ocr: Checks: Machine (RS/6000) OS (AIXO DBMS (SQL Server) Production Backup Prod, Development Application Gateway (MDD Comm Links Databases Up OS Schedule facilities every 10 (crontab) minutes: Application Up Job Scheduler FIGURE 1 The systems avallability-monitoring program verifies that the soft- ware programs are up and running. If: not, it restarts them. It also cross-checks other machines by running the same systems availability routines remotely. If any of the remote sottware systems are unavailable, the monitor restarts them too.
