[hobbit] Hobbit Generating Defunct Processes

[Ginny Jaworski]

Ummmm.... it might be.  I have AIX version 5300-07-01-0748 running on two 
servers... one blade and one p6...  the p6 is the only one generating the 
defunct procs...

Ginny Jaworski
Marist College
Information Technology
3399 North Road
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

(845)575-3940
ginny.jaworski at marist.edu



From:
"Smith, Jim" <JMSmith at stvincenthealth.com>
To:
hobbit at hswn.dk
Date:
01/29/2009 05:23 PM
Subject:
RE: [hobbit] Hobbit Generating Defunct Processes



If my memory serves me correctly, which is highly doubtful, I had a 
similar problem with defunct processes on an earlier version of AIX that 
was corrected by an AIX patch.  The issue wasn’t due to Hobbit, but the 
symptoms were the same.
 
Perhaps you should check to see if you have all the latest AIX patches 
installed.
 
Just a wild guess!
 
Jim Smith
Little Rock
 
 

From: Ginny Jaworski [mailto:Ginny.Jaworski at marist.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 4:15 PM
To: hobbit at hswn.dk
Subject: [hobbit] Hobbit Generating Defunct Processes 
 

I have Hobbit running on a IBM P6 lpar, with AIX 5.3 installed.   It seems 
about every 3-4 minutes a 'defunct' process is started by hobbit.  I have 
tried uninstalling and re-installing Hobbit, and rebooting the server. The 
defunct processes are still being generated.  Does anyone have any idea on 
what is causing this?  Thanks for your help. 
Here's a sample of the ps output: 

   50307 Z   hobbit 331868      0   0  38 rt        0:00 <defunct> 
   50307 Z   hobbit 344096      0   0  38 rt        0:00 <defunct> 
   50307 Z   hobbit 348368      0   0  38 rt        0:00 <defunct> 
   50307 Z   hobbit 372982      0   0  38 rt        0:00 <defunct> 
   50307 Z   hobbit 376944      0   0  38 rt        0:00 <defunct> 
   50307 Z   hobbit 385200      0   0  38 rt        0:00 <defunct> 
   50307 Z   hobbit 389226      0   0  38 rt        0:00 <defunct> 
   50307 Z   hobbit 393276      0   0  38 rt        0:00 <defunct> 


Ginny Jaworski


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