AIX

hi,
my cron is not working;
30 7 * * * /tmp/nmon_aix53 -fT -s 300 -c 144 >> /tmp/nmon/nmon.log 2>&1

basically, i want to run nmon everyday at 7.30am.

pls help.

thanks..

What errors are showing in the logfile?

johnf,

nmon.log;
root@axappk01::/tmp/nmon> more nmon.log
sh: /tmp/nmon_aix53: not found.
root@axappk01::/tmp/nmon>

manual run;
root@axappk01::/> /tmp/nmon_aix53 -fT -s 300 -c 144
ksh: /tmp/nmon_aix53: not found.
root@axappk01::/> /tmp/nmon -fT -s 300 -c 144
ksh: /tmp/nmon: 0403-006 Execute permission denied.
root@axappk01::/> cd /tmp/nmon
root@axappk01::/tmp/nmon> ./nmon_aix53 -fT -s 300 -c 144
root@axappk01::/tmp/nmon> ps -ef | grep nmon
root 1667112 1671362 0 14:17:04 pts/6 0:00 grep nmon
root 852232 1 1 14:16:57 - 0:00 ./nmon_aix53 -fT -s 300 -c 144

permission;
root@axappk01::/> ls -lrt | grep tmp
drwxrwxrwt 77 bin bin 294912 Jun 03 14:19 tmp
root@axappk01::/>
root@axappk01::/> cd /tmp
root@axappk01::/tmp>
root@axappk01::/tmp> ls -lrt | grep nmon
drwxrwxrwx 2 root system 4096 Jun 03 14:16 nmon
root@axappk01::/tmp> cd nmon
root@axappk01::/tmp/nmon> ls -lrt | pg
total 40712
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root system 870 Jun 22 2005 nmon
-rw-r----- 1 root system 70430 Jun 22 2005 nmon_README_june2004.txt
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root system 182126 Jun 22 2005 nmon_aix53
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root system 173420 Jun 22 2005 nmon_aix52
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root system 150386 Jun 22 2005 nmon_aix51
-rw-r----- 1 root system 583680 Aug 02 2007 nmon10p_for_aix5.tar
-rw-r----- 1 root system 348977 Sep 05 2007 nmon10p_for_aix5.tar.Z
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 39 Jun 03 07:30 nmon.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 155415 Jun 03 14:17 axappk01_080603_1416.nmon

Hi,

manually you start

Code:

/tmp/nmon/nmon_aix53

from crontab you try to start

Code:

/tmp/nmon_aix53

You have highlighted the fault there! The path from inside CRON is wrong as you are missing the nmon between /tmp and nmon_aix53.

cero, johnf,
thanks!!