[Spacewalk-list] RHNSD & RHEL 4 Problems

[Jason M. Nielsen]

SW 1.5 on RHEL 5.7 with an Oracle 11g backend.

I run rhn_check via cron with the following:

* * * * * root if pgrep rhn_check; then /usr/bin/logger 'RHN_CHECK 
already running!'; else /usr/sbin/rhn_check; fi &> /dev/null
5 0-23/4 * * * root RHNCC=`ps -e -o "\%t | \%a" | grep "/usr/bin/python 
/usr/sbin/rhn_check" | grep -v grep | head -n 1` && if [ ! -z 
${RHNCC:0:2} ]; then pkill -9 rhn_check; fi &> /dev/null


The second command checks to see if rhn_check has been running for a day 
or more and kills it. This might be a temporary work around for your issue.

I have seen it hang occasionally on RHEL 4,5 and 6. I still have no idea 
why as it seems random although Im guessing its due to a network 
interruption while its processing as I see this primarily on our dmz.

RHEL4 though Ive not been seeing any abnormal behavior although before 
upgrading up2date to the latest release I did have issues with package 
profiles being synchronized properly. Unlikely to be related to the 
issue you have seen.


On 11/29/2011 08:29 AM, Speagle, Andy wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Lately I’ve been experiencing a problem with my RHEL 4 systems with
> regards to rhnsd/rhn_check against my SPWK 1.5 system. I have rhnsd
> scheduled to check in every 15 minutes to look for tasks… and when it
> does, the rhn_check command just hangs… forever.
>
> Has anyone else experienced this issue?
>
> Andy Speagle
>
> System & Storage Administrator
>
> UCATS - Wichita State University
>
> P: 316.978.3869
>
> C: 316.617.2431
>