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Re: Tivloi GUI not starting

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Subject: Re: Tivloi GUI not starting
From: Najm Addous <naddous@DIMENSION.NET>
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 16:30:22 -0400
Reply-to: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
Sender: Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView <NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
Sean,

Ok. odstat will report the last 200 transactions by default. You are
intrested in activities coming after Tivoli desktop startup.
try to output the messages to a file then search for DesktopLaunch (I mihgt
be wrong with the exact string,but I'm sure you
can't miss it ).

Najm Addous
Systems Engineer
Dimension Enterprises
Herndon,VA
(703) 709 7500


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean Davidson [SMTP:sean.davidson@MAIL.PUBLIX.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 1999 9:07 AM
> To:   NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> Subject:      Re: Tivloi GUI not starting
>
> It's not permissions, I can run tivoli commands from the command line.
>
> wlookup -R produces:
>
> ActiveDesktopList
> Administrator
> AdministratorCollection
> CheckDB
> Classes
> DependencyMgr
> Endpoint
> Gateway
>
> There's more output than that. Just wanted to show that it worked.
>
> I followed the directions you mentioned, odstat -v output is:
>
> n_active = 4  n_free = 52
>    tid type    ptid State  StdO  StdE    Start   Err    Method
>      2 O+bhdoq          run     0     0 08:58:11
> 1185211293.1.158#TMF_Scheduler::scheduler# start
>         service: "201 attr 'BDBPG:RestrictionsDatabase:0' dat:"  err=0
> pid=13214
>      3 O+bhdoqs          run     0     0 08:58:11
> 1185211293.1.508#TMF_LCF::EpMgr# epmgr_boot
>         service: "201 attr 'max_jobs' dat:"  err=0  pid=12700
>     56 O+             run     0     0 08:59:04        1185211293.1.2 query
> odstat
>         service: ""  err=0  pid=0
>
> ---- history ----
>      4 O+bhdoq         done     6     0 08:58:11
> 1185211293.1.514#HTTPDaemon::HTTPd# start_httpd
>         service: ""  err=0  pid=12960
>      5 O+bhd         done     6     0 08:58:11
> 1185211293.1.136#TMF_UI::ActiveDesktopList# adl_startup
>         service: "202 attr 'entries' dat:a."  err=0  pid=37282
>      6 O+       1-4  done    47     0 08:58:11        0.0.0
> get_host_location
>         service: ""  err=0  pid=0
>      7 O+hdoq    1-4  done    38     0 08:58:11
> 1185211293.1.348#TMF_ManagedNode::Managed_Node# install_directory
>         service: ""  err=0  pid=24484
>
> Again, that's only part of the output. Don't know if anything is
> pertinent.
>
>
> __________________________
> Thanks,
> Sean Davidson
>
> Sr. Network Systems Engineer
> Publix Super Markets, Inc.
> P.O. Box 32015
> Lakeland, Fl. 33802-2015
> Email - sean.davidson@publix.com
> Voice - (941) 686-8754 x6889
> Fax - (941)616-5659
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Najm Addous [mailto:naddous@DIMENSION.NET]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 6:02 PM
> To: NV-L@UCSBVM.ucsb.edu
> Subject: Re: Tivloi GUI not starting
>
>
> Sean,
> (Most likely) sounds like an authrization problem to me. You might confirm
> that too by running
>  some tivoli commands (e.g wls,wlookup..).
> You might get more detalied debugging info by stopping oserv  and running
> the command:
> odadmin trace errors
> try to start oserv again, launch tivoli
> then issue the command
> odstat -v > file_name
>
> I don't suspect any X/Windows problems since you could not run Tivoli on
> the
> console.
>
> Najm Addous
> Systems Engineer
> Dimension Enterprises
> Herndon,VA
> (703) 709 7500
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Sean Davidson [SMTP:sean.davidson@MAIL.PUBLIX.COM]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 5:05 PM
> > To:   NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
> > Subject:      Tivloi GUI not starting
> >
> > Running NetVIew v5.1 w/ AIX 4.2.1 and Tivoli 3.6. TMR Server and Netview
> > are
> > all on the box. Took all defaults when installing Tivoli. The Tivoli GUI
> > used to start fine, now it doesn't start and doesn't give me any kind of
> > error indicating any kind of problem. I can't think of anything that has
> > changed recently that would cause this problem. Root is the admin in my
> > TMR.
> > I login as myself, su to root, export DISPLAY, run .
> > /etc/Tivoli/setup_env.sh. The Tivoli GUI never starts. I get the initial
> > splash screen indicating that it is trying to start, the splash screen
> > goes
> > away and the tivoli process ends. I get the same thing when I try this
> > from
> > the console. I'm running Netview, CiscoWorks, and Opivity via an X
> client.
> > All those pieces run fine, so based on that and the fact that I have the
> > same problem on the console w/ tivoli GUI, I wouldn't think it would be
> an
> > issue w/ X Windows.
> >
> > I setup a script to do a ps -ef | grep tivoli every second and then
> tried
> > starting the tivoli desktop. The tivoli process exists for about 3
> seconds
> > and then goes away and I get my command prompt back. Tried starting
> tivoli
> > w/ the -debug option "tivoli -debug" and the same thing happens. The
> > process
> > exists for about 3 seconds and then goes away and I get my command
> prompt
> > back.
> >
> > oserv is running fine, ps -ef | grep oserv shows:
> > root@nv6000:/usr/local/Tivoli/serverDB/nv6000.db >ps -ef |grep oserv
> >     root 12734     1   0   May 10      -  0:03 oserv -p 94 -k
> > /usr/local/Tivoli/serverDB/nv6000.db
> >
> > odadmin odlist shows:
> > root@nv6000:/usr/local/Tivoli/serverDB/nv6000.db >odadmin odlist
> > Region      Disp  Flags  Port            IPaddr   Hostname(s)
> > 1185211293     1    ct-    94     172.16.250.22   nv6000,sysman
> >
> > 172.16.250.22 is is ip address of this machine. nv6000 is his hostname
> and
> > sysman is an alias.
> >
> > host nv6000 shows:
> >
> > trsd@nv6000:/OV/home/trsd >host nv6000
> > nv6000 is 172.16.250.22,  Aliases:   sysman
> >
> > Checked $DBDIR/oservlog and nothing is being logged here when I try to
> > start
> > tivoli. Should I be looking for errors someplace else?
> >
> > __________________________
> > Thanks,
> > Sean Davidson
> >
> > Sr. Network Systems Engineer
> > Publix Super Markets, Inc.
> > P.O. Box 32015
> > Lakeland, Fl. 33802-2015
> > Email - sean.davidson@publix.com
> > Voice - (941) 686-8754 x6889
> > Fax - (941)616-5659
> >
> >
> >
> >
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