ESP Workload Automation

  • 1.  Error creating stdout spool

    Posted Jun 24, 2010 07:41 AM
    Is anyone familiar with this message? All my Distributed jobs are getting the message. The manager runs on the mainframe and the agent is Unix.

    Error creating stdout spool


  • 2.  RE: Error creating stdout spool

    Posted Jun 24, 2010 08:04 AM
    This is normally a permissions problem preventing the job to write to the Cybermation log files.


  • 3.  RE: Error creating stdout spool

    Posted Jun 24, 2010 08:39 AM
    Thanks, I'll check with the UNIX admin.


  • 4.  RE: Error creating stdout spool

    Posted Jun 24, 2010 10:25 AM
    [color=#0D0D0D]Also check that there is sufficient disk space.

    I tested on Windows but UNIX / Linux ESP Agent will be function the same.
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    [font=Courier New] Job Name Agent Name ApplName Gen# P Node CCode System Status
    ___ NTCHECK NT_NJRARWKS3198 CHKAGENT 2618 FAIL **** Error creating stdout file


    Agent Parameter File

    #
    # General characteristics
    #
    spooldir=D:\UPSDATA\ESP\spool


    D:\>dir \\njrarwks3198\d$\upsdata\esp\spool\espmstd\main
    Volume in drive \\njrarwks3198\d$ has no label.
    Volume Serial Number is 2863-8A88

    Directory of \\njrarwks3198\d$\upsdata\esp\spool\espmstd\main

    06/24/2010 09:44 AM <DIR> .
    06/24/2010 09:44 AM <DIR> ..
    06/24/2010 08:44 AM <DIR> chkagent.2614
    06/24/2010 09:39 AM <DIR> chkagent.2616
    06/24/2010 09:44 AM <DIR> chkagent.2617
    0 File(s) 0 bytes
    5 Dir(s) 0 bytes free[font]


    [color=#0B0B0B]You can check disk space and permissions with a simple ESP Proc. Modify to use your spool directory.[color]

    [font=Courier New]SPOOLDIR = "<ESP Spool Directory>"

    HPUX_JOB CHKSPACE
    AGENT %USER1
    CMDNAME /bin/sh
    USER compops
    ARGS -c 'df -k %SPOOLDIR'
    RELEASE CHKPERM
    RUN ANYDAY
    ENDJOB

    HPUX_JOB CHKPERM
    AGENT %USER1
    CMDNAME /bin/sh
    USER compops
    ARGS -c 'ls -lR %SPOOLDIR'
    RUN ANYDAY
    ENDJOB
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    [color=#0B0B0B]Create job and event after you trigger go to CSF and use WSF to display job output[color]

    [font=Courier New]----------------------------------------------------------------
    Output of messages for workload object CHKSPACE/CHECK.6/MAIN
    Start date Thu Jun 24 10:14:21 2010
    Cybermation ESP System Agentfor HP-UX R7, Build 139
    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    User data
    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    /opt (/dev/vg00/lvol5 ) : 6757650 total allocated Kb
    450228 free allocated Kb
    6307422 used allocated Kb
    93 % allocation used
    #

    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    Output of messages for workload object CHKPERM/CHKSPACE.2/MAIN
    Start date Thu Jun 24 10:45:29 2010
    Cybermation ESP System Agentfor HP-UX R7, Build 139
    ----------------------------------------------------------------
    User data
    ----------------------------------------------------------------

    drwxr-xr-x 3 compops pcstech 96 Apr 24 2009 ESPMSTD
    /opt/ESP/SystemAgent/ESPMSTD/spool/ESPMSTD:

    drwxr-xr-x 60 root root 5120 Jun 24 10:45 MAIN
    /opt/ESP/SystemAgent/ESPMSTD/spool/ESPMSTD/MAIN:
    drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 96 Jun 24 10:44 CHKSPACE.1

    /opt/ESP/SystemAgent/ESPMSTD/spool/ESPMSTD/MAIN/CHKSPACE.1:
    total 12
    -rw-r--r-- 1 compops pcstech 2943 Jun 24 10:44 CHKPERM
    -rw-r--r-- 1 compops pcstech 2708 Jun 24 10:44 CHKSPACE
    /opt/ESP/SystemAgent/ESPMSTD/spool/ESPMSTD/MAIN/CHKSPACE.2:
    total 12
    -rw-r--r-- 1 compops pcstech 2624 Jun 24 10:45 CHKPERM
    -rw-r--r-- 1 compops pcstech 2943 Jun 24 10:45 CHKSPACE


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