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2005-03-23 10:51:22

Subject:	[Veritas-bu] status 89 out of the blue
From:	ddunham AT taos DOT com (Darren Dunham)
Date:	Wed, 23 Mar 2005 07:51:22 -0800 (PST)

> Check for "zombie" processes on the server.
> 
> We are seeing processes that are not closed correctly on Masters and
> Medias that are creating these "zombies".  Do a "ps -ef" and grep for
> "defunct".
> 
> The only way to clear these zombies is a reboot.

Can't you just kill their parent? 

> These zombie processes
> will keep the memory allocated and it can't be used by other
> processes.

If it's truly a zombie, it won't have any allocated memory.

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Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
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