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Steve,
> /home/ldm/bin/pqmon does exist.
>
> It looks like my nondefault queue location is the problem:
> [ldm@ames bin]$ pqmon -l-
> Aug 11 18:52:28 pqmon NOTE: Starting Up (22664)
> Aug 11 18:52:28 pqmon ERROR: pq_open failed: /home/ldm/data/ldm.pq: No
> such file or directory
> Aug 11 18:52:28 pqmon NOTE: Exiting
> [ldm@ames bin]$ pqmon -q /dev/shm/ldm.pq -l-
> Aug 11 18:52:56 pqmon NOTE: Starting Up (22676)
> Aug 11 18:52:56 pqmon NOTE: nprods nfree nempty nbytes maxprods
> maxfree minempty maxext age
> Aug 11 18:52:56 pqmon NOTE: 112118 1 9951 500002056 122069
> 2 0 760 8033
> Aug 11 18:52:56 pqmon NOTE: Exiting
>
> Since the original problem happened even with
> ldmadmin printmetrics -q /dev/shm/ldm.pq
> it seems like the -q setting should be propagated to the pqmon
> invocation, but isn't.
Just change line 1232 in the ldmadmin(1) script from
open(FH, "pqmon -l- 2>&1 |") or die "Can't fork(): $!";
to
open(FH, "pqmon -l- -q $pq_path 2>&1 |") or die "Can't fork(): $!";
This fix will be in the next release.
> -- Steve
>
> --
> Steve Decker, Assistant Professor
> Department of Environmental Sciences Phone: (732) 932-9800 x 6203
> Rutgers University Fax: (732) 932-8644
> 14 College Farm Rd Email: address@hidden
> New Brunswick, NJ 08901-8551
Regards,
Steve Emmerson
Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: QCH-285545
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed