Native systemd unit for tsm client

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

On 12/15/2011 11:48 AM, Michal Schmidt wrote:
> If dsmcad is indeed forking, the type is correct. Don't lie to systemd.
> If dsmcad indeed creates no PID file, it's correct to not have the PIDFile= entry.
> If the main PID guessing can go wrong (for double-forking daemons that can happen),
> GuessMainPID=no is the right option to set.
> I see nothing wrong with that.

I stand corrected and on top that for some weird reason the unit similar 
to what he was using works now

[Unit]
Description=Tivoly Storage Manager Client
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
Environment=DSM_LOG=/var/log/tsm
ExecStart=/usr/bin/dsmcad
GuessMainPID=no

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

# systemctl start tsm-client.service && systemctl status 
tsm-client.service && ps aux | grep dsmcad && netstat -pant | grep dsmcad
tsm-client.service - Tivoly Storage Manager Client
       Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/tsm-client.service; disabled)
       Active: active (running) since Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:08:32 +0000; 
7ms ago
      Process: 7723 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dsmcad (code=exited, 
status=0/SUCCESS)
       CGroup: name=systemd:/system/tsm-client.service
           ├ 7724 [dsmcad]
           └ 7726 /usr/bin/dsmcad
root      7726  0.0  0.1 310576  3044 ?        Sl   12:08   0:00 
/usr/bin/dsmcad
root      7728  0.0  0.0 109240   884 pts/0    S+   12:08   0:00 grep 
--color=auto dsmcad
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:1581                
0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      7726/dsmcad
tcp        0      0 0.0.0.0:56494               
0.0.0.0:*                   LISTEN      7726/dsmcad

# systemctl stop tsm-client.service && systemctl status 
tsm-client.service && ps aux | grep dsmcad && netstat -pant | grep dsmcad
tsm-client.service - Tivoly Storage Manager Client
       Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/tsm-client.service; disabled)
       Active: inactive (dead) since Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:09:53 +0000; 
8ms ago
      Process: 7723 ExecStart=/usr/bin/dsmcad (code=exited, 
status=0/SUCCESS)
       CGroup: name=systemd:/system/tsm-client.service

I cant explain why it did not work earlier this morning I guess blaming 
it on a lack of coffee is as an good excuse as any.

JBG