Cisco Headend System Release 2.7 Installation Guide
Chapter 1 Preparing to Install the Software
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10 Go to Stopping the cron Jobs on the DNCS (on page 18).
Stopping the cron Jobs on the DNCS
Note: A cron job is a program that runs automatically without specific user
intervention.
1 Are you logged into the DNCS as root user?
intervention.
1 Are you logged into the DNCS as root user?
If yes, go to step 5.
If no, go to step 2.
2 Open an xterm window on the DNCS.
3 At the prompt, type su - and press Enter. A password prompt appears.
4 Type the root user password and press Enter. A prompt for the root user
3 At the prompt, type su - and press Enter. A password prompt appears.
4 Type the root user password and press Enter. A prompt for the root user
appears.
5 From the root user prompt, type pgrep –fl cron and press Enter. The DNCS
displays the cron process ID (PID).
Example: The following are only examples of sample output. Your output is
likely to be different.
Example: The following are only examples of sample output. Your output is
likely to be different.
If the cron process is running without any child processes, you should see
something similar to this example:
pgrep – fl cron
209 /usr/sbin/cron
something similar to this example:
pgrep – fl cron
209 /usr/sbin/cron
If the cron process has spawned a child process, you should see something
similar to this example:
pgrep – fl cron
209 /usr/sbin/cron
14651 sh -c /export/home/dncs/test/tst 2>&1
14652 sh -c /export/home/dncs/tst2 2>&1
Note: The cron process may have spawned multiple child processes.
similar to this example:
pgrep – fl cron
209 /usr/sbin/cron
14651 sh -c /export/home/dncs/test/tst 2>&1
14652 sh -c /export/home/dncs/tst2 2>&1
Note: The cron process may have spawned multiple child processes.
6 Use the cron PID from step 5 and type ptree <PID> and press Enter.
7 Does the resulting list only include /usr/sbin/cron?
7 Does the resulting list only include /usr/sbin/cron?
If yes, type svcadm -v disable -s cron and then press Enter.
If no, (the results from step 6 show multiple cron processes), type kill -9
<PIDS> and press Enter.
Important: List the PIDs in reverse order.
Example: kill -9 14652 14651 209
Note: If the results from step 6 did not show /usr/sbin/cron, skip the rest of
this section and go to Ensuring No Active Database Sessions on the DNCS
(on page 19).
<PIDS> and press Enter.
Important: List the PIDs in reverse order.
Example: kill -9 14652 14651 209
Note: If the results from step 6 did not show /usr/sbin/cron, skip the rest of
this section and go to Ensuring No Active Database Sessions on the DNCS
(on page 19).