Configuring Database Status Monitoring

Describes the configuration settings for database status monitoring. Use this topic to update the configuration based on your requirement.This task provides instructions for configuring the database status monitoring settings in the application.conf file, including how to modify the default downtime threshold and enable or disable the monitoring service.

If the database service is down for a configured amount of time, the service monitor stops all services that are running. The default configured value is 15 minutes.

The following is the default configuration for database status monitoring in the application.conf file. However, you can modify the default values based on your requirement.

monitor.database {
 enabled = true
 downtimeThresholdMin = 15
}

Following is the functionality of database status monitoring:

The database status is monitored for data flow at regular intervals of 15 minutes, downtimeThresholdMin, when the field enabled = true.
At any point, if the database is down for the configured threshold value, downtimeThresholdMin, the Service Monitor stops all services.

To modify database status monitoring configuration, perform the following steps:

Open services.msc in Windows and stop the servicemonitor service.
On Vocera Analytics Server, open the application.conf file located at <VA_Install_Drive>\VoceraAnalytics\servicemonitor\conf\
Update the required value for the configurable fields for database status monitoring.
Save the application.conf file.
Open services.msc in Windows and start the servicemonitor service.