Starting and stopping the Lock Manager and Monitor Daemon

The controls for starting and stopping the Lock Manager and Monitor Daemon are conveniently located on the Network Monitor toolbar.

To perform its tasks, the Network Monitor uses the Monitor Daemon, which passes information and instructions between the Network Monitor and the engine.

Therefore, the Monitor Daemon must be started before you start the Network Monitor.

In a UNIX system, the Network Monitor depends on the Lock Manager. This prevents files from being accessed by more than one user at a time, safeguarding them from corruption. In UNIX systems, the Lock Manager must be started before you start the Network Monitor.

The controls for starting and stopping the Lock Manager and Monitor Daemon are located on the Network Monitor toolbar.

Start or stop the daemons by clicking the daemon indicator and choosing Start or Stop on the menu.

Note: The Lock Manager is available only for UNIX hosts and is not visible when connected to a Windows host.
  • If the corresponding daemon is alive, then the indicator for that daemon is green.
  • If the daemon shuts down or Network Monitor loses its connection, then the indicator is red.

If the MonitorD/Lock Manager is running, then a Restart option is available. When restarting the MonitorD/Lock Manager, the GUI cannot be operated until the restart has completed. This is because the MonitorD/Lock Manager stops and then restarts.

An error message opens if the restart is unsuccessful.