statd(NADM)                     19 June 1992                     statd(NADM)


 Name

    statd - network status monitor

 Syntax

    /etc/statd [ -d debuglevel ]

 Description

    statd is an intermediate version of the status monitor.  It interacts
    with lockd(NADM) to provide the crash and recovery functions for the
    locking services on NFS.

    statd preserves crash/recovery state in the directory /etc/sm.  The
    record file records the hostname of all currently monitored systems; the
    recover file records the hostnames of all systems that have as yet not
    been notified of the statd's failure; and the state file records the
    statd's current version number.

 Options


    -d debuglevel statd has extensive internal reporting capabilities.  A
                  level of 2 will report significant events.  A level of 4
                  will report internal state and all status monitor request
                  traffic.

 Files

    /etc/sm/record
    /etc/sm/recover
    /etc/sm/state

 See also

    lockd(NADM), statmon(NF)

 Bugs

    The crash of a site is only detected upon its recovery.