If the cpsemd process of SmartEvent has crashed or is having trouble coming up, then it usually indicates that __________.

Question

Options

• AThe SmartEvent core on the Solr indexer has been deleted
• BThe loqqed in administrator does not have permissions to run SmartEvent
• CPostgres database is down
• DCpd daemon is unable to connect to the log server

• A
  6% (1)
• B
  6% (1)
• C
  88% (15)

Explanation

cpsemd (SmartEvent Management Daemon) depends on PostgreSQL as its backend database to store event correlations, policies, and session data - without it, the process has nowhere to initialize its data structures and will fail to start or crash immediately. Option A is wrong because Solr indexer core issues affect search/indexing functionality, not the core daemon startup. Option B is wrong because insufficient administrator permissions would produce an access-denied error, not a process crash at the system level. Option D is wrong because CPD connectivity to the log server affects log ingestion, but cpsemd's direct dependency is the local PostgreSQL instance, not the log server connection.

Memory tip: Think of cpsemd as a storefront that requires its stockroom (Postgres) to open - if the database is down, the whole process can't "open for business," regardless of who's trying to connect to it.

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