About the AMF configuration files

Asynchronous Monitoring Framework (AMF) kernel driver provides asynchronous event notifications to the VCS agents that are enabled for intelligent resource monitoring.

Table: AMF configuration files lists the AMF configuration files.

Table: AMF configuration files

File

Description

/etc/sysconfig/amf

This file stores the start and stop environment variables for AMF:

  • AMF_START - Defines the startup behavior for the AMF module after a system reboot or when AMF is attempted to start using the init script. Valid values include:

    1 - Indicates that AMF is enabled to start up. (default)

    0 - Indicates that AMF is disabled to start up.

  • AMF_STOP - Defines the shutdown behavior for the AMF module during a system shutdown or when AMF is attempted to stop using the init script. Valid values include:

    1 - Indicates that AMF is enabled to shut down. (default)

    0 - Indicates that AMF is disabled to shut down.

/etc/amftab

After you install VCS, the file /etc/amftab contains a amfconfig(1) command that configures the AMF driver for use.

The AMF init script uses this /etc/amftab file to configure the AMF driver. The /etc/amftab file contains the following line by default:

/opt/VRTSamf/bin/amfconfig -c