[LDM #XBC-274988]: Trouble logging on CentOS 6 system

Leonard,

> How does [removal of data-products from the product-queue] work?  I'm not 
> seeing it in the reference pages.

Removal of data-products from the product-queue isn't mentioned because it's 
automatic and not under the user's control.

> The file
> I previously inserted is still in there, days later.

Data-products are automatically removed on a least-recently-used basis in order 
to make room for new data. Apparently, you haven't added much additional data.

> How does one set
> the expiration up?

One doesn't.

> Here's a product going in, on mlsoserver (upstream):
> 
> $ ldmadmin watch
> (Type ^D when finished)
> Jun 05 20:17:26 pqutil INFO: 103020480 20120605201726.058     EXP 000
> 20120603.145219.FTS
> 
> Here it is on mlsodata (downstream):
> 
> $ ldmadmin watch
> (Type ^D when finished)
> Jun 05 20:18:28 pqutil INFO: 103020480 20120605201726.058     EXP 000
> 20120603.145219.FTS
> 
> Then, here is where it should be:
> 
> $ egrep -v '^#' pqact.conf
> EXP     ^(.*)   FILE    -overwrite -flush -close
> -log /export/data1/Data/ldm/\1
> 
> !$
> ls -l /export/data1/Data/ldm
> total 100608
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm6 cordyn 103020480 Jun  5 14:18 20120603.145219.FTS
> 
> So, it's working now!

Great!

> I don't know what changed.  I simply started it up today and it works.

Ah, computers! :-)

> The file from the last test is still in there, and the one I just
> inserted is still in there, too.  I would like them to be removed after
> being sent, I guess.

The only way to remove them would be to add more data-products until they're 
removed in order to make room.

> upstream:
> $ pqmon
> Jun 05 20:25:10 pqmon NOTE: Starting Up (3587)
> Jun 05 20:25:10 pqmon NOTE: nprods nfree  nempty      nbytes  maxprods
> maxfree  minempty    maxext  age
> Jun 05 20:25:10 pqmon NOTE:      2     1  122067   103020672         4
> 2    122065 396982144 514464
> Jun 05 20:25:10 pqmon NOTE: Exiting

Only 2 data-products.

> downstream:
> $ pqmon
> Jun 05 20:26:39 pqmon NOTE: Starting Up (19920)
> Jun 05 20:26:39 pqmon NOTE: nprods nfree  nempty      nbytes  maxprods
> maxfree  minempty    maxext  age
> Jun 05 20:26:39 pqmon NOTE:      1     1  122068   103020600         4
> 2    122065 396982216 491
> Jun 05 20:26:39 pqmon NOTE: Exiting

Only 1 data-product.

> I know the nprods is the number of *slots*,

Actually, "nprods" from pqmon(1) is the number of data-products in the 
product-queue.

> but pqcat still gets the
> files downstream, so they are still "in there", if that is meaningful:
> 
> $ pqcat > bozo
> Jun 05 20:28:06 pqcat NOTE: Starting Up (19941)
> Jun 05 20:28:06 pqcat NOTE: Exiting
> Jun 05 20:28:06 pqcat NOTE: Number of products 1
> [ldm6@mlsodata ~]$ ls -l bozo
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 ldm6 ldm 103020480 Jun  5 14:28 bozo

Looks good to me.

> There was one issue from the log that I fixed before inserting the file
> to find that LDM is now working:
> 
> Jun  5 12:52:22 mlsodata pqact[19098] ERROR: cannot chdir
> to /export/data1/Data/ldm-tmp/data: No such file or directory
> 
> That's the downstream system.  Note that the directory in the log
> message is not the directory in the pq configuration, which is
> /export/data1/Data/ldm

That's a fairly major problem. Glad you got it fixed.

> Also, both systems complain at startup that
> Jun  5 12:57:59 mlsodata pqact[19384] NOTE: Starting Up
> Jun  5 12:57:59 mlsodata pqact[19384] WARN: No such file or directory
> Jun  5 12:57:59 mlsodata pqact[19384] WARN: stateRead(): Couldn't open
> "/home/ldm/etc/pqact.conf.state"
> Jun  5 12:57:59 mlsodata pqact[19384] WARN: Previous-state information
> doesn't exist.  Continuing...
> 
> This is because the account name is ldm6 (we're upgrading while the
> current system is using the account ldm).

The above messages are because there are no .*.state files in the etc/ 
subdirectory corresponding to the pqact(1) configuration-files. Consequently, 
the pqact(1) processes don't know where they left-off at the end of the 
previous session.

> --
> ==Leonard E. Sitongia
> High Altitude Observatory
> National Center for Atmospheric Research
> P.O. Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307  USA
> address@hidden  voice: (303)497-2454  fax: (303)497-1589

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: XBC-274988
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed