Environment
Novell
ZENworks Linux Management Linux Management 7 - ZLM7
Situation
zmd 'hangs'
after initial startup
The Device is
built via autoyast and a post script that automates the
installation of zmd and device registration. The device is
registered to a folder that has bundles assigned so it finds 'work
to do' and begins processing those bundles. The autoyast post
script continues to it's next step where it installs RPM's using
the 'rpm -Uvh' command.
While zmd is
processing a bundle the rpm command is used to install a
package.
zmd-bin process hangs at 99.9% on initial install of ZLM when the services are started.
Resolution
Restart zmd
using '/etc/init.d/novell-zmd restart'
The script
is running rpm to install packages. Both zmd and the rpm
command are trying to access and write to the RPM
Database simultaneously, this is generally not a good idea. Change
the script to use rpm to install packages before zmd starts or
install the
desired packages from a bundle rather than using rpm in the
script.
To obtain early access
to a hot patch with the fix for this problem, send an email
to zen.feedback@novell.com with the subject of"ZLM7IR1 Hot Patch". An email reply will be sent with
instructions on how to obtain the hot
patch.
Status
Reported to EngineeringAdditional Information
Steps to
duplicate:
1) Build
server via autoyast, include ZMD installation and registration
in autoyast post script
2) Register to a sub-folder (/Devices/SLES9/updates)
3) Bundles assigned to updates folder
2) Register to a sub-folder (/Devices/SLES9/updates)
3) Bundles assigned to updates folder
4) Processing of
the bundle hangs zmd
5) zmd-bin
is hung, no response to any rug commands