Re: Failed to contact xxxx-1085, ellpack

On Oct 3, 2005, at 5:44 AM, John Pollard wrote:

> Since we moved to Tiger (client) for hosting WO apps, I sometimes  
> have trouble with JavaMonitor not being able to report the status  
> of applications.
>
> Rebooting sorts this out.
>
> The message on the application detail page in JavaMonitor in red  
> letters is "Failed to contact plug-1085" and no statistics are shown.
>
> Yet the applications themselves all appear to be functioning  
> correctly.
>
> Each time JavaMonitor fails to get the info it needs,  
> webobjects.log has the following line added to it:
>
> [2005-10-03 13:23:39 BST] <WorkerThread7> <WOWorkerThread id=7  
> socket=Socket[addr=/192.168.0.34,port=59254,localport=1085]>  
> Exception while sending response: java.net.SocketException: Broken  
> pipe
>
> Running lsof -i tcp:2001-2050 gives many lines with something  
> called ellpack in:
>
> java      628 root  259u  IPv6 0x04d1d490      0t0  TCP  
> plug:ellpack->plug:63305 (CLOSE_WAIT)
> java      628 root  260u  IPv6 0x04d1d100      0t0  TCP  
> plug:ellpack->plug:63318 (CLOSE_WAIT)
> java      628 root  261u  IPv6 0x04d1c0f8      0t0  TCP  
> plug:ellpack->plug:63333 (CLOSE_WAIT)
> java      628 root  262u  IPv6 0x04d1bf30      0t0  TCP  
> plug:ellpack->plug:63337 (CLOSE_WAIT)
> java      628 root  263u  IPv6 0x04d1d9e8      0t0  TCP  
> plug:ellpack->plug:63384 (CLOSE_WAIT)
> ...
>
> and I am guessing from past experience that these are causing the  
> problem.
>
> What is this all about and how can it be prevented? I can't find  
> information on this ellpack thing.

ellpack is a wild goose chase: it refers to the service that usually  
occurs on that port (port 2025 -- see /etc/services).

As to what the actual problem is, I don't know: I'm seeing similar  
things on our site.  What seems to be happening to me is one instance  
goes south and after that point all communication with wotaskd is  
lost.  That causes the "Failed to contact..." message.

Sorry I couldn't be more help,


sacha


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Sacha Michel Mallais             Senior Developer / President
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