What should you do if an instance in the system monitor suddenly crashes (changes color to red)? What if the "Status" column in the control panel suddenly alerts you to a critical problem (value becomes 1 or 2)? For more information, see Checking the Operation Mode with the Control Panel and System Monitor: Overview

The required course of action varies according to the type of problem. First, you must analyze the error to establish exactly what has happened.

Errors During Startup

Alert has Occurred

Instance Crash

Control Object Types

Developer (Internal) Traces

Accessing Log Files

Configuring the Data Collector

Maintaining the Performance Database

Deleting Local Files