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

Solaris 11 Process Utmp Monitor

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

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

The utmp daemon monitors the utmp database to ensure that entries inserted by non-root processes are cleaned upon process termination.

Causes

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

Resolutions

Check the service on the system by running ps -ef | grep utmpd 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/utmpd 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.

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
Utmp daemon is not running
The utmp daemon on server {0} is not running.
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Solaris.11.Process.Utmp.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.Utmp.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>utmpd</ProcessName>

    <Interval>300</Interval>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>