ncompact stop running all of sudden
Hi there
this happened 2nd time
i have define ncompact.exe program in program document under configuration tab to run twice a day , 1 during lunch time and 1 in night .
few months ago i noticed in log that ncompact program did not run at the specified time w/o any error msg in log.
neither in day nor in night.
no error nothing in log related to compact .
i restarted server and it start working normal
it has been working fine as i was used to check logs on and off and now after several month, i have noticed same thing happen again , no error in log and compact did not work.
i restarted server and its ok
any one can comment or advice what could be the reason ?
this thing very irritating now .
thanks
syed
this happened 2nd time
i have define ncompact.exe program in program document under configuration tab to run twice a day , 1 during lunch time and 1 in night .
few months ago i noticed in log that ncompact program did not run at the specified time w/o any error msg in log.
neither in day nor in night.
no error nothing in log related to compact .
i restarted server and it start working normal
it has been working fine as i was used to check logs on and off and now after several month, i have noticed same thing happen again , no error in log and compact did not work.
i restarted server and its ok
any one can comment or advice what could be the reason ?
this thing very irritating now .
thanks
syed
It might not be the compact task that is to blame for this behaviour, but the scheduling task that doesn't start the compacter. You could verify if it still works adding some normal command as a program, e.g. in Windows
/command.com /c echo "Works" >> /scheduler.log
Eh, I never tried this line, it's an educated guess :-$
/command.com /c echo "Works" >> /scheduler.log
Eh, I never tried this line, it's an educated guess :-$
Can you descibr your configuration ? And is this running on any specified databases ?
Secondly what is your server version ?
~Hemanth
Secondly what is your server version ?
~Hemanth
descibr = describe
ASKER
Hi to all
after restart its ok and compact did work yesterday afternoon in lunch and in night also , i am sure it will work for few more months. But..
madheeswar
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Thanks for the link , i hv gone through it but does not relevant to my problem.
i belief restarting every time the server to fix my above problem is not viable.
Sjef bosman
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i didn't notice that while compact not running whether Scheduler manager task is running or not .
but now i can see my all tasks , Schedule Manager is running.
Kumar
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6.5.2
to all databases
ncompact.exe Mail\ -S 5 -c 04:20AM
ncompact.exe Mail\ -S 5 -B 12:30PM
after restart its ok and compact did work yesterday afternoon in lunch and in night also , i am sure it will work for few more months. But..
madheeswar
==========
Thanks for the link , i hv gone through it but does not relevant to my problem.
i belief restarting every time the server to fix my above problem is not viable.
Sjef bosman
==========
i didn't notice that while compact not running whether Scheduler manager task is running or not .
but now i can see my all tasks , Schedule Manager is running.
Kumar
=====
6.5.2
to all databases
ncompact.exe Mail\ -S 5 -c 04:20AM
ncompact.exe Mail\ -S 5 -B 12:30PM
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Dear Tom thanks
compact OR ncompact ?
i respect ur suggestion but
i was trying to use "compact" 1.5 years ago under program document but it did not work .
i called lotus support US they says , u cannot use compact , u must use ncompact.exe in ur program document and it has been working since then no problem .day also with -B and nite with -c both ok
this problem started just few month ago that it stop running all of sudden and when i restart server its running fine for next few months.
what u say now ?
compact OR ncompact ?
i respect ur suggestion but
i was trying to use "compact" 1.5 years ago under program document but it did not work .
i called lotus support US they says , u cannot use compact , u must use ncompact.exe in ur program document and it has been working since then no problem .day also with -B and nite with -c both ok
this problem started just few month ago that it stop running all of sudden and when i restart server its running fine for next few months.
what u say now ?
what version of Notes and Server?
I say now that it probably always had the same problem, but you rebooted in the past always in time to not notice the problem.
Lotus support is full of s*** if they tell you that you cannot use compact. I've used this for OVER 4 years (4.6 -> 5 -> 6 -> 6.5). What you can't do with compact, is work with names.nsf (and admin4.nsf), but ncompact won't work either : the server must be down.
cheers,
Tom
Lotus support is full of s*** if they tell you that you cannot use compact. I've used this for OVER 4 years (4.6 -> 5 -> 6 -> 6.5). What you can't do with compact, is work with names.nsf (and admin4.nsf), but ncompact won't work either : the server must be down.
cheers,
Tom
Pretty strong language there, Tom :)
ASKER
thats Nice Tom :) hahaha
i hv checked my yesterday log and its shows compact is running since last 3 days
04:20:37 AM Running Program document for 'ncompact.exe Mail\ -S 5 -c'
11/20/2004 04:20:38 AM Compacting Mail\atan.nsf (Alfred Tan)
11/20/2004 04:20:43 AM Compacted Mail\atan.nsf, 4096K bytes recovered (20%)
But still i don't mind to try compact and let u know how it goes .
can i also drop u mail at ur gwbasic address?
rgs
Syed
i hv checked my yesterday log and its shows compact is running since last 3 days
04:20:37 AM Running Program document for 'ncompact.exe Mail\ -S 5 -c'
11/20/2004 04:20:38 AM Compacting Mail\atan.nsf (Alfred Tan)
11/20/2004 04:20:43 AM Compacted Mail\atan.nsf, 4096K bytes recovered (20%)
But still i don't mind to try compact and let u know how it goes .
can i also drop u mail at ur gwbasic address?
rgs
Syed
Well, as far as Lotus Support goes : sometimes you're lucky and you get really nice people with a good knowledge to help you (or they at least try very hard to find someone to help), but sometimes it's just like any other helpdesk .... It's probably not even their own fault , they just use the information they find on the web too :-)
Sure you can mail me about your own findings ...
cheers,
Tom
Sure you can mail me about your own findings ...
cheers,
Tom
ASKER
Dear Tom
thanks for ur suggestion
i have changed to "compact" in my program document and it is working , anxious to see if this found to be a perm solution and stay longer than ncompact.exe. :-)
thanks and regards
thanks for ur suggestion
i have changed to "compact" in my program document and it is working , anxious to see if this found to be a perm solution and stay longer than ncompact.exe. :-)
thanks and regards
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=0&q1=ncompact&q2=program&uid=sim2b71dbad1bace81fc85256cc000646533&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&cc=us&lang=en
Yes. restarting is the correct process. Or Compact manually from console.
load compact