Timebomb in 4.2.5?
Stefan Seiz
tonite, February 1st @ 0:00 GMT my CGP Server 4.2.5 (on Mac OS X Server
10.3.7) just shut down. This was a regular shutdown and it stopped all
listeners etc. like when you stop it from the command line.
>From then on, it would not run for longer than 15 Minutes. Does that sound
familiar?
I had already negotiated a price with the "used cars" dealers from Stalker
and was about to update anytime i find a free minute.
Now i was forced to rush it this morning as to me, the sudden shutdown of
CGP seemed license related.
Of course, it could be, that exactly at 0:00 GMT on a February 1st, my
license key somehow got corrupted, but i really doubt this is the case.
Certainly this speeded up my license upgrade, but i can't tell you how
pissed i am . I am a loyal CGP customer, spending a lot of time on this
list, helping other Stalker Customers etc. and don't feel that i have to be
treated this way from a software i paid for (yes, longer than 2 years ago).
What pisses me most, is that CGP doesn't even give you a hint in the
logfiles as to why it shut down. All it says is:
Feb 1 10:01:51 erniweb CommuniGatePro: CommuniGate Pro Server finished
I am still in the process of updating (with Stalker Germany) and while this
takes time, my server keeps shuttong down every 15 minutes, so i wrote a
quick script to keep it up while i upgrade.
Maybe this script (MacOS X Specific, called by cron every minute) is useful
to others too:
#!/bin/bash
pidfile="/Volumes/data1/CommuniGate/ProcessID"
if test -r $pidfile
then
echo "CGP Running"
exit 0
else
echo "Restarting CGP"
/System/Library/StartupItems/CommuniGatePro/CommuniGatePro start
exit 0
fi
exit 0
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Stefan Seiz
> Hi,
>
> tonite, February 1st @ 0:00 GMT my CGP Server 4.2.5 (on Mac OS X Server
> 10.3.7) just shut down. This was a regular shutdown and it stopped all
> listeners etc. like when you stop it from the command line.
PS: sorry for posting this after already quite some of you posted the same.
I didn't see your messages, as my server was down...
Palotas Peter
till I decide upgrade and get the licence key.
Also it helps if you set the date back, but it is not recommended,
because email will get bad timestamps...
Peter
>Stefan Seiz at Tuesday, February 1, 2005
Palotas Peter
I have some trouble with the script but only one of two servers. Now I
don't understand why.
So,
>pidfile="/Volumes/data1/CommuniGate/ProcessID"
>if test -r $pidfile
do you mean the ProcessID of /var/CommuniGate/ProcessID if I use the
default CGP base folder or is there another PID file?
Thanks: Peter
Stefan Seiz
> Stafan,
>
> I have some trouble with the script but only one of two servers. Now I
> don't understand why.
>
> So,
>
>> pidfile="/Volumes/data1/CommuniGate/ProcessID"
>> if test -r $pidfile
>
> do you mean the ProcessID of /var/CommuniGate/ProcessID if I use the
> default CGP base folder or is there another PID file?
Yes, you have to motify the path to the base folder. My basefolder if on an
XRaid, thus i rever to it as /Volumes/...
You have to change:
pidfile="/Volumes/data1/CommuniGate/ProcessID"
to
pidfile="/var/CommuniGate/ProcessID"
James Gardiner
> Certainly this speeded up my license upgrade, but i can't tell you how
> pissed i am . I am a loyal CGP customer, spending a lot of time on this
> list, helping other Stalker Customers etc. and don't feel that i have to be
> treated this way from a software i paid for (yes, longer than 2 years ago).
>
> What pisses me most, is that CGP doesn't even give you a hint in the
> logfiles as to why it shut down.
What pissing me off is that Stalker had a USP of being sysadmin
friendly -- or at least a feeling that they were on the side of the
sysadmin.
I don't think anyone believes that MS Exchange is sysadmin friendly
product, so this was a real advantage.
But this advantage gets eroded quickly when they code in time bombs
that cause the server to shut down without warning.
Anyone know why Stalker went down this route in the first place? Is
there a new shareholder or someone in management who pushed them
into the recurring revenue model.
(I thought the customer recommendation model was a really good
one... but that, as they say is history.)
Regards
James