Periodic processes
I have a FreeBSD 6.0 server that the periodic processes don't seem to complete and build up until our monitor complains about the number of processes and I killall. How would I go about figuring out which process is the problem or if there is a cron issue? Can't find any errors in the messages or cron log. After a few days, this is what I see and have to kill: 26347 ?? Is 0:00.01 /bin/sh -c periodic daily 26349 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 26355 ?? I 0:00.02 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 26356 ?? I 0:00.00 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 26401 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks 28108 ?? Is 0:00.01 /bin/sh -c periodic weekly 28110 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic weekly 28117 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic weekly 28118 ?? I 0:00.00 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic weekly 28129 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh - /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate 28136 ?? IN 0:00.01 /bin/sh /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb 28140 ?? IN 0:00.01 /bin/sh /usr/libexec/locate.mklocatedb -presort 61416 ?? Is 0:00.01 /bin/sh -c periodic daily 61417 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 61424 ?? I 0:00.02 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 61425 ?? I 0:00.00 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 61470 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks 92450 ?? Is 0:00.01 /bin/sh -c periodic daily 92451 ?? I 0:00.02 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 92458 ?? I 0:00.02 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 92459 ?? I 0:00.00 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 92504 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks 98286 ?? Is 0:00.01 /bin/sh -c periodic daily 98289 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 98295 ?? I 0:00.03 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 98296 ?? I 0:00.00 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 98341 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks -- Robert ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Periodic processes
In the last episode (Aug 21), Robert Fitzpatrick said: I have a FreeBSD 6.0 server that the periodic processes don't seem to complete and build up until our monitor complains about the number of processes and I killall. How would I go about figuring out which process is the problem or if there is a cron issue? Can't find any errors in the messages or cron log. After a few days, this is what I see and have to kill: 26347 ?? Is 0:00.01 /bin/sh -c periodic daily 26349 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 26355 ?? I 0:00.02 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 26356 ?? I 0:00.00 /bin/sh - /usr/sbin/periodic daily 26401 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/periodic/daily/400.status-disks 28129 ?? I 0:00.01 /bin/sh - /etc/periodic/weekly/310.locate 28136 ?? IN 0:00.01 /bin/sh /usr/libexec/locate.updatedb 28140 ?? IN 0:00.01 /bin/sh /usr/libexec/locate.mklocatedb -presort Run ps axl and trace what processes are being launched by those periodic scripts (using the PID and PPID columns) until you find one not in an I or S state. You can also install pstree from ports to make the job a little easier. Judging by the hanging periodic script names, it looks like you may have a filesystem that's hung, possibly an NFS mount where the other system is down. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
