How many vasd processes should be running?
In Safeguard Authentication Services 4.1 and up there are a minimum of 6 vasd processes.
The Parent, Dispatcher, Database, Authentication and two permanent LDAP / IPC handlers. There can also be additional temporary LDAP / IPC handlers.
Example output:
ps -ef | grep vasd
root 1249 1 0 12:08 ? 00:00:01 /opt/quest/sbin/.vasd -p /var/opt/quest/vas/vasd/.vasd.pid -w
daemon 1325 1249 0 12:08 ? 00:00:00 /opt/quest/sbin/.vasd -C 1
daemon 1338 1325 0 12:08 ? 00:00:01 /opt/quest/sbin/.vasd -C 2
daemon 1339 1325 0 12:08 ? 00:00:00 /opt/quest/sbin/.vasd -C 3
daemon 1340 1325 0 12:08 ? 00:00:00 /opt/quest/sbin/.vasd -C 3
daemon 1341 1325 0 12:08 ? 00:00:00 /opt/quest/sbin/.vasd -C 5
daemon 3792 1325 0 13:54 ? 00:00:00 /opt/quest/sbin/.vasd -C 4
Run the following to see which process is which:
/opt/quest/bin/vastool info processes
Parent: 1249
Dispatcher: 1325
Database: 1338
Permanent IPC: 1339
Permanent IPC: 1340
Temporary IPC: 3792
Authentication: 1341
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