smsd(8)smsd(8)NAMEsmsd - The SysMan Station daemon
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/smsd
OPTIONS
Runs smsd as a daemon. This creates a separate process and redirects
output to the smsd log files.
DESCRIPTION
The SysMan Station is a client-server application consisting of a dae‐
mon (smsd) and the SysMan Station graphical user interface (sysman_sta‐
tion(8)). The SysMan Station provides the ability to monitor and man‐
age a single system or a TruCluster system. The smsd server is respon‐
sible for gathering system management data from the host and presenting
that information to the SysMan Station client. SysMan Station manage‐
ment 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
RESTRICTIONS
You must have root privileges to run this command.
EXAMPLES
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 sys‐
tem2.domain.com.2592 ESTABLISHED tcp 0 0 sys‐
tem2.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 ter‐
minate 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 (previ‐
ously described).
FILES
The SysMan Station daemon The directory containing SysMan Station data
files SysMan Station log files
SEE ALSO
Commands: netstat(1), sysman_station(8)
System Administration
smsd(8)
