Re: 19990706: ldm -- Solaris 2.6

Carl,

Could you give a brief description of the solution so I can enter it in
the e-mail archives for future reference.

Thanks,
Robb...


On Thu, 8 Jul 1999, Carl Sinclair wrote:

> 
> > X-Authentication-Warning: wcfields.unidata.ucar.edu: rkambic owned process 
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> > Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 14:55:54 -0600 (MDT)
> > From: Robb Kambic <address@hidden>
> > To: Carl Sinclair <address@hidden>
> > cc: support-ldm <address@hidden>
> > Subject: Re: 19990706: ldm -- Solaris 2.6
> > MIME-Version: 1.0
> > 
> > On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Unidata Support wrote:
> > 
> > > >To: address@hidden
> > > >cc: address@hidden
> > > >From: Carl Sinclair <address@hidden>
> > > >Subject: ldm -- Solaris 2.6
> > > >Organization: .
> > > >Keywords: 199907062032.OAA21474
> > > 
> > > We've come across a problem.....our ldm server machine no longer sends 
> > > any 
> data. 
> > > We installed a patch on the client machines, but not on the server.  
> > > After 
> the 
> > > patch was installed, the data stopped.  The patch was 105529-07: it 
> > > replaces 
> > > /kerned/drv/tcp  and fixes the "recursive mutex_enter" problem which 
> > > caused 
> a 
> > > panic when /usr/ucb/shutdown was run.  The previous version was 
> > > 105529-05.  
> I 
> > > don't know if this is the cause of our data stopping.  Have you had any 
> reported 
> > > problems with this patch?  We're running out of ideas. Thanks.
> > 
> > Carl,
> > 
> > I'm not aware of any patch problems like you described above. You didn't
> > mention what platform or OS. I'm assuming it's an HP. I would scan the
> > ldmd.log file for an unusual messages as well as the system log files. ie
> > /var/adm/messages or the log file for your system. There has to be some
> > error message produced.  Also, you can put the ldm in verbose mode by
> > sending it a USR2 signal. ie, kill -USR2 <ldmd.pid>  It's explained in
> > detail in the man page "man ldmd"  This should at least give us some clues
> > of the problem.  Also, did you try to send data to a downstream machine
> > that didn't have the patch?
> > 
> > Robb...
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Carl Sinclair
> > > RIDDS Systems Analyst
> > > NSSL -- Norman, OK
> > > address@hidden
> > > 
> > 
> > 
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> > Robb Kambic                            Unidata Program Center
> > Software Engineer III                          Univ. Corp for Atmospheric 
> > Research
> > address@hidden                 WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
> > 
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> > 
> 
> 
> We actually found the problem....it's Solaris 2.6......it had nothing to do 
> with 
> the patch....thanks for your time.
> 
> 
> Carl Sinclair
> RIDDS Systems Analyst
> NSSL -- Norman, OK
> address@hidden
> 

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Robb Kambic                                Unidata Program Center
Software Engineer III                      Univ. Corp for Atmospheric Research
address@hidden             WWW: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/
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