TREX 7.1 Instance periodically Dies

Hey Everyone,
I have an issue that I have no idea how to address.
We have a TREX 7.1 Instance that periodically just Dies about once every 2 weeks or so.
Does anyone have any idea why this might be happening?
Thanks In advance.
Dylan

Hi Dylan,
Can you take a look at the TrexNameServerAlert.trc file the next time trex goes down or if you have the timestamp of the last time trex went down check the trace fiiles and see if you get the following error for example:
shared memory lock '/tmp/.trex_<TREX-SID>_<Inst.NR>;_lock'was deleted
[1167821120] 2010-07-28 04:02:04.808 f NameServer
TREXNameServer.cpp(02057) : Stopping instance...
[1178880320] 2010-08-15 04:02:09.383 f NameServer   WatchDog.cpp(00059)
The thing is the TREX creates a lock file named .trex_<TREX-SID>_<Inst.
Nr>_lock (f.e. .trex_TRX_00_lock) in the /tmp directory. If this file
is removed, TREX handles as stopsignal and goes down.
Therefore, would you please double check if there are any cron jobs
running under root or <TREX-SID>adm user, which have to clean up the
/tmp directory? If so, please make sure this file is excluded from
cleanup job.
Kind Regards,
Barry Cunningham

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