Re: 4D Backup causes 4D Remote to hang (15.4) [Solved?]

2017-11-25 Thread Perkins, Bradley D via 4D_Tech
ve run for almost a week now. -- Brad From: Perkins, Bradley D Sent: Friday, November 17, 2017 9:59 AM To: 4d_tech@lists.4d.com Subject: Re: 4D Backup causes 4D Remote to hang (15.4) Still having problems. Based on various email notifications, I can see that the scripts that

Re: 4D Backup causes 4D Remote to hang (15.4)

2017-11-17 Thread Perkins, Bradley D via 4D_Tech
Still having problems. Based on various email notifications, I can see that the scripts that under past OS versions would reliably restart 4D are trying to do so, but w/o success. I don't know why they fail, but can see they are repeatedly trying. That continues until I remotely access the Mac. At

Re: 4D Backup causes 4D Remote to hang (15.4)

2017-11-15 Thread Perkins, Bradley D via 4D_Tech
Thanks Chuck, I've reset the backup by deleting preferences. I also modified my scripts to use kill -9 instead of killall. Hopefully this will improve the situation. I should know overnight. -- Brad Perkins On 11/14/17, 1:00 PM, "4D_Tech on behalf of 4d_tech-requ...@lists.4d.com" <4d_tech-bou

Re: 4D Backup causes 4D Remote to hang (15.4)

2017-11-14 Thread Bernd Fröhlich via 4D_Tech
Jim Crate: > Note to self: perhaps an automated weekly restart of 4D Server is the trick > to avoiding the occasional v16x DELAY PROCESS hang. When a hammer works, > might as well use it. Sorry, but no. Our 4D Server shuts down and restarts every night with a script, but one process still han

Re: 4D Backup causes 4D Remote to hang (15.4) (John DeSoi)

2017-11-14 Thread Perkins, Bradley D via 4D_Tech
John, Possibly, but under normal circumstances there might be one request. This is a small database and backup runs quick. There is a remote monitoring system that sends a web request every 3 minutes. The page simply responds with the current time although it might get that time from the server

Re: 4D Backup causes 4D Remote to hang (15.4)

2017-11-14 Thread Charles Miller via 4D_Tech
I would quit 4D server, delete preferences and recreate using menu commands re backup. Perhaps that us trhe problem. Also check where the backup is going to if a HD try a different location Regards and hiope this helps Chuck On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Jim Crate via 4D_Tech < 4d_tech@lists.

Re: 4D Backup causes 4D Remote to hang (15.4)

2017-11-14 Thread Jim Crate via 4D_Tech
On Nov 14, 2017, at 9:40 AM, Perkins, Bradley D via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > What should I try next? Start with a new backup? Reinstall 4D? Personally, I would take the easy way out and change the script that is supposed to quit/restart 4D to something like: killall -9 4D which

Re: 4D Backup causes 4D Remote to hang (15.4)

2017-11-14 Thread John DeSoi via 4D_Tech
Are there database requests coming in via the web server at the time of the backup? Have you tried turning off the web server during backup? Or at least return an error response if access to the database is needed when backup is running. John DeSoi, Ph.D. > On Nov 14, 2017, at 8:40 AM, Perkins

4D Backup causes 4D Remote to hang (15.4)

2017-11-14 Thread Perkins, Bradley D via 4D_Tech
Changing the thread title of "4D Remote hanging at 3am after upgrading to Hi Sierra. Need logging advice." 4D 15.4 Mac OS High Sierra Client Windows 2008r2 Server As noted in previous posts I now suspect that a 5am (formerly 3am) scheduled 4D Backup is causing 4D to 'hang'. I checked my phone a