Novell Doc: NW 6.5 SP8: Utilities Reference

1.58 Health

Purpose

Use at the server console to display the status of a server's overall health on the system console as determined through Novell Remote Manager.

Syntax



health [all]

Parameter	Use to
no parameter, default	Display only the overall server health status.
all	Display the status for all individual components that comprise the server’s overall health. The asterisk (*) indicates the lowest value for the component rather than the peak. The output on the System Console screen from the health all command might not display correctly on non-English language servers. Use Novell Remote Manager from a client browser to view the Server Health summary listing.

Parameter

Use to

no parameter, default

Display only the overall server health status.

all

Display the status for all individual components that comprise the server’s overall health.

The asterisk (*) indicates the lowest value for the component rather than the peak.

The output on the System Console screen from the health all command might not display correctly on non-English language servers. Use Novell Remote Manager from a client browser to view the Server Health summary listing.

Using Health

To use this command, make sure portal.nlm is loaded on the server.

If the overall health status for the server is any value other than Good, you might want to view the status of the individual components by using the All option. By default, all components are included in this status. If you want to exclude any component, configure the Include options by using Novell Remote Manager.

Health Status Definitions

Status	Meaning
Good	The status of all components included in the server's health configuration list is Good.
Suspect	One or more of the components included in the server's health configuration list has a Suspect status or has a minor problem.
Bad	One or more of the components included in the server's health configuration list has a Bad status or has a critical problem.

Additional Information

Topic	See
Excluding a component from overall server health in Novell Remote Manager	Monitoring Overall Server Health or the Health of a Specific Item in the NW 6.5 SP8: Novell Remote Manager Administration Guide.