Problems starting SunMC Agent 3.6 under Solaris 10
Hi folks,
I just did a test installation of the new SunMC 3.6 Server which worked fine. Afterwards, I did a fresh install of the 3.6 agent on a Sun Enterprise 420R running Solaris 10. I installed the agent in the global zone.
At the end of the setup, when the system asks me if I want to start the agent, which I affirmed. But this didn't work, system says just laconically "Could not start agent". Unfortunately, I can't even find the logs, since there is no log subdirectory under /var/opt/SUNWsymon. Have they moved this under Solaris 10?
Any ideas somebody how to dig into this?
Regards,
Peter
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Petur] at [2007-11-26 6:01:32]
# 1
Hi Peter,
> At the end of the setup, when the system asks me if I
> want to start the agent, which I affirmed. But this
> didn't work, system says just laconically "Could not
> start agent". Unfortunately, I can't even find the
> logs, since there is no log subdirectory under
> /var/opt/SUNWsymon. Have they moved this under
> Solaris 10?
This sounds a lot like a post just a few days ago:
http://forum.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=27785&tstart=0
What do you see when you start the Agent with this command:
/opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-start -ai
?
Regards,
Mike.Kirk@HalcyonInc.com
# 2
Hi Mike,
> This sounds a lot like a post just a few days ago:
> http://forum.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=27785&tstart=0
Well, yes and no...I read this thread and I found some similarities but it's not the same problem. Besides, this was Solaris 8, I've 10 and my guess is that it has something to do with Sol10.
> What do you see when you start the Agent with this command:
> /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-start -ai
No error...I end up in a prompt:
bash-3.00# /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-start -ai
infoDec 05 17:48:19 agent Sun Management Center Version: 3.6, Build: 18, H491, (c) 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
infoDec 05 17:48:19 agent registering import actions
infoDec 05 17:48:19 agent loading standard services
infoDec 05 17:48:19 agent standard services load complete
infoDec 05 17:48:19 agent agent host and port: cngaer:1161
infoDec 05 17:48:19 agent trap handler destination host and port: SunMC_server:162
infoDec 05 17:48:19 agent event trap destination host and port: SunMC_server:163
agent:>
I've really no idea what to enter at this prompt. A simple "help" doesn't give me anything but I got something from "ls"
agent:> ls
classes templates _config config services iso shadow contexts rules
Petur at 2007-7-6 13:23:52 >
# 3
> > What do you see when you start the Agent with this
> command:
>
> > /opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-start -ai
>
> No error...I end up in a prompt:
>
<snip>
> agent:>
>
> I've really no idea what to enter at this prompt. A
> simple "help" doesn't give me anything but I got
> something from "ls"
That's exactly what you're supposed to see: are you sure there isn't a /var/opt/SUNWsymon/log/agent.log file?
The "i" as a start flag means "interactive". Think of it as having a shell prompt inside the running SunMC Agent: you'd only ever use it as a developer.
You can just break out of it and try starting the Agent normally:
/opt/SUNWsymon/sbin/es-start -a
...then look for it's process with "ps -ef | grep esd". If you see something like "esd - init agent" then it's running.
Regards,
Mike.Kirk@HalcyonInc.com
# 4
> That's exactly what you're supposed to see: are you sure there isn't a /var/opt/SUNWsymon/log/agent.log file?
That's what I thought ;-)
Something must have created the log directory yesterday evening. I'm totaly sure there wasn't a log file before. Anyway, a agent start does not log anything. I've just tried to start the agent as you recommended but it ended up again in "Could not start agent" and no log entry at all.
Petur at 2007-7-6 13:23:52 >
# 5
Hi all,I experienced the same problem. I launched the agent successully with command:./es-start -A.Hope it helpful.
# 6
Well, I remember that I had very similar problems.
Not all dependencies are checked during installation.
These are the packages which I installed additional to
core to get everthing working ... of course there are
packages which are not related to SMC ...
package SUNWbash
package SUNWdoc
package SUNWman
package SUNWntpr
package SUNWntpu
package SUNWsprot
package SUNWbind
package SUNWbindr
package SUNWless
package SUNWctpls
package SUNWmfrun
package SUNWxwrtl
package SUNWxwice
package SUNWxwfnt
package SUNWxwplr
package SUNWxwplt
package SUNWj5rt
package SUNWj5rtx
package SUNWj5man
package SUNWj5cfg
package SUNWadmap
package SUNWadmc
package SUNWadmfr
package SUNWadmfw
package SUNWadmj
package SUNWadmlib-sysid
package SUNWadmr
package SUNWscpu
package SUNWscpr
# 7
hi , try svcs -x and check the log , /opt/SUNWsyon/sbin/es-start -i or -y ,my smc agent sometime like that.
# 8
Hi,
I have installed the SMC3.5 on solaris 8.
By some problems while uninstalling the SMC3.0 always crash.
Also when I reinstalled and imported topology I am not able to talk to my agents except a few.
Also when i reboot machine I see only agent process coming up.
Rest processes are not automatically started.
Can someone tell me some details.
Thanks
