Check Point R80.20 - cpwd_admin

Command Line Reference
Next Generation Security Gateway Guide R80.20 | 360
cpwd_admin
Description
The Check Point WatchDog (cpwd) is a process that invokes and monitors critical processes such
as Check Point daemons on the local computer, and attempts to restart them if they fail. Among
the processes monitored by Watchdog are fwm, fwd, cpd, cpm, DAService, java_solr,
log_indexer, and others. The list of monitored processes depends on the installed and
configured Check Point products and Software Blades.
The Check Point WatchDog writes monitoring information to the $CPDIR/log/cpwd.elg log
file.
The cpwd_admin utility shows the status of the monitored processes, and configures the Check
Point WatchDog.
There are two types of Check Point WatchDog monitoring
Monitoring
Description
Passive WatchDog restarts the process only when the process terminates abnormally.
In the output of the cpwd_admin list command, the MON column shows N
for passively monitored processes.
Active WatchDog checks the process status every predefined interval.
WatchDog makes sure the process is alive, as well as properly functioning (not
stuck on deadlocks, frozen, and so on).
In the output of the cpwd_admin list command, the MON column shows Y
for actively monitored processes.
The list of actively monitored processes is predefined by Check Point. Users
cannot change or configure it.
Syntax
cpwd_admin
config <options>
del <options>
detach <options>
exist
flist <options>
getpid <options>
kill
list <options>
monitor_list
start <options>
start_monitor
stop <options>
stop_monitor
Parameters
Parameter Description
config < options > (on
page 362)
Configures the WatchDog.