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Justin, Are you executing the relevant pqact(1) process(es) with the "-e" (EDEX) option? > I am currently experiencing a shared memory fault on ldm when I try to > ingest nexrad2 data. The issue "only" happens when I ingest the data > using the scripts provided by Tom from motherlode which store pieces of > radar data and them combine the pieces into one file. > > I do not experience the issue with "any" other feeds. This is the first > I have experienced the issue at all. > > I checked and my limits are pretty high for shared memory : > > [root@localhost logs]# ipcs -lm > > ------ Shared Memory Limits -------- > max number of segments = 4096 > max seg size (kbytes) = 67108864 > max total shared memory (kbytes) = 17179869184 > min seg size (bytes) = > > > Here is the error I receive, below. > > [ldm@localhost ~]$ tail -f var/logs/ldmd.log > > Mar 10 02:08:18 localhost ldm.tamu.edu[4945] NOTE: Starting Up(6.11.5): > > ldm.tamu.edu:388 20150310050818.350 TS_ENDT {{NEXRAD2, "(MLB|TBW)"}} > > Mar 10 02:08:18 localhost ldm.tamu.edu[4945] NOTE: LDM-6 desired > > product-class: 20150310050818.351 TS_ENDT {{NEXRAD2, "(MLB|TBW)"},{NONE, > > "SIG= 79fb85d12cfb27770cec0e5d2ede9ed3"}} > > Mar 10 02:08:18 localhost pqact[4941] NOTE: Starting Up > > Mar 10 02:08:18 localhost rtstats[4944] NOTE: Starting Up (4939) > > Mar 10 02:08:18 localhost pqact[4943] NOTE: Starting Up > > Mar 10 02:08:18 localhost pqact[4941] NOTE: Starting from insertion-time > > 2015-03-10 06:07:52.477765 UTC > > Mar 10 02:08:18 localhost pqact[4943] NOTE: Starting from insertion-time > > 2015-03-10 06:07:52.477765 UTC > > Mar 10 02:08:18 localhost edexBridge[4942] NOTE: Starting Up > > Mar 10 02:08:18 localhost edexBridge[4942] NOTE: Sent 1 messages (0 at the > > end of the queue, 1 normally). > > Mar 10 02:08:18 localhost ldm.tamu.edu[4945] NOTE: Upstream LDM-6 on > > ldm.tamu.edu is willing to be a primary feeder > > Mar 10 02:12:46 localhost pqact[4943] *ERROR: Notification specified but > > shared memory is not available.* > > Mar 10 02:12:46 localhost pqact[4943] NOTE: Filed in > > "/awips2/data_store/level2/KMLB/20150310/.tmp/Level2_KMLB_20150310_061245.ar2v": > > 8932 20150310061246.485 NEXRAD2 947001 > > L2-BZIP2/KMLB/20150310061245/947/1/S/V06/0 > > I should also mention that I am following this guideline: > > https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/support/help/MailArchives/idd/msg05933.html > > for ingesting the NEXRAD2 datasets. > > This is for my edex server. > > If needed, I can provide ssh access to my server if you would like to > review the issue further. > > Best Regards, > Justin Balbierer Regards, Steve Emmerson Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: JDP-127682 Department: Support LDM Priority: Normal Status: Closed