saposcol not starting

[Former Member]

Hi,

When I try to start & then stop the saposcol in one of managed system, it does not work. See the messages. What is solution?

There is no saposcol process running.

ps -ef|grep saposcol

  sapadm  819206 1372304   0 13:44:37  pts/0  0:00 grep saposcol

While starting:

/usr/sap/hostctrl/exe/saposcol -l pf=/usr/sap/hostctrl/exe/host_profile

***********************************************************************

* This is Saposcol Version COLL 21.01 711 - AIX v12.01 5L-64 bit 090324

* Usage:  saposcol -l: Start OS Collector

*         saposcol -k: Stop  OS Collector

*         saposcol -d: OS Collector Dialog Mode

*         saposcol -s: OS Collector Status

* The OS Collector (PID 385218) is already running .....

************************************************************************

While Stopping.

saposcol -k

Setting Stop Flag :
11:38:07 31.05.2012   LOG: ==== Stop Flag was set by saposcol (kill_collector()).

11:38:07 31.05.2012   LOG: ====  The collection process will stop as soon as possible

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can't kill process 385218.
kill: No such process
ERROR:No reaction from collecting process 385218.
      Please kill collecting process.

Regards

Rajnish

[Former Member]

Hi Rajnish,

as per the above log, states that SAPOSCOL is already running.

Did you checked the status form ST06 in R3.

you can see whether it is running or not by saposcol -status

if you want to kill the saposcol, later you need to clear the shared memory too.

Please read this sap note, https://websmp130.sap-ag.de/sap(bD1lbiZjPTAwMQ==)/bc/bsp/spn/sapnotes/index2.htm?numm=548699 (FAQ on saposcol) gives you the steps for clearing shared memory, killing the process. starting back the saposcol

Please follow

Thanks,

Jansi