The NFS resource MONITOR_START method starts the NFS system fault monitor. This start method first checks if the NFS system fault monitor nfs_daemons_probeis already running under the process monitor daemon rpc.pmfd. If the NFS system fault monitor is not running, the start method starts the nfs_daemons_probe process under the control of the process monitor. The start method then starts the resource fault monitor nfs_probe, also under the control of the process monitor.