I am wondering if that server has both launchd and SystemStarter
controlling (or, rather, trying to) WebObjects.
"Both Mac OS X 10.4 and Mac OS X Server 10.4 have a new, more
reliable mechanism for keeping applications running. It is called
"launchd". It supersedes the "SystemStarter" and "watchdog" processes
of previous systems. See the man pages launchd(8) and launchctl(1)
for more information. The Server Admin application uses the files at /
System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.wotaskd.plist and /System/
Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.womonitor.plist to configure the
wotaksd and JavaMonitor applications; and launchd keeps the apps
running, based on the information in these files. The scripts which
formerly restarted the wotaskd or JavaMonitor process after a restart
are no longer needed and can be deleted. The launchd process will
launch these applications after restart for you and restart them if
they crash for any reason. If you want to change the way the wotaksd
and JavaMonitor applications are managed, that can be done with the
facilities provided by launchd and its associated tools."
Check the file /System/Library/StartupItems/WebObjects/WebObjects and
ensure all the wotaskd and JavaMonitor startup lines are commented out.
Chuck
On Jun 5, 2006, at 2:20 PM, William Hatch wrote:
Jackpot! That worked. Now, if only to figure out what the heck is
actually going on. At least it's good to know that. I didn't know
they'd folded some wo stuff into serveradmin. Thanks very much to
all who helped out. Hmm, maybe it's time to look at container
deployment a bit more closely.
On Jun 5, 2006, at 4:53 PM, Ronald P. Pfister wrote:
On Jun 5, 2006, at 18:39, William Hatch wrote:
This morning I started my week with all our production apps down.
I'm able to log into Monitor, but when I try to start instances,
the lever keeps going and going, no deaths, and I can't move it
beyond this state. There was nothing in /var/log/webobjects, so I
rm'd it, then sudo touch logwebobjects, but still nothing.
Restarts haven't helped. Monitor seems to be completely
unresponsive. Where should I start?
I have a similar situation on an Xserve I'm administering that I
couldn't track down so far. Apps simply won't start after a
reboot. Using...
serveradmin stop webobjects
serveradmin start webobjects
...fixes the problem reliably - until the next reboot/shutdown.
That's WO 5.2.4 on OSXS 10.4.6. Not a cure, but maybe a workaround?
HTH,
Ron
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