How SSMFAIL Responds to SSM Resource Start-up, Termination, and Timeout Conditions

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How SSMFAIL Responds to SSM Resource Start-up, Termination, and Timeout Conditions

The SSMFAIL request rule generates an alert to startup failures as determined from logic within the SSMRETRY routine (CURRENT_STATE=FAILED, or CURRENT_STATE=TIMEOUT). The SSMFAIL request rule also generates an alert when the logic with the SSMEOM rule sets CURRENT_STATE=TERM upon an initialized SSM resource abnormally terminating.

For FAILED conditions (SSMRETRY action retry limits exceeded), the SSMFAIL request rule is triggered through the FAILED_UP action text specification:
```
ACTION_CURRENT   ACTION_DESIRED   ACTION_TEXT 
FAILED           UP               RULE("SSMFAIL &NAME FAILED &SSMTABLE")
```
The default SSMFAIL logic for this condition leaves the resource in the FAILED_UP condition and produces a highlighted message similar to the following example:
```
OPSNOTIFY DB2MSTR failed and will not be restarted. Action retry limits
defined in SSMRETRY have been exceeded.
```
For TIMEOUT conditions (SSMRETRY detected a resource has started but it has not reached its 'UP' state), the SSMFAIL request rule is triggered through the TIMEOUT_UP action text specification:
```
ACTION_CURRENT   ACTION_DESIRED   ACTION_TEXT 
TIMEOUT          UP               RULE("SSMFAIL &NAME TIMEOUT &SSMTABLE")
```
The default SSMFAIL logic for this TIMEOUT_UP condition produces the highlighted message similar to the following example:
```
OPSNOTIFY DB2MSTR has not reached initialization as defined within SSMRETRY
Parameters.
```
For TERM conditions (SSMEOM detected an initialized SSM resource that was in the states CURRENT_STATE='UP' and DESIRED_STATE='UP' has abnormally terminated), the SSMFAIL request rule is triggered through the TERM_UP action text specification:
```
ACTION_CURRENT   ACTION_DESIRED   ACTION_TEXT 
TERM             UP               RULE("SSMFAIL &NAME TERM &SSMTABLE")
```
The default SSMFAIL logic for this TERM_UP condition produces the highlighted message similar to the following example:
```
OPSNOTIFY DB2MSTR has abnormally terminated. SSM is restarting.
```

Note: For further details and complete implementation guidelines, see the comments within the SSMFAIL request rule.