Troubleshooting
Problem
How to start Guardium Agent on Linux and AIX if the file system where guardium was installed didn't mount on system start up? For example if guardium is installed in /mnt/guardium and this FS was not mounted after system reboot. What are the steps to get guardium agent running after mounting /mnt/guardium ?
Resolving The Problem
If you installed in a mounted directory, you need to make sure that the file system is available before the services are started.
For example, in AIX, you should add the mounted file system to /etc/filesystems.
The risk with mounted file systems is that, if something goes wrong with the mount point, for example stale NFS handles, then it will cause issues with STAP.
To start the STAP, please check this link -
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSMPHH_10.1.0/com.ibm.guardium.doc.stap/stap/unix_stap.html
Log on to the database server system by using the root account.
For all non-Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Open the /etc/inittab file for editing.
Un-comment the following two statements by deleting the comment character (: for AIX, # for all others) at the start of each line:
#utap:2345:respawn:/usr/local/guardium/guard_stap/guard_stap/usr/local/guardium/guard_stap/guard_tap.ini
Optional. If you are using the TEE monitoring mechanism, un-comment the following two statements by deleting the comment character (: for AIX, # for all others) at the start of each line.
Note: These processes are not used in the default configuration and must not be started if you are using the K-Tap monitoring mechanism.
#utee:2345:respawn:/usr/local/guardium/guard_stap/guard_tee/usr/local/guardium/guard_stap/guard_tap.ini
#hsof:2345:respawn:/usr/local/guardium/guard_stap/guard_hnt
Run the init q command to restart the S-TAP processes.
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
List the currently running agents by using the operating system command initctl list. The output shows the agents that are listed as in the following example:
gim_33264 start/running, process 910
gsvr_33264 start/running, process 2552
Start each of the agents by using the start <agent> command where agent would be the first entry in the list from a. See the following example.
start gim_33264
start gsvr_33264
start guard_utap
Run ps -ef | grep stap to verify that S-TAP is running.
From the administrator portal of the Guardium system to which this S-TAP reports, verify that the Status light in the S-TAP control panel is green.
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Modified date:
16 June 2018
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