| Title: | POLYCENTER Console Manager |
| Notice: | Kits, Scans, Docs on CSC32:: as PCM$KITS:,PCM$DOCS:, PCM$SCANS: |
| Moderator: | CSC32::BUTTERWORTH |
| Created: | Thu Aug 06 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1541 |
| Total number of notes: | 6564 |
We run a nightly batch job on our PCM system to archive the console data.
Under PCM V1.5 (VAX) this worked correctly.
Last week we upgraded to PCM V1.6 (VAX). Since then many archive operations
fail. However running some of these failed commands individually by hand
works
ok.
Here is the line of code conatined in the command file :
$ console archive/noconfirm/keep=480 all
Below is a log file extract showing the problem:
$ console archive/noconfirm/keep=480 all
POLYCENTER Console Manager
Archive facility Version V1.6-100
Copyright (c) 1995 Digital Equipment Corporation. All Rights Reserved
Starting archive procedure for system HSJ002
Archive procedure for system HSJ002 completed successfully
Starting archive procedure for system HSJ003
Archive procedure for system HSJ003 completed successfully
Starting archive procedure for system HSJ007
Archive procedure for system HSJ007 completed successfully
Starting archive procedure for system HSJ008
Archive procedure for system HSJ008 completed successfully
Starting archive procedure for system HSJ009
Archive procedure for system HSJ009 completed successfully
Starting archive procedure for system HSJ010
Log file open failure for HSJ010
acp file access failed
Log file open failure for ConsoleManager
acp file access failed
Archive for system HSJ010 complete - log file is empty
Log file open failure for ConsoleManager
acp file access failed
Starting archive procedure for system SMVX01
Log file open failure for SMVX01
acp file access failed
Log file open failure for ConsoleManager
acp file access failed
Archive for system SMVX01 complete - log file is empty
Log file open failure for ConsoleManager
acp file access failed
Starting archive procedure for system SMVX06
Log file open failure for SMVX06
acp file access failed
Log file open failure for ConsoleManager
acp file access failed
Archive for system SMVX06 complete - log file is empty
Log file open failure for ConsoleManager
acp file access failed
Starting archive procedure for system SMVX0E
Log file open failure for SMVX0E
acp file access failed
Log file open failure for ConsoleManager
acp file access failed
Archive for system SMVX0E complete - log file is empty
Log file open failure for ConsoleManager
acp file access failed
ETC........
VMS IS AT VAX/VMS V6.1
ECO1 was installed. Since then
a) Event windows have re-appeared on remote m/ch's (I had not noticed that
they where missing??)
b) The archieve process hangs in an LEF state for eternity.
Any suggestions??
Regards Alan Brodie
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 906.1 | 29067::BUTTERWORTH | Gun Control is a steady hand. | Fri Aug 04 1995 14:42 | 14 | |
is it possible for us to access the SYSTEM when the archive is hung?
The ECO fixed a problem where the daemons would hang when an archive
was done but this sounds like a different problem.
As far as your file access conflicts go... was there a backup running
at the same time? That error indicates that something had the files
locked at the time. V1.6 will not perform an archive if someone is
connected and the problem where the controller daemon didn't close the
file was also fixed. This leaves some other extraneous source like
BACKUP.
Regards,
Dan
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| 906.2 | Contact | 45213::BRODIE | Mon Aug 07 1995 03:52 | 10 | |
Access,
No problem.. I will mail you contact details....
Backups running, None have ever been run during the archieve period. It
may be posible that someone was connected. Concern from site thou' is
that assuming somebody was connected, then why does archieve now fall
over stone dead, under v1.5 it would only fail the one event then carry
on as before?
Alan Brodie/
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| 906.3 | similar archive problem | 50242::MUELLER | Tue Aug 08 1995 05:33 | 39 | |
Hi,
just want to let you know that I got a similar problem with my
archive procedure...
command:
console archive/before=today/noconfirm all
logfile:
Archive procedure for system GYDNS completed successfully
Starting archive procedure for system GYHUB
Timefile Pass 1: Working ... done.
Timefile Pass 2: Working ... done.
Logfile Pass 1: Working ... done.
Logfile Pass 2: Working ... done.
Eventfile Pass 1: Working ... done.
Updating Pass 1: Working ... done.
Archive procedure for system GYHUB completed successfully
Starting archive procedure for system GYMAC
Archive area is full - archive procedure for system GYMAC failed
Starting archive procedure for system GYMRC0
Log file open failure for GYMRC0
acp file access failed
Archive for system GYMRC0 complete - log file is empty
Starting archive procedure for system GYMRC1
Log file open failure for GYMRC1
acp file access failed
The archive area is not full - free blocks: 5646200
total blocks: 6976375
File space warning threshold = 80% full
File space critical threshold = 95% full
Regards,
- Sabine
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| 906.4 | 29067::BUTTERWORTH | Gun Control is a steady hand. | Tue Aug 08 1995 12:55 | 17 | |
Re -2.
Something had the files locked. Archive was changed dramatically in
V1.6 as there were to many problems in the old V1.5 code stream. If
someone was connected, you would have gotten a message to the effect
Archive aborted - user xxxxxxx is connected
and it would have attempted to archive the next system.
Is there a disk defragger running on this system?
Regs,
Dan
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| 906.5 | No defrag | 45213::BRODIE | Wed Aug 09 1995 06:30 | 5 | |
Dan
Certainly in my case there is NOT a defrag process running.
ALan Brodie/
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| 906.6 | BYTLM | 42441::JUDD | Geoff Judd. UK TSC. Viables, Basingstoke | Tue Aug 15 1995 12:12 | 5 |
I can reproduce this problem by reducing my BYTLM quota. All the quota is given back at the end of the archive run but the amount used increases each time a new node is archived. Geoff Judd. | |||||
| 906.7 | 29067::BUTTERWORTH | Gun Control is a steady hand. | Tue Aug 15 1995 14:11 | 4 | |
Thats great info Geoff!! Good job!!
Regs,
Dan
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| 906.8 | now it works... | 50242::MUELLER | Wed Aug 16 1995 10:14 | 7 | |
I just raised the bytlm quota and the archive works fine.
Thanks a lot!
Regards,
- Sabine
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