# Is it normal for two fdbminitor processes to be running on 1 machine?

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**Created:** [June 14, 2021, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.foundationdb.org/t/is-it-normal-for-two-fdbminitor-processes-to-be-running-on-1-machine/2759 "2021-06-14T18:12:09Z")\
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I’m runnning “configure new single ssd” on a single machine with two fdbservers in the configuration file.

```auto
## Default parameters for individual fdbserver processes
[fdbserver]
command = /usr/sbin/fdbserver
logdir = /var/log/foundationdb

## An individual fdbserver process with id 4500
## Parameters set here override defaults from the [fdbserver] section
[fdbserver.4500]
public_address = 3.141.XXX:4500
listen_address = 10.0.0.20:4500
datadir = /var/lib/foundationdb/data/4500

[fdbserver.4501]
public_address = 3.141.XX:4501
listen_address = 10.0.0.20:4501
datadir = /var/lib/foundationdb/data/4501

```

I am able to connect to both if I telnet to the the ip and port of both. But when I do status it shows one of them is unreachable.

```auto
Could not communicate with a quorum of coordination servers:
  3.141.XXX:4500 (reachable)
  3.141.XX:4501 (unreachable)

```

How do I debug this? How do I determine what the problem is?

```
     ├─57863 /usr/lib/foundationdb/fdbmonitor --conffile /etc/foundationdb/foundationdb.conf --lockfile /var/run/fdbmonitor.pid --daemonize
     ├─57865 /usr/sbin/fdbserver --cluster_file /etc/foundationdb/fdb.cluster --datadir /var/lib/foundationdb/data/4500 --listen_address 10.0.0.20:4500 --logdir /var/log/foundationdb --public_address 3.14>
     ├─57866 /usr/sbin/fdbserver --cluster_file /etc/foundationdb/fdb.cluster --datadir /var/lib/foundationdb/data/4501 --listen_address 10.0.0.20:4501 --logdir /var/log/foundationdb --public_address 3.14>
     └─57892 /usr/lib/foundationdb/fdbmonitor --conffile /etc/foundationdb/foundationdb.conf --lockfile /var/run/fdbmonitor.pid --daemonize

```

also doing “service foundationdb status” shows two fdbmonitor processes running, is this normal? Seems like it should only run 1 fdbmonitor but documentation doesn’t make this clear.