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Microsoft.AIX.7.Process.Ssh.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

AIX 7 Process SSH Monitor

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This process monitor watches for the SSHD process to be running. SSHD is the daemon for ssh. It replaces rlogin and rsh, and provides secure encrypted communication between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. There should be at least one process running at all times.

Causes

A failure indicates that the ssh service on the system is down.

Resolutions

Check the service 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 logfile by using the command 'errpt', and view any related entries at the time of failure.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.AIX.7.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
AIX 7 Process SSH Monitor Alert
SSH Daemon on server {0} Not Running
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.AIX.7.Process.Ssh.Monitor" Accessibility="Public" Target="Microsoft.AIX.7.OperatingSystem" TypeID="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.WSMan.Process.Status.MonitorType" Enabled="true" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.AvailabilityState">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.AIX.7.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>