Environment
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2) Linux Support Pack 1
Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 (OES 2) Linux Support Pack 2
Situation
After turning on NCP Watchdog setting to 5 minutes and restarting the server,the NCP broadcasts (watchdog) will work for a period of time and then for some reason stops sending the watchdog packets.
Resolution
Reported to Engineering. The issue has been duplicated here at Novell.
A fix has been released in January OES Maintenance patch.
Additional Information
To enable NCP watchdog, use the following command. NCPCON SET FIRST_WATCHDOG_PACKET=5. Note: The
service (NDSD process) or server has to be restarted for this
setting to take effect.
In troubleshooting the issue you can see the watchdog packets by using NDSTRACE +NCPE. The output should look like the following.
[2010/09/13 15:22:50.949] Broadcast <!> send to conn 1 at tcp:<IPADDRESS>:38531, succeeded.
In troubleshooting the issue you can see the watchdog packets by using NDSTRACE +NCPE. The output should look like the following.
[2010/09/13 15:22:50.949] Broadcast <!> send to conn 1 at tcp:<IPADDRESS>:38531, succeeded.