The watch daemon

The watch daemon checks the status of other HSM daemons. If any of the other daemons end or become corrupted, the watch daemon automatically recovers the failed daemon.

The watch daemon checks the status of the recall, the monitor, and the scout daemons.

On Linux® systems, the dsmwatchd daemon is started from the systemctl service. It can be started manually with the following command: systemctl start HSM. Stop the watch daemon with the following command: systemctl stop HSM.

On AIX® systems, you cannot start the watch daemon manually. It is started by the init service.