We monitor the nsrmmd processes as a minimum number being present.  I.E.
we have 3 tape drives:
/usr/sbin/nsrmmd >= 3

Patti Clark
Sr. Unix System Administrator - RHCT, GSEC
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Stan Horwitz
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 3:06 PM
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> Subject: [Networker] Monitoring a NetWorker server
> 
> I am working with a colleague to set up some software to monitor  
> processes and events on a Solaris 10 NetWorker 7.4.1 server. 
> One thing  
> that is not clear to me is how many nsrmmd processes to watch 
> out for.  
> For example, I know we need to watch out for one nsrd and one  
> nsrexecd, but the number of nsrmmd processes seems to fluctuate,  
> perhaps because this server shares four out of fourteen tape devices  
> with a storage node via dynamic drive sharing. Can anyone shed any  
> light on how many nsrmmds to look out for and recommend any other  
> essential NetWorker processes to monitor?
>   
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