The following sections describe the failure conditions for which sentryd monitors the RMTP Agent process (rmtpagent) and the steps performed in attempts to restart rmtpagent after failure has been detected.
The sentryd process monitors rmtpagent for the following conditions:
Failure to initialize during automatic system startup
An unintentional exit or crash during normal operation
Inability to perform its defined tasks, for example, because it is in an infinite loop
When one of conditions described in Monitoring the rmtpagent Process has been detected, sentryd performs the following tasks:
Generates the following surveillance notification:
LSMS4021|08:40 Sep 11, 1998|xxxxxxx|Notify:Sys Admin - rmtpagent failed
Attempts to stop and restart the process. If the process restarts, no notification is posted. After the sentryd process has restarted the rmtpagent process, sentryd then attempts to restart the following processes that exited previously due to the rmtpagent failure:
NPAC agents (see Restarting NPAC Agent Processes)
EAGLE agents (see Restarting an EAGLE Agent Process)
Local Data Manager (see Restarting Other Processes)
If the attempt to restart the rmtpagent process fails, sentryd attempts again. If the attempt fails again, sentryd generates the LSMS4021 notification again. If this notification appears several times in a row, contact the My Oracle Support (MOS).