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<chapter id="monitoring">
that process 1003 is waiting for process 1016 to complete its transaction and
thereby release some lock or other.
</para>
+
+ <tip>
+ <para>
+ <productname>Solaris</productname> requires special handling. You must
+ use <command>/usr/ucb/ps</command>, rather than
+ <command>/bin/ps</command>. You also must use two <command>w</command>
+ flags, not just one. In addition, your original invocation of the
+ <application>postmaster</application> must have a shorter
+ <command>ps</command> status display than that provided by each
+ backend.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
+
+
+
</sect1>
<sect1 id="monitoring-stats">