FMD(8) Maintenance Commands and Procedures FMD(8)

NAME

fmd - fault manager daemon

SYNOPSIS

/usr/lib/fm/fmd/fmd [-V] [-f file] [-o opt=val] [-R dir]

DESCRIPTION

fmd is a daemon that runs in the background on each system. fmd receives
telemetry information relating to problems detected by the system
software, diagnoses these problems, and initiates proactive self-healing
activities such as disabling faulty components. When appropriate, the
fault manager also sends a message to the syslogd(8) service to notify an
administrator that a problem has been detected. The message directs
administrators to a knowledge article on http://illumos.org/msg/, which
explains more about the problem impact and appropriate responses.


Each problem diagnosed by the fault manager is assigned a Universal
Unique Identifier (UUID). The UUID uniquely identifies this particular
problem across any set of systems. The fmdump(8) utility can be used to
view the list of problems diagnosed by the fault manager, along with
their UUIDs and knowledge article message identifiers. The fmadm(8)
utility can be used to view the resources on the system believed to be
faulty. The fmstat(8) utility can be used to report statistics kept by
the fault manager. The fault manager is started automatically when the
operating system boots, so it is not necessary to use the fmd command
directly.

OPTIONS

The following options are supported

-f file
Read the specified configuration file prior to searching
for any of the default fault manager configuration files.


-o opt=value
Set the specified fault manager option to the specified
value. Fault manager options are currently a Private
interface; see attributes(7) for information about
Private interfaces.


-R dir
Use the specified root directory for all pathnames
evaluated by the fault manager, instead of the default
root (/).


-V
Print the fault manager's version to stdout and exit.

EXIT STATUS

The following exit values are returned:

0
Successful completion


1
An error occurred which prevented the fault manager from
initializing, such as failure to open the telemetry transport.


2
Invalid command-line options were specified.

FILES

/etc/fm/fmd
Fault manager configuration directory


/usr/lib/fm/fmd
Fault manager library directory


/var/fm/fmd
Fault manager log directory

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


+--------------------+-----------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+--------------------+-----------------+
|Interface Stability | Evolving |
+--------------------+-----------------+

SEE ALSO

svcs(1), attributes(7), smf(7), fmadm(8), fmdump(8), fmstat(8),
syslogd(8)


http://illumos.org/msg/

NOTES

The Fault Manager is managed by the service management facility, smf(7),
under the service identifier:

svc:/system/fmd:default


The service's status can be queried using the svcs(1) command.
Administrators should not disable the Fault Manager service.

November 26, 2017 FMD(8)