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Title:	POLYCENTER System Watchdog for VMS OSF/1 ULTRIX HP-UX AIX SunOS
Notice:	Wishes:406,FAQ:845,Kits-VMS:1000,UNIX:694 VMS ECO01 FT kit: 521
Moderator:	AZUR::HUREZZ

Created:	Fri May 15 1992
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1033
Total number of notes:	4584

1005.0. "syswd sensor looping on Alpha/UNIX" by BIS6::VANDENBRAN_P () Thu Feb 20 1997 10:05

    
    Hello,
    
    Is there a solution to the syswd sensor looping on Alpha/Unix
    ( see note 835 ).
    
    We have the same problem here on several new AS4100 when starting
    the agent.
    
    We effectively tried to regenerate the corrupt errorlog file but this
    will not solve the problem.
    We still get the message error reading syserr file when using the uerf
    command.
    On the other hand I was told by MCS support that uerf is not supported
    on the latest Alpha systems ( 4100 ) and that one should use DECevent.
    
    DECevent is able to read the syserr file.
    
    
    My question(s): 
    
    _ Is the syswd sensor reading the syserr file like uerf does.
    _ Is there a solution already to this like mentionned in note 835.1
    
    Same question posted in the Digital UNIX conference note 8850.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Philippe VANDENBRANDEN / OMS Brussels.

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1005.1 AZUR::HUREZ Connectivity & Computing Services @VBE. DTN 828-5159 Tue Feb 25 1997 05:59 21

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1005.1		AZUR::HUREZ	Connectivity & Computing Services @VBE. DTN 828-5159	`Tue Feb 25 1997 05:59`	21
	> _ Is the syswd sensor reading the syserr file like uerf does. Yes. > Is there a solution already to this like mentionned in note 835.1 There's a partial solution to this problem, implemented separately from the V2.3 FT and available from: heldog::~guest/psw23/Fixes/PSWUNIX_FT_007/psw_sensor_syswd.ALPHA It is partial as, although it now deals correctly with empty error logfiles (which is the problem you experienced when regenerating the logfile), an automatic recovery still isn't possible on corrupt ones (well, uerf itself doesn't ever recover from such binary error logfile corruptions...). Regards, -- Olivier.

    > _ Is the syswd sensor reading the syserr file like uerf does.
    
    Yes.
    
    > Is there a solution already to this like mentionned in note 835.1
    
    There's a partial solution to this problem, implemented separately from
    the V2.3 FT and available from:
    
    heldog::~guest/psw23/Fixes/PSWUNIX_FT_007/psw_sensor_syswd.ALPHA
    
    It is partial as, although it now deals correctly with empty error
    logfiles (which is the problem you experienced when regenerating the
    logfile), an automatic recovery still isn't possible on corrupt ones
    (well, uerf itself doesn't ever recover from such binary error logfile
    corruptions...).
    
    Regards,
    
    	-- Olivier.