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Operating Systems AIX Alert: Network Status Monitor daemon (rpcstat) is not running Post 302829445 by bakunin on Friday 5th of July 2013 02:16:22 AM

07-05-2013

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Quote:

Originally Posted by jsabo40

1 - Do i need to manually start this daemon or does it start automatically when NFS is invoked?

RPC (remote procedure call) is a framework of functions. It is used for all sorts of things, one (in fact the main) being NFS. "rpc.statd" implements part if this framework, "lockd" implements another.

Both these daemons are started and stopped va the SRC (system resource controller) and will have to be started manually if you invoke "nfsd" manually. As the SRC knows groups which cann be managed together and "nfsd", "rpc.statd" and "lockd" are all members of the group "nfs" you can start/stop/restart the complete NFS service with:

Code:

startsrc -g nfs
stopsrc -g nfs
refresh -g nfs

and don't have to start these daemons one after the other.

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsabo40

2 - If the answer to question 1 is 'No, i do not need to start the daemon manually' then is it an error I can ignore?

Again: i do not know SCOM2012, i have no idea for what it might need "rpc.statd" (or NFS) and hence i can't say if you can ignore the message or not. Maybe you can, maybe not.

IMHO - but that is just my personal opinion - a monitoring product which relies on NFS and/or RPC is not worth it, as it poses an inherent security threat. I know that RPCing back and forth is common with M$$, but their products aren't exactly the epitome of security either. I'd look for a tool which relies on SNMP, which is a protocol designed for exactly this purpose. There is an awful lot of them, from very big (HP-OpenView, BMC Patrol) to small, lean and freeware.

I hope this helps.

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nfsconfig

nfsconfig(8)						      System Manager's Manual						      nfsconfig(8)

NAME

       nfsconfig  -  Launches  the  SysMan  Menu  at the Network File System Configuration (NFS) level, where you can configure a system as an NFS
       server or as an NFS client

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/sbin/nfsconfig

       /usr/sbin/sysman nfs

DESCRIPTION

       The NFS Configuration section of SysMan Menu is used by the System Administrator or the UNIX system manager  to	manage	NFS  configuration
       issues.

       It  allows  the	system	to be configured as an NFS server (to make its file systems available to remote machines), or as an NFS client (to
       mount remote file systems).

       Before using nfsconfig, be sure to configure Network Interfaces using the Network Configuration section of the SysMan menu.

       You can configure your system as an NFS Server, an NFS Client, or both.	However, if the Network Interfaces are down, the following daemons
       will not start: nfsd, pcnfsd, proplistd, mountd, and automountd.

       Use  nfsconfig  to do the following: Manage the configuration of the system as an NFS server.  You can only configure your system as an NFS
       server if the NFS Server option is built into the kernel.  Manage the configuration of the system as client-only system Specify	file  sys-
       tems to be mounted or exported Start and stop the NFS daemons

   Online Help:
       Online help is available for the NFS dialog boxes. You can get help by selecting the Help button on any dialog box.

RESTRICTIONS

       You must be root or have the appropriate privileges to run this application.

FILES

       Specifies the environment variables that define the nfsconfig configuration on your system

SEE ALSO

       Commands: X(1X), automount(8), mountd(8), nfsd(8), nfsiod(8), pcnfsd(8), proplistd(8), rpc.lockd(8), rpc.statd(8), dxfileshare(8)

       Files: nfs_intro(4), rc.config(8)

       Networking: tcp(7), udp(7)

																      nfsconfig(8)