Anacron is different then cron.. it's normally invoked by cron once a day .. maybe in /etc/cron.d? It should be the one running the cron.daily and weekly stuff. See /etc/anacrontab ..
Anyway - you might see if there are already anacron processes running and kill them: ps -ef | grep anacron Scott Rohling On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Vitale, Joseph <joseph.vit...@bnymellon.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Oracle schedules jobs via CRON. Looks like user was editing his CRON > with using "crontab -e". > > Had some messages showing cron was locked. See below. > > Restarted CRON, stopped/started CRON no improvement. I tried to schedule > a simple CRON as oracle, does not run, no mail message. > > CRON works Ok for root. > > Errors when CRON stopped for oracle: > Jun 3 03:01:01 anacron[20959]: Anacron started on 2014-06-03 > Jun 3 03:01:01 anacron[20959]: Job `cron.daily' locked by another > anacron - skipping > Jun 3 03:01:01 anacron[20959]: Job `cron.weekly' locked by another > anacron - skipping > Jun 3 03:01:01 anacron[20959]: Normal exit (0 jobs run) > > Simple CRON trying to run for Oracle: > 03 20 * * * echo hi > /tmp/oracle.test.cron > > > Thanks > Joe > > Joseph Vitale > Technology Services Group > Mainframe Operating Systems > 95 Christopher Columbus Drive > Floor 14 > Jersey City, N.J. 07302 > Work 201-395-1509 > Cell 917-903-0102 > > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachment, is > confidential and is intended solely for the use of the intended recipient. > Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any attachment, or any > information contained therein, by any other person is not authorized. If > you are not the intended recipient please return the e-mail to the sender > and delete it from your computer. Although we attempt to sweep e-mail and > attachments for viruses, we do not guarantee that either are virus-free and > accept no liability for any damage sustained as a result of viruses. > > Please refer to http://disclaimer.bnymellon.com/eu.htm for certain > disclosures relating to European legal entities. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For more information on Linux on System z, visit > http://wiki.linuxvm.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
