| Manglu 2004-04-16, 1:37 am |
| Jeff,
Thanks for your reply.
I have a PMR open on this: 32555.000.778
I don't see any javacores on the machine.
I appreciate your reply.
Thanks,
Manglu
JLee <leeja@NOSPAMus.ibm.com> wrote in message news:<407BFB57.9030804@NOSPAMus.ibm.com>...
> The Java dsserver process does several things. It is the access point
> for you to run dscontrol commands and interact with the Load Balancer
> product (either changing configuration values or querying stats). It
> also runs the manager and advisor threads, the advisors checking server
> health and the manager setting the dynamic weights for the servers.
>
> Note: the kernel module is the one performing the actual load balancing
> of packets, not the user space Java process.
>
> What will you lose when dsserver dies? Well, you can no longer run
> dscontrol commands obviously, but more importantly you lose the advisor
> functionality and Load Balancer will not get updates about servers going
> offline or coming back online. The kernel will load balance with the
> last set of information it received (weights and what servers are
> available).
>
> This is definately something you want to track down and fix. Check for
> any javacore*.txt files on the system or any hints the LB logs. If
> nothing shows up, then I'd open a PMR with the IBM L2 support team to
> find out if there are any known problems with your level of Java or LB code.
>
> Jeff
>
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