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
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"Smith, Jim" <user-dc30f243a817@xymon.invalid>
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Date:
01/29/2009 05:23 PM
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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:user-eac184b7c47e@xymon.invalid] Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 4:15 PM
To: user-ae9b8668bcde@xymon.invalid
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