whats the meaning of this

[rilwan_dawodu]

Hi all,
does any one know what this means.

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/oprd -sockfd 7 -verbose

does it matter to leave it running? if yes how do i kill it or make it not to come up again.

regards

[rilwan_dawodu]

Hi all,

I see this process runnning as part of Media manager processes anytime i run bpps -a command.

/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/oprd -sockfd 7 -verbose

What is the meaning of this? and does it matter to keep it running?

regards

[Yasuhisa_Ishika]

By NetBackup Shared Storage Option System Administrator's Guide, oprd is somthing of SSO. I suppose that oprd receives drive status information from scan host, and it keeps running on none scan host.

[Phani_Kiran]

From what I understand, oprd is a process dependant on volume manager (vmd). It helps issuing a mount request to the device manager (ltid).

This is what I found in the Media Manager admin guide:

Mounting Media and Reading the Tape Header
The following sequence of operations explains the mount process that is used:
1. vmphyinv contacts the Media Manager volume daemon or process, vmd, on the local
host or remote host depending on where the drive is attached.
2. vmd starts oprd.
3. vmphyinv communicates with oprd and sends the mount request to oprd. After
receiving the request, oprd issues a mount request to ltid.

[MayurS]

I guess oprd is "Operator Daemon" which works as operator for VM and LTID.

I searched the documents but didn't found much accurate info on what oprd does.