glite-lb-harvester won't start after update

[valtri]

Original issue: https://ggus.eu/?mode=ticket_info&ticket_id=106144

Hi,

after the latest update and rerunning yaim the glite-lb-harvester does not start automatically. Should this programme still be running ? If yes, would it be possible to fix the stop/start issue, i.e. the stop function in /etc/init.d/glite-lb-harvester looks for a pid file (/var/run/glite/glite-lb-harvester.pid) that is not set by the start function. I can get around this by adding -i /var/run/glite/glite-lb-harvester.pid in the line: daemon --user $GLITE_USER $env $exec --daemon $GLITE_LB_HARVESTER_OPTIONS

Daniela

[valtri]

L&B harvester is not needed for L&B server and/or proxy functionality. It can be used for gathering information from multiple L&B servers to central place (as used by Real Time Monitoring project). You can check /etc/glite-lb/glite-lb-harvester.conf configuration file to check, which L&B server would be used (default dummy value is local machine hostname).

It is started by yaim only if GLITE_LB_HARVESTER_ENABLED is set to true in site-info.def, otherwise it is disabled.

I can confirm the problem with the pidfile, it needs to be fixed.

Fixed in d38cd1a6d64b5662d3726dc64d9720fb69a55289.

[valtri]

Because the problem with pidfile is in current version, the first upgrade after fix won't help yet. There is still needed the workaround, launch before upgrade:

killall glite-lb-harvester

Or kill all 'glite-lb-harvester' and restart harvester after upgrade.