Managed Availability consists of three key components: Probes, Monitors, and Responders. These work closely together to test, detect, and try to resolve possible problems. First, Managed Availability runs a probe. Depending on which probe is run (there are hundreds of different ones), it gathers information about, or executes a series of tests for, a specific component.
Then, a monitor evaluates the results of that probe and uses the gathered information to decide whether the component is healthy or unhealthy. If unhealthy, a responder will take an appropriate action to bring that failed component back to a healthy state. Different actions can be taken depending on the responder and on the type of failure: these can involve ...
