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Control Services and Resources

A monitored service or resource can operate in the AUTOMATED operation mode, the MANUAL operation mode, or the IGNORED operation mode. In the AUTOMATED operation mode, the region has control of the service or resource but you can still indirectly influence the operation of that service or resource. In the MANUAL operation mode, you have direct control of the service or resource. The IGNORED operation mode is the same as the MANUAL operation mode except that the logical state of the affected service or resource is always set to OK (used typically when the state of the service or resource is of no interest).

From the monitors, you can perform the following:

• You can override the operation mode or the desired state of a service or resource, thus indirectly influencing its behavior.
• You can, if authorized, change the active knowledge base information dynamically without having to shut down the region. For example, a service level agreement might have changed and you need to update the resource availability to reflect the change.
• You can start or stop a service or resource that is in the MANUAL operation mode.