Need help on lpar2rrd on aix 7.3
i have installed the below rpm package on aix 7.3 server
lpar2rrd-agent-8.10-0.ppc
i have run the script which i am attaching
BUT WHEN WE TRY TO SEE IF THE lpar2rrd RUNNING OR NOT IT SHOWS IT IS NOT RUNNING
ps -ef | grep -i lpar2rrd
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please note that the same package and script run on the other servers ,,so i dont see issue with the script or package
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su - lpar2rrd
crontab -l
date
ls -ltr /var/tmp
tail /var/tmp/lpar*err
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su - lpar2rrd
[YOU HAVE NEW MAIL]
$ crontab -l
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.XXXXE9OJiH installed on Tue Jan 23 11:44:42 2018)
# (Cron version V5.0 -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.12 2004/01/23 18:56:42 vixie Exp $)
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall.
# (/tmp/crontab.XXXXKimS6c installed on Tue Jan 9 14:02:22 2018)
# (Cron version V5.0 -- $Id: crontab.c,v 1.12 2004/01/23 18:56:42 vixie Exp $)
### LPAR2RRD agent start ###
* * * * * /usr/bin/perl /opt/lpar2rrd-agent/lpar2rrd-agent.pl 10.254.9.210 > /var/tmp/lpar2rrd-agent.out 2>&1
$ date
Tue Jun 3 08:26:12 UTC 2025
$ ls -ltr /var/tmp
total 224
-rw-r--r-- 1 lpar2rrd staff 0 Jun 1 13:19 lpar2rrd-agent-pgs.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 lpar2rrd staff 0 Jun 1 13:19 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-lpar2rrd.err
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 0 Jun 1 15:54 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-root.stamp-trimlogs
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 0 Jun 1 15:54 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-root.err
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 66 Jun 1 15:55 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-root-diskid.stamp
-rw-r----- 1 root system 1371 Jun 2 08:00 snmpdv3.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 633 Jun 2 08:01 snmpmibd.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 402 Jun 2 08:01 hostmibd.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 300 Jun 2 08:01 aixmibd.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 1397 Jun 2 11:23 lpar2rrd-agent.out
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 1 Jun 2 11:23 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-root-wlmstat-13500674.txt
-rwxrwxrwx 1 in074897 ibmgldap 230 Jun 2 12:14 ldapmkhomedir.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 0 Jun 2 14:34 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-root-multipath.stamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 0 Jun 2 14:34 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-root-errlog.stamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 34 Jun 2 14:34 lpar2rrd-agent-aixerrpt-10.254.9.210-root.stat
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 465 Jun 2 14:34 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-root-fs.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 0 Jun 2 14:34 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-root.stamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 0 Jun 2 14:34 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-root.txt-tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 45126 Jun 2 14:34 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-root.txtorig
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 10 Jun 2 14:34 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-root.stamp-send
-rw-r--r-- 1 lpar2rrd staff 0 Jun 2 14:44 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-lpar2rrd.stamp-trimlogs
-rw-r--r-- 1 lpar2rrd staff 66 Jun 2 14:45 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-lpar2rrd-diskid.stamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 lpar2rrd staff 0 Jun 3 07:37 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-lpar2rrd-multipath.stamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 lpar2rrd staff 0 Jun 3 07:37 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-lpar2rrd-errlog.stamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 lpar2rrd staff 34 Jun 3 07:37 lpar2rrd-agent-aixerrpt-10.254.9.210-lpar2rrd.stat
-rw-r--r-- 1 lpar2rrd staff 465 Jun 3 07:37 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-lpar2rrd-fs.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 lpar2rrd staff 0 Jun 3 07:37 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-lpar2rrd.stamp
-rw-r--r-- 1 lpar2rrd staff 2479 Jun 3 07:37 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-lpar2rrd.txtorig
-rw-r--r-- 1 lpar2rrd staff 0 Jun 3 07:37 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-lpar2rrd.txt-tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 lpar2rrd staff 10 Jun 3 07:37 lpar2rrd-agent-10.254.9.210-lpar2rrd.stamp-send
$ tail /var/tmp/lpar*err
tail: Can only process one file at a time.
Usage: tail [-f] [-c number|-n number|-m number|-b number|-k number] [file]
Usage: tail [-r] [-n number] [file]
Usage: tail [+|-[number]][l|b|c|k|m][f] [file]
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under root:
rm /var/tmp/lpar2rrd-agent.out
Then it will run, problem is you run it under root some time (test??) and output file is same, lpar2rrd user cannot write to that file, so exiting on its start
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[PROD uedcb106:root-/home/root-] cd /var/tmp
[PROD uedcb106:root-/var/tmp-] ls -ltr | grep -i lpar2rrd-agent.out
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 1397 Jun 2 11:23 lpar2rrd-agent.out
[PROD uedcb106:root-/var/tmp-] rm lpar2rrd-agent.out
[PROD uedcb106:root-/var/tmp-] ps -ef | grep -i lpar2rrd
lpar2rrd 7209278 13828496 0 08:51:00 - 0:00 vmstat -I -W -t 60 1
lpar2rrd 11600224 13828496 0 0:00 <defunct>
lpar2rrd 13828496 7667972 0 08:51:00 - 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /opt/lpar2rrd-agent/lpar2rrd-agent.pl 10.254.9.210
root 14287108 19005824 0 08:51:38 pts/0 0:00 grep -i lpar2rrd
lpar2rrd 14352848 18874640 0 08:51:00 - 0:00 iostat -Dsal 60 1
lpar2rrd 18874640 13828496 0 08:51:00 - 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /opt/lpar2rrd-agent/lpar2rrd-agent.pl 10.254.9.210
This is perfect you are genius i was scratching my head almost for 3 days..i would reqeust you to keep this request open jsut to make sure data gets collected ,,just to make sure i dont get any suprises
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