On Oct 19, 2009, at 1:59 PM, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote:
Today I found my 6.1.2 Linux server non-responsive. Had to kill -9 the dsmserv process. Restarted it.
Don't know if you did so, but always reserve 'kill -9' for a last resort, as SIGKILL cannot be intercepted and handled by a process so as to allow it to log diagnostic information, flush buffers, and shut down relatively cleanly. Doing a 'kill -11' has been the preferred method, per the historic Problem Determination Guide. SIGKILL has the potential to result in damage. Richard Sims
