SW 1.5 on RHEL 5.7 with an Oracle 11g backend. I run rhn_check via cron with the following:
* * * * * root if pgrep rhn_check; then /usr/bin/logger 'RHN_CHECK already running!'; else /usr/sbin/rhn_check; fi &> /dev/null 5 0-23/4 * * * root RHNCC=`ps -e -o "\%t | \%a" | grep "/usr/bin/python /usr/sbin/rhn_check" | grep -v grep | head -n 1` && if [ ! -z ${RHNCC:0:2} ]; then pkill -9 rhn_check; fi &> /dev/null
The second command checks to see if rhn_check has been running for a day or more and kills it. This might be a temporary work around for your issue.
I have seen it hang occasionally on RHEL 4,5 and 6. I still have no idea why as it seems random although Im guessing its due to a network interruption while its processing as I see this primarily on our dmz.
RHEL4 though Ive not been seeing any abnormal behavior although before upgrading up2date to the latest release I did have issues with package profiles being synchronized properly. Unlikely to be related to the issue you have seen.
On 11/29/2011 08:29 AM, Speagle, Andy wrote:
Hi Folks, Lately I’ve been experiencing a problem with my RHEL 4 systems with regards to rhnsd/rhn_check against my SPWK 1.5 system. I have rhnsd scheduled to check in every 15 minutes to look for tasks… and when it does, the rhn_check command just hangs… forever. Has anyone else experienced this issue? Andy Speagle System & Storage Administrator UCATS - Wichita State University P: 316.978.3869 C: 316.617.2431
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