Yeah, I tried just kill and then kill -2 (someone from IBM told me to try
that on something - can't remember what) first, with no results.

I will try -11 next time.



From:
Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
To:
ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date:
10/19/2009 02:24 PM
Subject:
Re: [ADSM-L] Will db2sysc ever calm down?
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>



On Oct 19, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote:

> Today I found my 6.1.2 Linux server non-responsive.
>
> Had to kill -9 the dsmserv process. Restarted it.

Don't know if you did so, but always reserve 'kill -9' for a last
resort, as SIGKILL cannot be intercepted and handled by a process so
as to allow it to log diagnostic information, flush buffers, and shut
down relatively cleanly.  Doing a 'kill -11' has been the preferred
method, per the historic Problem Determination Guide.  SIGKILL has the
potential to result in damage.

    Richard Sims