Abnormal termination or hang in mmpmon
The course of action which must be followed if mmpmon command hangs or terminates.
If mmpmon hangs, perform these steps:
- Ensure that sufficient time has elapsed to cover the mmpmon timeout value. It is controlled using the -t flag on the mmpmon command.
- Issue the ps command to find the PID for mmpmon.
- Issue the kill command to terminate this PID.
- Try the function again.
- If the
problem persists, issue this command:
mmfsadm dump eventsExporter
- Copy the output of mmfsadm to a safe location.
- Follow the procedures in Information to be collected before contacting the IBM Support Center, and then contact the IBM Support Center.
If mmpmon terminates abnormally, perform
these steps:
- Determine if the GPFS daemon has failed, and if so, restart it.
- Review your invocation of mmpmon, and verify the input.
- Try the function again.
- If the problem persists, follow the procedures in Information to be collected before contacting the IBM Support Center, and then contact the IBM Support Center.