The base monitor is the central process that monitors a node from the RMS cluster. The base monitor performs the following functions:
Ensures that the appropriate action is taken if there are any problems with the monitored resources
Obtains information concerning resources and the action to be taken from an RMS configuration file, which the system administrator creates, according to the requirements for use by RMS
The base monitor is started by the Cluster Admin GUI, or with the hvcm command, and runs as a process under the name bm (base monitor) on every node in the cluster.
