The (8.2 / 8.4) rsyslog service stop/restart issues on VMware instances appear to be resolved. Rsyslog 8.6.0-2 is functioning properly after upgrading to latest release.
Thank you! On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 12:12 AM, Rainer Gerhards <rgerha...@hq.adiscon.com> wrote: > I have had now time to check the ChangeLog. There was a fix when imudp > prevented shutdown. This is now part of 8.6.0. I could very well address > what you describe. > > HTH > Rainer > > 2014-12-02 23:04 GMT+01:00 Kendall Green <kendallar...@gmail.com>: > > > To specifically answer the question, "Are you saying that DebugOnDemand > > must be set for rsyslog to work properly? or that you are only trying to > > start it with that set?" > > > > We've tried both service rsyslog start and /etc/init.d/rsyslog start, > which > > rsyslog will appear to run properly, however shutdown does not work > > properly unless is started with /etc/init.d/rsyslog start while debug on > > demand env is set. Thus if started services from the init.d then execute > > service rsyslog restart, the system would appear to shutdown and startup > > properly, but the next stop action would fail to report in > > /var/log/messages as restart from 'service' script has same issue as the > > 'start' function. So Yes, debug on demand must be set then run by > > /etc/init.d/rsyslog start and restart, or the stop process is latent and > > without logging. > > > > Thank you for your help in isolating this obscure issue with rsyslog > > running on VMware instances with RHEL6.5. > > > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Kendall Green <kendallar...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > In order for rsyslog to start/restart properly on VMware, the set env > > with > > > export RSYSLOG_DEBUG="DebugOnDemand" and directly execute > > > /etc/init.d/rsyslog start, no special debug options, and if restart > from > > > service script it will fail to stop properly with exit status in > > > /var/log/messages. > > > > > > When comparing ps -eZ |grep rsyslog, on physical server, kernel prefix > > the > > > output, but the VM displays only a hyphen, '-' preceding pid > information > > > that is otherwise the same. > > > > > > Does this solution apply concerning vmware kdump: and the necessity for > > > the debug variable? > > > https://access.redhat.com/solutions/260003 > > > > > > So, VMware instance of RHEL6.5, rsyslog ps -eZ process does not appear > to > > > be owned by 'kernel', start/restart will display stop/exit status in > > > /var/log/messages when /etc/init.d/rsyslog start is executed from root > > > directly with debug on demand set. Is debug setting at all related to > > that > > > rh solution?: > > > > > > - > > > > > > When hot-adding memory to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux system running > in > > > a vmware environment, the system may attempt to reload the kdump > > kernel and > > > regenerate a new kdump initrd. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 5:36 PM, David Lang <da...@lang.hm> wrote: > > > > > >> If SELinux is disabled, you should be able to see any differences in > how > > >> rsyslog is started by looking at the resulting command line with ps > (or > > >> thorugh /proc) > > >> > > >> There has to be something different about the way they are being > started > > >> if one works and the other doesn't. > > >> > > >> Are you saying that DebugOnDemand must be set for rsyslog to work > > >> properly? or that you are only trying to start it with that set? > > >> > > >> David Lang > > >> > > >> On Mon, 1 Dec 2014, Kendall Green wrote: > > >> > > >> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2014 17:30:26 -0700 > > >>> From: Kendall Green <kendallar...@gmail.com> > > >>> Reply-To: rsyslog-users <rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com> > > >>> To: rsyslog-users <rsyslog@lists.adiscon.com> > > >>> Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Question on DoDie > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Verified SELinux is disabled on both VMware instance and baremetal > > >>> installs, and no systemd, only the traditional service init > functions. > > >>> There doesn't appear to be any differences between the scripts: > > >>> /etc/init.d/rsyslog and the /etc/rc.d/rc#.d/S12rsyslog > > >>> > > >>> There appears to be something ''unknown'' happening on vmware > instance > > >>> for > > >>> service init, which could relate to the udev rules, kdump, being > > >>> different > > >>> from baremetal, or another aspect which makes a difference when > setting > > >>> DebugOnDemand and starting from /etc/init.d/rsyslog instead of > service > > >>> rsyslog start. > > >>> > > >>> Both methods of starting the rsyslog service appears to work, but > will > > >>> not > > >>> stop and restart properly. However stop/start/restart will succeed > > >>> consecutively, only when started by '/etc/init.d/rsyslog start' while > > >>> DebugOnDemand value set for rsyslog debug env. > > >>> > > >>> Since it is consistently, only a problem on systems that are VMs on > > 8.2.2 > > >>> and now 8.4.2, even with RHEL6.2 recently upgraded to RHEL6.5 and > issue > > >>> persists. > > >>> > > >>> Anyone have an answer to more specific difference between > > init.d/rsyslog > > >>> start and service rsyslog start on RHEL6.x? > > >>> > > >>> Thanks! > > >>> > > >>> On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 2:36 PM, David Lang <da...@lang.hm> wrote: > > >>> > > >>> This sounds like it's more likely a problem with the service > > >>>> scripts/systemd config than with rsyslog itself. > > >>>> > > >>>> what is different between /etc/init.d/rsyslog start and service > > rsyslog > > >>>> start? > > >>>> > > >>>> is the command line any different? or are they started with > different > > >>>> SELinux settings? > > >>>> > > >>>> David Lang > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> On Mon, 1 Dec 2014, Kendall Green wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>> I have encountered similar issue which is repeatable when running > > >>>> RHEL6 on > > >>>> > > >>>>> VMware instances, with RSyslog 8.4.2.ad1, where shutdown takes a > very > > >>>>> long > > >>>>> time and does not report the exit signal to /var/log/messages as it > > >>>>> does > > >>>>> on > > >>>>> baremetal installs. The issue is that rsyslog stop/exit message > only > > >>>>> appears in /var/log/messages if started/restarted from > init.d/rsyslog > > >>>>> when > > >>>>> having rsyslog debug env value set DebugOnDemand. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Running service rsyslog stop/start or restart will show the exit > and > > >>>>> start > > >>>>> messages, but the next stop or restart will fail to report the > > >>>>> exit/service > > >>>>> stop message because rsyslog needs to be started by > > >>>>> init, "/etc/init.d/rsyslog start" instead of "service rsyslog > start", > > >>>>> along > > >>>>> with the debugging on demand, present but inactive. Otherwise, when > > >>>>> rsyslog > > >>>>> is started without debugging, or from service rsyslog start, the > > stop / > > >>>>> exit message is lost, and the slowdown indicates other issues with > > the > > >>>>> shutdown/processes... > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Are these issues already corrected in the upcoming 8.6.0 release, > > with > > >>>>> announcement of bug fix for shutdown issues when running with more > > than > > >>>>> one > > >>>>> thread, or support for RHEL7 systemd, backwards compatible with > RHEL6 > > >>>>> service rsyslog scripts? > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Thanks, > > >>>>> Kendall > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Rainer Gerhards < > > >>>>> rgerha...@hq.adiscon.com> > > >>>>> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Just in case you have overlooked my message: i am waiting for a > > debug > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> log. > > >>>>>> And... sorry if *I* overlooked a log you sent ;) > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Rainer > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Sent from phone, thus brief. > > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > > >>>>>> rsyslog mailing list > > >>>>>> http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > > >>>>>> http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ > > >>>>>> What's up with rsyslog? 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