Definition
type VRTSWebApp (
static str ArgList[] = { AppName, InstallDir, TimeForOnline }
str AppName
str InstallDir
int TimeForOnline
static int NumThreads = 1
)
Required Attributes
| Required Attribute
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Description, Type and Dimension, Default, and Example
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AppName
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Name of the application as it appears in the Web server.
Access the applications at: http://localhost:8181/vcs.
- Type and dimension: string-scalar
- Example: For VCS, use vcs.
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InstallDir
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Path to the Web application installation. The Web application must be installed as a .war file with the same name as the AppName parameter; the vcs application must be installed as vcs.war. This attribute should point to the directory that contains this .war file.
- Type and dimension: string-scalar
- Example: If AppName is vcs and InstallDir is /opt/VRTSweb/VERITAS, the agent constructs the path for the Web application as: "/opt/VRTSweb/VERITAS/vcs.war"
|
TimeForOnline
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The time the Web application takes to start after it is loaded into the Web server. This parameter is returned as the exit value of the online script, which inform VCS of the time it needs to wait before calling monitor on the Web application resource. This attribute is typically at least five seconds.
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Sample Configuration
VRTSWebApp VCSweb (
AppName = "vcs"
InstallDir = "/opt/VRTSweb/VERITAS"
TimeForOnline = 5
)
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