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= get-health

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== get-health

Provides information on the cluster health

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=== Synopsis

[source]
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asadmin [asadmin-options] get-health [--help]
cluster_name
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=== Description

The `get-health` subcommand gets information about the health of the
cluster. Note that if the group management service (GMS) is not enabled,
the basic information about whether the server instances in this cluster
are running or not running is not returned. For each server instance,
one of the following states is reported: `not started`, `started`,
`stopped`, `rejoined`, or `failed`. This subcommand is available in
remote mode only.

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=== Options

asadmin-options::
  Options for the `asadmin` utility. For information about these
  options, see the link:asadmin.html#asadmin-1m[`asadmin`(1M)] help page.
`--help`::
`-?`::
  Displays the help text for the subcommand.

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=== Operands

cluster_name::
  The name of the cluster for which you want the health information.
  This subcommand prompts you for the cluster name if you don't specify it.

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=== Examples

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==== Example 1   Checking the health of server instances in a cluster

[source]
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asadmin> get-health cluster1
instance1 started since Wed Sep 29 16:32:46 EDT 2010
instance2 started since Wed Sep 29 16:32:45 EDT 2010
Command get-health executed successfully.
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=== Exit Status

0::
  command executed successfully
1::
  error in executing the command

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=== See Also

link:asadmin.html#asadmin-1m[`asadmin`(1M)]

link:validate-multicast.html#validate-multicast-1[`validate-multicast`(1)]