Use this page to view or change settings that control how the node agent monitors and restarts a process.
To view this administrative console page, click Servers > Application Servers > server_name. Then, under Server Infrastructure, click Java and Process Management > Process Definition > process > Monitoring Policy .
Configuration tab
The maximum number of times to attempt to start the
application server before giving up.
| Data type | Integer |
The frequency of communication attempts between the parent process, such as the node agent, and the process it has spawned, such as an application server. Adjust this value based on your requirements for restarting failed servers. Decreasing the value detects failures sooner; increasing the value reduces the frequency of pings, reducing system overhead.
| Data type | Integer |
| Range | Set the value greater than or equal to 0 (zero) and less than 2147483. If you specify a value greater than 2147483, the application server acts as though you set the value to 0. |
When a parent process is spawning a child process, such as when a process manager spawns a server, the parent process pings the child process to see whether the child was spawned successfully. This value specifies the number of seconds that the parent process should wait (after pinging the child process) before assuming that the child process failed.
| Data type | Integer |
| Units | Seconds |
| Range | Set the value greater than or equal to 0 (zero) and less than 2147483. If you specify a value greater than 2147483, the application server acts as though you set the value to 0. |
Whether the process should restart automatically if it fails. On distributed and OS/400 systems, the default is to restart the process automatically. On a z/OS system, the default is to not start the process automatically.
| Data type | Boolean |
| Default | true (distributed and OS/400) / false (z/OS) |
The desired state for the process after the node completely shuts down and restarts.
| Data type | String |
| Default | STOPPED |
| Range | Valid values are STOPPED, RUNNING, or PREVIOUS. If you want the process to return to its current state after the node restarts, use PREVIOUS. |