Process Rpcidmap Service Health

Microsoft.Linux.RHEL.6.Process.Rpcidmap.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 Process Rpcidmap Monitor

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This process monitor watches for the rpc.idmapd process to be running.

Causes

A failure indicates that the rpc.idmapd service on the system is down

Resolutions

Check the service on the system by running ps -ef | grep rpc.idmapd or by viewing the diagnostic in the Operations Manager Console. Start the process using the run level startup script "/etc/init.d/rpcidmapd restart" or by clicking the recovery link in the Operations Manager Console.

For root cause analysis, first check the system logfile (/var/log/messages), and view any related entries at the time of failure.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Linux.RHEL.6.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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 Process Rpcidmap Monitor Alert
The NFSv4 ID Name Mapper on server {0} is not running.
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Linux.RHEL.6.Process.Rpcidmap.Monitor" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Linux.RHEL.6.OperatingSystem" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" TypeID="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.WSMan.Process.Status.MonitorType" ConfirmDelivery="false">
<Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>
<AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Linux.RHEL.6.Process.Rpcidmap.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 ID="Running" MonitorTypeStateID="Running" HealthState="Success"/>
<OperationalState ID="NotRunning" MonitorTypeStateID="NotRunning" HealthState="Error"/>
</OperationalStates>
<Configuration>
<TargetSystem>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.Computer"]/NetworkName$</TargetSystem>
<ProcessName>rpc.idmapd</ProcessName>
<Interval>300</Interval>
</Configuration>
</UnitMonitor>