Avaya 03-300430 User Manual

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“service atd could not be restarted” — The Linux at daemon is down. 
Scheduled services such as session cleanup or daily filesync will not work.

1. From the /sbin directory type service atd restart to restart the at 

daemon.

2. If the daemon restarts, manually clear the alarm, either from the:

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Web interface, by selecting Alarms and Notification, the 
appropriate alarm, and Clear

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Linux command line, by entering almclear -n #id

If not, escalate this problem for explicit guidance with steps 2

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a. Enter grep svc_mon /var/log/messages to investigate why the 

daemon failed.

CAUTION:

Since the following commands cause a brief service outage, 
they should only be executed at the customer’s convenience.

b. If the grep command’s output does not help:

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: enter server to verify that the suspected server is the 

standby. If necessary and at the customer’s convenience, enter 
server -if to force a server interchange.

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: Proceed to Step 

If necessary and at the customer’s convenience, enter server -if to 

force a server interchange.

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: Reboot the standby server, either from the:

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Web interface, by selecting Shutdown This Server

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Linux command line, entering /sbin/shutdown -r now

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: Reboot the server, either from the:

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Web interface, by selecting Shutdown This Server

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Linux command line, entering /sbin/shutdown -r now

3. If rebooting the standby does not help or if the problem recurs, escalate 

the problem to the next higher tier.

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