Cisco Headend System Release 2.7 Installation Guide
Check cron Jobs
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Check cron Jobs
After restarting the billing and third-party interfaces, examine the root and dncs
crontab entries for any cron jobs that may not have run, such as the IPG Collector,
during the maintenance window while cron jobs were stopped. If necessary, run
these cron jobs manually.
crontab entries for any cron jobs that may not have run, such as the IPG Collector,
during the maintenance window while cron jobs were stopped. If necessary, run
these cron jobs manually.
Follow these instructions to check the crontab files.
1 From an xterm window on the DNCS, type the following command and press
1 From an xterm window on the DNCS, type the following command and press
Enter.
cd /export/home/dncs/network
2 Type the following command and press Enter.
tar xvf crontabs.tar
3 Type cd crontabs and press Enter.
4 Follow these instructions to compare the dncs crontab file to the actual post-
4 Follow these instructions to compare the dncs crontab file to the actual post-
upgrade entries.
a Type less dncs and press Enter.
b Type
a Type less dncs and press Enter.
b Type
crontab -l dncs
and press Enter.
c Compare the output from steps a and b. Verify that customer-specific cron
entries in step a are included in step b.
d Add any missing entries from step a to the dncs crontab file.
5 Repeat step 4 for the root crontab file.