HP-UX 11i v3 Read Before Installing or Updating, February 2007 (Initial Release)

esmd Not Started by Default After Updating to HP-UX 11i v3
When updating from HP-UX 11i v2 to HP-UX 11i v3, the system
does not add an entry for esmd to the /etc/inittab file, and
therefore the esmd daemon is not started. The esmd daemon is
an Essential Services Monitor (ESM) Daemon, which monitors
the health of other daemons and restarts them if they go down.
The esmd daemon should never be disabled on a production
system.
What To Do
Place an entry for esmd in the /etc/inittab file (if it is not
there), and then run init q to make the init daemon reload
the inittab entries as shown in the steps below:
1. Add the following entry to /etc/inittab in a new line:
esmd:234:respawn:/usr/sbin/esmd
2. Save the/etc/inittab file.
3. Run the following command in the terminal
#init q
4. Verify if esmd has been started.
#ps -ef | grep esmd