[unsolved]defunct problem on sun 5.7

[thomas.seglard.enata at cnp.fr]

Hello,

I wrote some weeks ago about a 'defunct' problem on a solaris 7 client. 
Today I got this problem on another server... This problem worries me a 
bit as I can't find any clues on how to solve it. Is it a bug in hobbit 
client ? A bug in the system ? Do you encounter this type of error under 
hobbit or under solaris ? 
All system commands normally respond when I separately launch them. All my 
other applications on this server are normally working. I really don't 
understand the problem...
Thanks for your help.
Best regards,

Thomas

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Hello,

I got a strange behaviour on a server with solaris 7, I got this output 
when I launch client :

$ ./runclient.sh start
Hobbit client for sunos started on edsvideo
$ ps -efd|grep hobbit
  hobbit 21806 21805  0 11:46:21 ?        0:00 /usr/lib/sa/sadc 300 2
  hobbit 21898 21897  0 11:46:24 ?        0:00 vmstat 300 2
  hobbit 21780     1  0 11:46:20 ?        0:00 
/opt/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitlaunch 
--config=/opt/hobbit/client/etc/clientlaunc
  hobbit 21785 21780  0                   0:00 <defunct>
  hobbit 21781 21780  0                   0:00 <defunct>
  hobbit 21784 21780  0                   0:00 <defunct>
  hobbit 21787 21780  0                   0:00 <defunct>
  hobbit 21783 21780  0 11:46:20 ?        0:00 /usr/bin/sh 
/opt/hobbit/client/ext/bb-sar.sh
  hobbit 21897     1  0 11:46:24 ?        0:00 sh -c vmstat 300 2 
1>/opt/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_vmstat.edsvideo.21811 2>&1; 
  hobbit 21904 21903  0 11:46:24 ?        0:00 iostat -c 300 2
  hobbit 21903     1  0 11:46:24 ?        0:00 sh -c iostat -c 300 2 
1>/opt/hobbit/client/tmp/hobbit_iostatcpu.edsvideo.21811 
  hobbit 15431 15421  0 10:51:57 pts/2    0:00 -ksh
  hobbit 21805 21783  0 11:46:21 ?        0:00 /usr/bin/sar -A -o 
/opt/hobbit/client/tmp/sar.21783 300 1
  hobbit 21786 21780  0                   0:00 <defunct>
  hobbit 21782 21780  0                   0:01 <defunct>

Few minutes later, I got this :

$ ps -efd|grep hobbit
  hobbit 21780     1  0 11:46:20 ?        0:00 
/opt/hobbit/client/bin/hobbitlaunch 
--config=/opt/hobbit/client/etc/clientlaunc
  hobbit 21785 21780  0                   0:00 <defunct>
  hobbit 21781 21780  0                   0:00 <defunct>
  hobbit 21784 21780  0                   0:00 <defunct>
  hobbit 21787 21780  0                   0:00 <defunct>
  hobbit 21783 21780  0                   0:00 <defunct>
  hobbit 15431 15421  0 10:51:57 pts/2    0:00 -ksh
  hobbit 21786 21780  0                   0:00 <defunct>
  hobbit 21782 21780  0                   0:01 <defunct>

Thus, nothing is graphed on hobbit server and all tests are purple. I got 
several servers with solaris 7 and everything goes fine on these, so I'm 
just posting here to know if someone got this problem too.
Sincerly,

Thomas


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