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Process Syslog Service Health

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

Solaris 8 Process Syslog Monitor

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This process monitor watches for the Syslog daemon to be running.

Causes

An unhealthy state indicates that the Syslog daemon is currently unavailable.

Resolutions

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

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
Syslog is not running
The syslog daemon on server {0} is not running.
RunAsDefault

Source Code:

<UnitMonitor ID="Microsoft.Solaris.8.Process.Syslog.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.Syslog.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>syslogd</ProcessName>

    <Interval>300</Interval>

  </Configuration>

</UnitMonitor>