i realize that there was a messy with logger and cron had made it worst, issuing a ps ax i got:
Code:
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0002 ? S 0:00 /bin/sh /opt/zimbra/logger/mysql/bin/mysqld_safe --defaults-file=/opt/zimbra/conf/my.logger.cnf --external-locking --log-error=/opt/zimbra/log/logger_mys
10061 ? Sl 0:20 /opt/zimbra/logger/mysql/libexec/mysqld --defaults-file=/opt/zimbra/conf/my.logger.cnf --basedir=/opt/zimbra/logger/mysql --datadir=/opt/zimbra/logger/db
10215 ? S 4:48 /usr/bin/perl /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmlogger
10473 ? S 1:17 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.7348
11056 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
11149 ? S 1:08 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.19885
11479 ? S 1:24 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.11834
11656 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
11694 ? S 1:21 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.9847
11865 ? S 0:28 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.19105
12027 ? S 5:00 /usr/bin/perl /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmlogger
12229 ? S 4:51 /usr/bin/perl /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmlogger
12408 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
12677 ? S 0:38 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.18011
12949 ? S 0:37 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.5920
13087 ? S 0:47 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.13082
13230 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
13301 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
13399 ? S 1:00 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.23053
13503 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
13539 ? S 0:06 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.6211
13709 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
14010 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
14438 ? S 0:26 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.27855
14510 ? S 1:15 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.5330
14678 ? S 1:43 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.23204
14742 ? Ss 0:04 /usr/sbin/sshd
14951 ? S 0:57 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.15496
14988 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
15062 ? S 4:27 /usr/bin/perl /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmlogger
15078 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
15226 ? S 0:28 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.24500
15228 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
15359 ? S 0:56 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.17262
15431 ? S 1:12 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.22749
15667 ? S 0:11 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.28318
15726 ? Ssl 20:00 /usr/sbin/named -u named -t /var/named/chroot
15775 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
15830 ? S 1:05 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.3513
15900 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
16033 ? S 4:23 /usr/bin/perl /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmlogger
16043 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
16409 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
16567 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /opt/zimbra/libexec/logswatch --config-file=/opt/zimbra/conf/logswatchrc --use-cpan-file-tail --pid-file=/opt/zimbra/log/logswatch.pid --sc
16569 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.16567
16700 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /opt/zimbra/libexec/swatch --config-file=/opt/zimbra/conf/swatchrc --use-cpan-file-tail --script-dir=/tmp -t /var/log/zimbra.log
16706 ? S 0:00 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.16700
16814 ? S 0:34 /usr/bin/perl /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmmtaconfig
16956 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
17129 ? S 1:06 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.15963
17682 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
17813 ? S 0:44 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.26011
17892 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
18526 ? Ss 0:09 /usr/sbin/httpd
18707 ? S 0:16 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.15914
18745 ? S 0:39 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.4994
18968 ? S 0:25 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.14574
19023 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
19173 ? S 1:19 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.25415
19324 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
19467 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
19687 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
19709 ? S 1:21 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.10614
19993 ? S 1:11 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.19152
20350 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
20538 ? S 4:00 /usr/bin/perl /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmlogger
21805 ? S 0:57 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.23652
21997 ? S 1:03 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.23684
22068 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
22407 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
22505 ? S 1:20 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.6702
22632 ? S 4:43 /usr/bin/perl /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmlogger
22920 ? S 1:14 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.3588
23066 ? S 1:13 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.14651
23284 ? S 0:40 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.1572
23322 ? S 0:52 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.22187
23479 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
23508 ? S 0:48 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.18878
23513 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
23644 ? S 4:11 /usr/bin/perl /opt/zimbra/libexec/zmlogger
23829 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
24081 ? S 1:16 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.4673
24168 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
24290 ? S 0:34 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.30721
24548 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
24757 ? S 0:01 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.31665
24900 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
24928 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
25074 ? S 0:01 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.25018
25089 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
25281 ? S 1:32 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.2313
25741 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
25869 ? S 0:40 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.23421
26382 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
26618 ? S 1:36 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.30190
26802 ? S 1:15 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.26752
27128 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
27191 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
27637 ? S 0:26 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.15361
27675 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
28184 ? S 0:14 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.4198
28595 ? S 0:00 [pdflush]
28686 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
28877 ? S 0:00 [pdflush]
30014 ? S 1:24 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.7799
30358 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
30509 ? S 0:30 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.3747
30908 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
31531 ? S 0:05 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.5777
31682 ? S 0:59 /usr/bin/perl /tmp/.swatch_script.15195
32009 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
32063 ? Ss 0:50 crond
32228 ? Z 0:00 [zmlogger] <defunct>
during installation stopping, i was taking a coffe break, and during this period zimbra cron was keeping to retry to connect to logger.
To fix all this mess i did (i am into a Centos 5):
Code:
1. chkconfig zimbra off
2. mv /var/spool/cron/zimbra /tmp
3. reboot
after reboot, with zimbra not running and no silly cron script around, issuing a ps ax gave a very clean situation.
I redid upgrade and now 5.0.12 is working like a charm.
The lesson is:
it would be sane if during zimbra installation, zimbra cron could be disabled, if one's place.
my 2 cents.