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Hi all

I have networker running on a RHEL 5.7 and over time it hangs. So the solution backup team proposed is to check if the process is hung, to stop and start it.

Unfortunately for me, the rc script only allows three commands, start, stop and status (no restart option) so I managed to set following script but when I executed it-even when networker has been stopped I get the OK message in my /var/log/messages. Why is that? Can someone please help me look into this? Where did I go wrong? Sorry I am rushing this, they need to get this setup on prod servers by today at COB...

Code:

#!/bin/bash
cmdstop='/etc/rc.d/init.d/networker stop'
cmdstart='/etc/rc.d/init.d/networker start'

if [ "${?}" != 0 ] ; then
 echo "`date` CRITICAL:Networker hung, will be restarted" >>/var/log/messages
$cmdstart
 else
echo "`date` OK:Networker running" >>/var/log/messages
fi
exit

This variable assignment:

Code:

cmdstart='/etc/rc.d/init.d/networker start'

always succeeds, so $? is always 0

@Scrutinizer

But what is the process hangs? Will it still show 0?

It does not matter if the process hangs, the script does not check for that, it also does not restart the process and all it will do is write "`date` OK:Networker running" into the log.

well, how do I incorporate stop and start into the script that looks for hung process?
Sorry I am so lost!!

How would you characterize the state as "hung"?

Maybe a better approach is to stop and start it on a regular basis.

@otheus

I've attached the screenshot of what was done when we last found that the proces was hung...


Is it a good idea to stop & start it a regular interval instead? But how do I check with command if the process is hung? I use

Code:

ps auxw | grep db2vend