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Process Nsc Service Health

Microsoft.Solaris.8.Process.Nscd.Monitor (UnitMonitor)

Solaris 8 Process Nsc Monitor

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This process monitor watches for the name service cache daemon to be running.

Causes

A failure indicates that the nscd daemon service on the system is down.

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 logfile (/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.8.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
Solaris 8 Process Nsc Monitor Alert
NSCD on server {0} Not Running
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Solaris.8.Process.Nscd.Monitor" Accessibility="Public" Target="Microsoft.Solaris.8.OperatingSystem" TypeID="Unix!Microsoft.Unix.WSMan.Process.Status.MonitorType" Enabled="true" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.AvailabilityState">

  <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Microsoft.Solaris.8.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>