Starting the Monitor Daemon

After configuring the necessary alerts, start the monitor daemon with one of these methods:

  • From the Launch Bar of the IDE, click the Site Daemons tool on the Runtime panel.
  • From the Shell Window tool's command line, specify this command:
    hcimonitord [-de eoc-pattern] [-dd eoc-pattern] [-cl cfg-list] 
    [-nl] [-D] [-S sitename]

If the Monitor Daemon was started with a saved alert configuration file, then the Monitor Daemon automatically rereads the file.

If the saved alert configuration file has another file name, then start the Monitor Daemon with the new file name.

For UNIX users, as the errdb alert type requires database access, during start-up the Lock Manager should be started before starting the Monitor Daemon. If an alert is triggered, then a message is displayed where the Monitor Daemon is running. For shutdown, the Monitor Daemon should be shut down first, followed by the Lock Manager.

  1. Open the Site Daemons.
  2. Select Monitor Daemon. This is the default and only available option on Windows.
    On UNIX, select Monitor Daemon or All Daemons. (If hcimonitord is already running and there are changes to the alert configuration files, restart Site Daemons.
  3. Click Alert Cfg. This opens a selection dialog box.
  4. Select the new alert configuration file and click Apply.
  5. Click Start Daemon to start the Monitor Daemon.
  6. Select File > Exit to exit the IDE, or right-click the Site Daemons tab and select Close to close the Site Daemons and remain in the IDE.