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[LDM #PAE-657022]: ldm not saving data

Frank,

pqact(1) changes its working directory to the value of the 
"/pqact/datadir-path" parameter in the LDM registry before processing 
data-products. Your value for this parameter is, apparently, 
"/home/ldm/var/data", which is the default (you can see the value of this 
parameter with the command "regutil /pqact/datadir-path"). pqact(1) terminates 
normally with an error status if it can't set its working directory.

I suspect that the output pathnames in your GEMPAK pqact(1) configuration-file 
are absolute ones or that the GEMPAK decoders are using the GEMDATA environment 
variable. This would explain the GEMPAK pqact(1) working after you created the 
directory "/home/ldm/var/data".

You can 1) do nothing or 2) set the value of the "/pqact/datadir-path" 
parameter to "/data/ldm/gempak" (be careful, though, as this will affect all 
other pqact(1) processes).

> Yes there is something relevant.  In the LDM log file, it shows
> 
> Jul 06 15:46:36 stratus pqact[3228] NOTE: Starting from insertion-time
> 2016-03-22 16:10:48.341961 UTC
> Jul 06 15:46:36 stratus pqact[3228] ERROR: cannot chdir to
> /home/ldm/var/data: No such file or directory
> Jul 06 15:46:36 stratus pqact[3228] NOTE: Exiting
> 
> This is very strange, since there is no mention of /home/ldm/var/data in
> either the ldmd.conf or the pqact.conf.  If I look at the earlier
> ldmd.log files, when things were working, pqact would start up and then
> stay running - no mention of trying to change directory to this data
> file.  And as you can see from the following, GEMDATA is clearly defined.
> 
> [ldm@stratus ~]$ ldmadmin start
> The product-queue is OK.
> Checking pqact(1) configuration-file(s)...
> /home/ldm/etc/pqact.conf: syntactically correct
> Checking LDM configuration-file (/home/ldm/etc/ldmd.conf)...
> Starting the LDM server...
> [ldm@stratus ~]$ echo $GEMDATA
> /data/ldm/gempak
> [ldm@stratus ~]$
> 
> 
> So just for the heck of it, I created the directory that was referenced,
> /home/gempak/var/data.
> 
> Restarted the LDM, and while the new directory is empty, pqact is
> apparently now happy and running and data is now showing up in the right
> places.  I didn't upgrade anything, so the mystery is either 1) why did
> it work before without that directory or 2) why did I suddenly need that
> directory?  It's all academic since things are running fine now, but
> it's very odd.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson

Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: PAE-657022
Department: Support LDM
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed
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