NAME

smsd − The SysMan Station daemon

SYNOPSIS

/usr/sbin/smsd

OPTIONS

−dRuns smsd as a daemon. This creates a separate process and redirects output to the smsd log files. 

DESCRIPTION

The SysMan Station is a client-server application consisting of a daemon (smsd) and the SysMan Station graphical user interface (sysman_station(8)).  The SysMan Station provides the ability to monitor and manage a single system or a TruCluster system.  The smsd server is responsible for gathering system management data from the host and presenting that information to the SysMan Station client. SysMan Station management data is collected from the following sources:

       •Desktop Management (DMI) - software related management data

       •Common Hardware - hardware related management data

       •Event Management (EVM) - event data

       •SMS data files - SMS configuration data

RESTRICTIONS

You must have root privileges to run this command. 

EXAMPLES

The following example shows how to run the System Management Station daemon:

/sbin/init.d/smsd start

FILES

/usr/sbin/smsd
The SysMan Station daemon

/usr/share/sysman/sms
The directory containing SysMan Station data files

/var/adm/sysman/smsd_<date>.log
SysMan Station log files

SEE ALSO

Commands: sysman_station(8)

System Administration