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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

1079.0. "Exporter thread terminated, why?" by ZPOVC::RAMARAJ () Fri May 31 1991 06:37

I setup a export job and it was collecting ok for about 15 mins, suddenly, 
the background job went away.

I checked the log file, and it shows ALERT-TERMREQ, thread termination
requested.  What happened to it?  What can cause the job to be terminated.
There was no DCL calls issued to stop the batch job, no calls were issued 
issued to delete, suspend or modify the exporting.  Just show commands only.


I also had the same problem, at a customer site. It got terminated after about
6 hours.

Any way to track the source of the problem?

Raj
SWS Singapore
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1079.1It could be a lot of reasonsTOOK::SHMUYLOVICHFri May 31 1991 19:1129

>I setup a export job and it was collecting ok for about 15 mins, suddenly, 
>the background job went away.
>
>I checked the log file, and it shows ALERT-TERMREQ, thread termination
>requested.  What happened to it?  What can cause the job to be terminated.

	
	ALERT-TERMREQ, thread termination requested means that writer subprocess
of this background process is dead. The writer subprocess is responsible for 
writing data in RDB file and the only reason for its death I know is not enough
system quotas (I don't tell that there aren't others!).

Several questions:

	1. What entity/entities did you export?
	2. How many successful polls did they have?

If entity being exported is node (not node4!) could you, please, check if all
returned arguments are defined in the data dictionary? You can verify this by
doing Show for all partitions. If among others attributes you will something
like "no such entity" it means that in the response you have an extra attribute.


Sam S.
Historian/Exporter team

    
1079.2More detailsZPOVC::RAMARAJFri May 31 1991 22:1128
The exports were:

node4 zpoac5
node4 zpoac5 line qna-0
node4 zpoac5 circ qna-0
node4 zpoac8
node4 zpoac8 line sva-0
node4 zpoac8 circ sva-0

The export period is 1min for zpoac5 and 15 mins for zpoac8, and the target 
is mccreports:mcc_export.rdb.

The successfull no. of polls varied from 5 to 50, because zpoac8 was setup
earlier for exporting.

No. of unsuccessful polls was 1 and 3, this was due to a system shutdown for
a few mins during the exporting period.

A show of all partitions did not give any error.

One strange thing is that it has only happened so far when I start exporting
from a node4 with QBUS(QNA-0).  Had the same problem at a customer site too.

Could this be due the memory leak problem in exporting?  What quotas can
be adjusted for better performance?

Raj
SWS Singapore
1079.3TOOK::SHMUYLOVICHMon Jun 03 1991 19:2023

>Could this be due the memory leak problem in exporting?  What quotas can
>be adjusted for better performance?

	Please, check open file quota and Fillm.
 
	I exported node4, node4 line and node4 circuit for more that a day 
 with an interval = 5 min and I did not found any memory leaks. There are 
 some leaks only when I exported node.
	Note: you can watch for memory leaks ONLY after at least one successful
 poll for each active exporting.

>The export period is 1min for zpoac5 and 15 mins for zpoac8, and the target 
>is mccreports:mcc_export.rdb.

	Period = 1 min is too short. As I remember in documentation we recommend
period >= 15 min. But it can not be reason for background to stop.


 Sam

    
1079.4Need to know which quotaNSSG::R_SPENCENets don't fail me now...Wed Jun 05 1991 11:355
    Could someone please state the exact quota referred to be the previous
    note as "open file quota"?
    
    thanks
    s/rob
1079.5FILLMSWAM2::MCCARTHY_LAUse an accordian, go to jail!Wed Jun 05 1991 12:560
1079.6Exporter thread failed ....EVTAI1::RENOUVELTue Aug 31 1993 11:4513
    Could somebody tell me the way to know how to be sure 
    of the cause of the MCC_EXPORTER_BACKGROUND fail ...
    
    I've read in the precedent notes that the UAF parameter FILLM was the
    trouble.
    	
    I tried to put it at 512 but same problem.
    
    What could I do please...
    
    Patrick
    
    Telecoms and Network France.