smsd - The SysMan Station daemon
/usr/sbin/smsd
Runs smsd as a daemon. This creates a separate process and
redirects output to the smsd log files.
The SysMan Station is a client-server application consisting
of a daemon (smsd) and the SysMan Station graphical
user interface (sysman_station(8)). The SysMan Station
provides the ability to monitor and manage a single system
or a TruCluster system. The smsd server is responsible
for gathering system management data from the host and
presenting that information to the SysMan Station client.
SysMan Station management data is collected from the following
sources: Desktop Management (DMI) - software
related management data Common Hardware - hardware related
management data Event Management (EVM) - event data SMS
data files - SMS configuration data
You must have root privileges to run this command.
The following example shows how to run the System Management
Station daemon: /sbin/init.d/smsd start The following
explains how to terminate and restart the daemon:
A System Management Station daemon should not be
terminated when active client connections exist. To
test for active connections to a daemon, use the
following command: netstat -a | grep 596
If there are no active clients, the resulting output
looks like the following:
tcp 0 0 *.596 *.* LISTEN
The output should have no more than a single line
with *.596 in the fourth column, which indicates
the listening port for the daemon.
If there are active clients, the resulting output
looks like the following: tcp 0 0 system1.domain.com.596
system2.domain.com.2592
ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 system2.domain.com.2592 system1.domain.com.596
ESTABLISHED
tcp 0 0 *.596 *.* LISTEN
In the latter example, an active client connection
is indicated in the first line of output by its
address, system1.domain.com, which is appended with
the listening port of the daemon, 596. The system2.domain.com
does not have an address indicating
a port of 596, and is not relevant here. The
clients should be terminated prior to termination
of the daemon. An attempt to restart the daemon
fails if such a connection is active. To terminate
the daemon on a system (or cluster member), execute:
/sbin/init.d/smsd stop
In a cluster environment, there may be an occasion
to restart the daemons. In such a case, the daemon
on each node of the cluster must be terminated.
After termination of all System Management Station
daemons, internal data files should be cleared by
executing the following command in superuser mode
(this need be done only once, from any cluster member):
rm -rf /var/cluster/sms/*/*
After the data files have been removed, the System
Management Station daemon for each cluster member
may be started (previously described).
The SysMan Station daemon The directory containing SysMan
Station data files SysMan Station log files
Commands: netstat(1), sysman_station(8)
System Administration
smsd(8)
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