I am glad you said no issues as he has described about the VMs. I would not believe you if you said without issues.
Joel has described a weirdness that depending on it being a VM or not is also important. Dan From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG] On Behalf Of LJ LongWing Sent: August 20, 2014 6:05 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Re: Run Process fails without error message ** As much as I would like to jump on Dan's band wagon...I can't. I have countless Windows VM's running for MANY years with countless run-processes executing constantly with no issues as you have described. This is going to take quite a bit of troubleshooting to figure out what's going on.... So...you say a reboot, are you talking about an OS level reboot, or an application level reboot (restart the windows service). What happens if you just do an app restart, instead of an OS reboot.... This is an important difference, and it says a lot about what might be wrong.... On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 3:47 PM, arslist <arsl...@danielbloom.ca <mailto:arsl...@danielbloom.ca> > wrote: ** If it is a VM WIN 2008 server it sounds normal (yes, my bias against VMs is showing again). Others can comment about it being WIN and that LINUX or other UNIX survives processes better. Dan From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG <mailto:arslist@ARSLIST.ORG> ] On Behalf Of Joel Sender Sent: August 20, 2014 5:02 PM To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG Subject: Run Process fails without error message ** Got a head-scratcher here: Env: ARS 8.1.1, custom (e.g. SIMPLE) application on Win 2008 server. A filter executes a RUN PROCESS that issues an OS command that writes a PDF file. Everything was working fine for weeks, but this AM it failed. Filter logs show the command, but no results. To debug, the OS command was changed to ‘COPY file1 to file2’ This failed as well, again, without a log entry. We rebooted the server, without making any other changes, and now it is working. We replaced the COPY command with the original command, and it, too, is working. ALSO, this same server will sometimes fail to run ARPLUGINs (logging in shows an error), and a reboot fixes it, too. Has anyone else seen this strange behavior? My only workaround is to reboot every night. TIA, Joel Joel Sender jdsen...@earthlink.net <mailto:jdsen...@earthlink.net> 310.829.5552 <tel:310.829.5552> _____ <http://www.avast.com/> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com/> protection is active. _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
