Verifying the Status of oacore Process

The oacore process collects metrics data and records it in the metric data store. After installing the Operations Agent, follow the steps to check the status of the oacore process:

1. Log on to the Operations Agent node.

2. Run the command:

   On Windows x64 system:

   %ovinstalldir%bin\win64\ovc

   On Windows x86 system:

   %ovinstalldir%bin\win32\ovc

   On AIX:

   /usr/lpp/OV/bin/ovc

   On UNIX/Linux/Solaris/HP-UX:

   /opt/OV/bin/ovc

If the oacore process is running, the following message appears:

oacore      Operations Agent Core               AGENT,OA     (25357)  Running

Starting or Stopping the oacore Process

Follow the steps:

1. Log on to the Operations Agent node.

2. Go to the following directory:

   On Windows x64 system:

   %ovinstalldir%bin\win64\

   On Windows x86 system:

   %ovinstalldir%bin\win32\

   On AIX:

   /usr/lpp/OV/bin

   On UNIX/Linux/Solaris/HP-UX:

   /opt/OV/bin

3. Run the command:

   • To start the oacore process: ovc -start oacore
   • To stop the oacore process: ovc -stop oacore

Verifying Data Logging

Metrics data collected by the oacore process is logged in the data store.

Follow these steps:

1. Log on to the Operations Agent node.

2. Run the command:

   On Windows x64 system:

   %ovinstalldir%bin\win64\ovcodautil –obj

   On Windows x86 system:

   %ovinstalldir%bin\win32\ovcodautil –obj

   On AIX:

   /usr/lpp/OV/bin/ovcodautil –obj

   On UNIX/Linux/Solaris/HP-UX:

   /opt/OV/bin/ovcodautil –obj

A list of logged metrics appear.