Process SSH Service Health

Microsoft.AIX.6.1.Process.Ssh.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

AIX 6.1 Process SSH Monitor

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The SSH daemon is not running. Check the Diagnostic and Recovery results to see if further action is required.

The daemon for SSH is named sshd. It provides secure encrypted communication between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. There should be at least one process running at all times.

Causes

An unhealthy state indicates that the SSH daemon is not running.

Resolutions

Check the daemon on the system by running 'ps -ef | grep sshd' or by viewing the diagnostic in the Operations Manager Console. If it is down, you can start the process using the command 'startsrc -s sshd' or by clicking the recovery link in the Operations Manager Console.

For root cause analysis, check the system log file by using the command 'errpt', and view any related entries at the time of failure.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.AIX.6.1.OperatingSystem
Parent MonitorSystem.Health.AvailabilityState
CategoryAvailabilityHealth
EnabledTrue
Alert GenerateTrue
Alert SeverityError
Alert PriorityNormal
Alert Auto ResolveTrue
Monitor TypeMicrosoft.Unix.WSMan.Process.Status.MonitorType
RemotableTrue
AccessibilityPublic
Alert Message
SSH daemon is not running
The SSH daemon on server {0} is not running
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.AIX.6.1.Process.Ssh.Monitor" Accessibility="Public" Target="Microsoft.AIX.6.1.OperatingSystem" TypeID="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.WSMan.Process.Status.MonitorType" Enabled="true" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.AvailabilityState">
<Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>
<AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.AIX.6.1.Process.Ssh.AlertMessage">
<AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>
<AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>
<AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>
<AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>
<AlertParameters>
<AlertParameter1>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</AlertParameter1>
</AlertParameters>
</AlertSettings>
<OperationalStates>
<OperationalState HealthState="Success" MonitorTypeStateID="Running" ID="Running"/>
<OperationalState HealthState="Error" MonitorTypeStateID="NotRunning" ID="NotRunning"/>
</OperationalStates>
<Configuration>
<TargetSystem>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.Computer"]/NetworkName$</TargetSystem>
<ProcessName>sshd</ProcessName>
<Interval>300</Interval>
</Configuration>
</UnitMonitor>