Smarts IP/SAM: Services not re-registering after restart of sm_serviced; How to re-register services with sm_serviced?

Products

• VMware

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:


Services not re-registering after restart of sm_serviced

sm_serviced is restarted but the services previously registered and still running no longer show up.  How to re-register services with sm_serviced?

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - SMARTS

Resolution

When sm_serviced quits or is restarted, all services previously registered will not be registered again.  You will need to restart each of them.

Usage sm_service :

sm_service install [<install options>] [<name>] /path/to/exe [<args> ...]
sm_service start <name> [<name> ...]
sm_service start --all
sm_service start --pattern=<pattern>
sm_service stop [--force] <name> [<name> ...]
sm_service stop --all
sm_service stop --pattern=<pattern>
sm_service show [--cmdline] [<name> ...]
sm_service remove <name> [<name>...]
sm_service isstopped <name> [<name>...]
sm_service isstopped --all
sm_service isstopped [--pattern=<pattern>]