Logs/Analytics
VMS System Watchdog
Product Overview
System Watchdog for OpenVMS is a monitoring tool that helps ensure your OpenVMS systems remain available, reliable, and high-performing, without constant manual oversight. It tracks critical system, network, and application-level events across OpenVMS environments and notifies you of issues before they affect your operations. With automated responses and customizable alerts, it gives IT teams the tools they need to keep systems healthy while reducing routine workload.
Note: System Watchdog is available for OpenVMS on Integrity servers only and is not supported on x86 systems. For x86 environments, we recommend exploring VMS SPI and contacting VSI Sales for guidance on how it can replace Watchdog for your setup.
Latest Version
| Alpha | Integrity | X-86 |
|---|---|---|
| R2.4-4 | R2.5-0 |
Features
Features
- Monitors OpenVMS systems on Alpha, VAX, and Integrity servers from a centralized Windows or OpenVMS console.
- Enables round-the-clock, automated system surveillance with minimal manual intervention.
- Detects critical system issues like CPU, memory, and Ethernet errors, or stopped processors.
- Tracks network problems such as unreachable nodes or resource outages.
- Monitors looping or missing processes, failed batch jobs, and queue/device errors.
- Identifies subsystem issues including disk failures, HSC/CI errors, and queue manager faults.
- Supports custom event definitions, alerts, and response actions tailored to your environment.
- Logs all monitored events for auditing, diagnostics, and trend analysis.
- Automates corrective actions and notifications to reduce downtime and operational overhead.
What problems does it solve / Benefits
- Reduces manual workload by automating system monitoring and alerting
- Prevents service disruptions by identifying problems early and triggering automatic actions
- Improves productivity by freeing IT teams from repetitive monitoring tasks
- Lowers total cost of ownership by reducing the need for large support teams
- Simplifies large, distributed environments through centralized visibility
- Helps meet compliance or audit requirements, with complete event logs and traceability
Downloads
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Get a license
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Migrate to x86
OpenVMS is now available for x86/64 architecture, offering a reliable and up-to-date option to run your software in the future.
We are ready to give you all the information needed to evaluate the migration project, move your solutions to x86, and start using them in a working environment.