Re: Processes not dying

From: Louis Feges <lfeges_at_hookup.net>
Date: 1995/04/06
Message-ID: <lfeges.16.2F8335B7_at_hookup.net>#1/1


In article <brad.797040556_at_hawk> brad_at_adied.oz.au (Bradley Edelman) writes:
>From: brad_at_adied.oz.au (Bradley Edelman)
>Subject: Processes not dying
>Date: Wed, 5 Apr 1995 00:09:16 GMT
 

>We have a problem with Oracle processes not dying, specifically when our
>programs crash. Consequently we exceed process number limits because of all
>the processes that haven't been killed off when programs terminate. Is there
>a way to ensure Oracle processes get cleaned up or something to clean up
>dead processes? Of course, if our software was more stable, there wouldn't be
>a problem :-)
 

>Thanks, Brad

You're not alone! You need to setup a shell script which can be run via 'cron' at prescheduled intervals. The script should have 'superuser' permissions and will do the following:

  1. identify oracle processes whose parent is 'init', process 1. (how you do this depends upon your particular environment e.g. the 'ps -ef| grep oracl1' will list all the active processes with the text 'oracl1', etc.
  2. kill these processes

Ask your unix admin. for specifics.

good luck!

\louis Received on Thu Apr 06 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST

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