Health policy collection

Use this page to create and modify health policies. Health policies support two main approaches to maintaining a healthy environment: detection and prevention.

To view this administrative console page, click Operational policies > Health policies.

Privileges for health policies differ, depending on the user’s administrative role. Roles include monitor, operator, configurator, and administrator. If you are a user with either a monitor or an operator role, you can only view health policy information. If you are a user with either a configurator or an administrator role, you have all configuration privileges for health policies.

Name

Specifies the name of a health policy. The health policy name is required and must be unique among all the health policies in the cell.

The name cannot begin with a period (.) or a space. A space does not generate an error, but leading and trailing spaces are automatically deleted. Use meaningful and consistent health policy names. For example, age-based health policies can be indicated by naming the policies AGE_20DAYS, AGE_15DAYS, and so on.

Reaction mode

Specifies the reaction mode that defines the behavior of the health policy. The reaction mode can be Supervised or Automatic.

  • When the reaction mode is set to Supervised, health policies are active and recommendations on actions are sent to the administrator with a runtime task. The administrator can follow the recommendations. If the administrator approves a recommendation, actions are taken to improve the health condition automatically.
  • When the reaction mode is set to Automatic, health policies are actively logging data, and WebSphere Virtual Enterprise automatically takes actions to improve the health conditions, without approval from the administrator.
Description

Specifies an additional description of the health policy. The description is optional. You can edit the description when you are creating or editing a health policy. Consider using the optional description when you are using many health policies or when multiple administrators manage the same set of health policies.




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Related information
Health policy settings
Creating a health policy: Define health policy general properties
Creating a health policy: Define health condition properties
Creating a health policy: Specify members to monitor
Custom actions collection
Custom actions settings

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