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)