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 > Process Definition > process type > Monitoring Policy.
Configuration tab
Data type | Integer |
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 you specify a value of 0, no checking is performed. |
Default | 60 seconds |
In a z/OS environment, the Ping Interval setting for a deployment manager or a node agent is ignored. However, the Ping Interval setting for an application server is used by the node agent to control the native z/OS operating system PidWaiter monitoring function. PidWaiter monitoring is similar in functionality to the Ping Interval function that is used in a distributed platform environment. Both of these monitoring functions determine whether an application server is still running. The only difference between the two monitoring functions is that PidWaiter monitoring does not send any of the TCP/IP messages that Ping Interval monitoring sends.
In a z/OS environment, you can set the following two properties to considerably reduce the number of DNS lookups that might occur because of this monitoring activity:
When this property is set for the deployment manager, it determines how frequently the deployment manager checks to see if the node agent is still running. When it is set for the node agent, it determines how frequently the node agent checks to see if the deployment manager is still running. When it is set for an application server, it determines how frequently the application server checks to see if the node agent is still running. .
Adding these two properties does not completely eliminate DNS lookups from within WebSphere Application Server processes.
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. |
This setting does not affect the Node Restart State setting. The two settings are mutually exclusive.
Data type | Boolean |
Default | true |
This setting does not affect what you specified for the Automatic Restart setting. The two settings are mutually exclusive.
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. |