Disable the Resmon service by clearing all settings. When disabled, the service does not perform scans, send alerts, or produce reports.

1. Open a terminal session on the STA server, and log in as the Oracle user.
2. Clear all Resmon settings.

   $ staresmonadm -C
   

3. The service is disabled immediately; you do not have to stop and restart the STA services daemon.
4. If the utility fails with:

   Error: java.util.prefs.BackingStoreException: Couldn't get file lock.
   

   See ISSUE: Backup Service or Resource Monitor Fails.