Policy Agent Operation

The Solaris Bandwidth Manager policy agent carries out a number of tasks automatically. They are described below.

Intializing and Starting an m-bean

When intializing and starting an m-bean, the policy agent:

• Loads the m-let text files contained in the /opt/SUNWconn/ba/html/beans/*.html directory.

• Initializes the m-beans

  The policy agent does so by loading the BeanName.zip and BeanName.class files and calling the initCmf() method. This:

  • Registers the m-beans with the framework

  • Recovers references to any externally defined m-beans

  • Loads the parameters defined within the m-let tags.

• Loads and starts the Solaris Bandwidth Manager configuration

• Starts the m-beans

  This is done using the performStart() method, which is defined in the com.sun.jaw.reference.agent.services.ActivatableIf interface and is part of the Java Dynamic Management Kit.

Stopping an m-bean

To stop an m-bean, the policy agent:

• Calls the performStop() method, which is defined in the com.sun.jaw.reference.agent.services.ActivatableIf interface and is part of the Java Dynamic Management Kit.

• Stops the Solaris Bandwidth Manager configuration.

• Calls the deleteCmf() method to delete m-bean instances.