The script rc.spds is used to start SAS^® Scalable Performance Data Server^® processes running in UNIX environments. The script employs the UNIX /usr/bin/ps command to capture the PIDs of the started servers. It then writes the PIDs of these processes to files (nspid, srvpid and snetid) in the log directory of the SPD Server installation. These PIDs are used by the killrc script to stop the servers.

In some UNIX operating environments, the location of the ps command is /bin/ps, so the command is not found when rc.spds runs. As a result, the files are not written to the log directory, and the killrc script is not able to stop the servers.

If the location of the ps command in your operating environment is not /usr/bin, you can solve the problem by modifying the following lines of the rc.spds script file to reference the correct location:

   /usr/bin/ps -f | /bin/grep spdsns | /bin/grep $NSPORT | /usr/bin/awk '{print $2}' > $LOGDIR/nspid
   /usr/bin/ps -f | /bin/grep spdsserv | /bin/grep $NSPORT | /usr/bin/awk '{print $2}' > $LOGDIR/srvpid
   /usr/bin/ps -f | /bin/grep spdssnet | /bin/grep $SNSPORT | /usr/bin/awk '{print $2}' > $LOGDIR/snetid

Operating System and Release Information

Product Family	Product	System	SAS Release
			Reported	Fixed*
SPDS	Scalable Performance Data Server	Tru64 UNIX
		Solaris for x64
		Solaris
		Linux on Itanium
		Linux for x64
		Linux
		HP-UX IPF
		HP-UX
		AIX
		64-bit Enabled Solaris
		64-bit Enabled HP-UX
		64-bit Enabled AIX

* For software releases that are not yet generally available, the Fixed Release is the software release in which the problem is planned to be fixed.

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The scripts to start and stop SAS® Scalable Performance Data Server® processes on Linux for x64 and Oracle Solaris for x64 servers may not reference the correct location of the UNIX ps command.

Type:	Usage Note
Priority:
Topic:	System Administration ==> Servers ==> SPDS

Date Modified:	2011-09-09 12:41:41
Date Created:	2011-08-26 14:17:59