Re: [mv] Socket problems with old MV-3.14 catalog

[Ed LaFrance <edl@newmediaems.com>]

At 05:19 PM 05/11/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Quoting Ed LaFrance (edl@newmediaems.com):
> > Mike Heins wrote:
> > >Based on this, I wonder if you see a message "server started in UNIX mode
> > >only"
> > >which would indicate something is occupying port 7781 when you do a 
> restart...
> >
> > I suspected as much, since the catalog was configured for inet mode, 
> but no
> > such message - nor is there one in the minivend error.log, which reports
> > that Minivend is happily running in both unix and inet modes and accepting
> > connections from hostname, etc.  In fact it is an inet mode problem, maybe
> > more.  I tried installing 'simple' catalogs in inet mode and then again in
> > unix mode, and running the server is just one or the other, but no
> > dice.  With a clean install of Minivend 3.14-6, I was able to get catalogs
> > working in unix mode.  The inet behavior is the same: no install problems,
> > no error messages (stdout or log file) on start up ...but it doesn't
> > work:  TcpMap -Host and -Port are the same as they have always been.
> >
> > Obviously there has been a change or two somewhere.  The client's machine
> > is co-located and was recently moved to a new data center, but this 
> catalog
> > was running past that time.  Nonetheless, I will inquire if they have done
> > something to machine configuration that would affect port 
> availability.  At
> > least the client's site is up again.
>
>The way to diagnose this better is to do:
>
>  tcsh% telnet localhost 7781
>
>See if something is monitoring it. I am guessing you will get a hang or a
>"connection refused".

[del]

Quite right, connection was refused.  I have a support request into their 
NOC about this so we can coordinate our activities and not step on 
toes.  That server has several installations of MV of various vintages, 
running on various ports - it won't do if they start mysteriously becoming 
unavailable one by one.

Thanks again!

- Ed L.






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