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Microsoft.Solaris.11.Process.Nscd.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

Solaris 11 Process Nsc Monitor

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

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

The name service cache daemon provides caching of name service lookups.

Causes

An unhealthy state indicates that the nscd daemon service is not running.

Resolutions

Check the service on the system by running ps -ef | grep nscd or by viewing the diagnostic in the Operations Manager Console. If it is down, you can start the process using the command '/etc/init.d/nscd start' or by clicking the recovery link in the Operations Manager Console.

For root cause analysis, first check the system log file (/var/adm/messages), and view any related entries at the time of failure. You may also check the system for any process core files. Use '/usr/bin/pstack [corefile]' to print a stack trace which will assist in troubleshooting the cause of failure. Also, check the /etc/nsswitch.conf file if ldap is being used. This may be an indication of ldap authentication issues.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Solaris.11.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
Nsc daemon is not running
The nsc daemon on server {0} is not running.
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Solaris.11.Process.Nscd.Monitor" Accessibility="Public" Target="Microsoft.Solaris.11.OperatingSystem" TypeID="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.WSMan.Process.Status.MonitorType" Enabled="true" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.AvailabilityState">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Solaris.11.Process.Nscd.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>nscd</ProcessName>

    <Interval>300</Interval>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>