RT_SCTEMP/jobname.fifo locked

[madhukar]

job was running for long time with no activity.
i tried to stop from director. I could not.

i was not the owner of process so i could not use either dsjob -stop or kill

finally i used clear status file from director. Job status changed to compiled.
then i restarted the job, but with the error below

Error setting up internal communications (fifo RT_SCTEMP/jobname.fifo); file is locked.
LOCKED STATUS () -1

any thoughts on this?

[Cr.Cezon]

Clear status file don't stop the job.
You have initialize the estatus of the job but it is already running, so you can't start it.
if you don't have permissions to kill the job, call to someone that can do it to stop the job.

regards,
Cristina

[chulett]

Clear Status was not the right answer. Your message means the job is still running under the covers. Find someone who can kill it for you if you can't.

[Gerald sui]

HI,chulett

Your suggestion can fix this issue, and Do you know how to prevent it?

Thanks in advance for any reply.

[chulett]

Um... sorry, how to prevent what exactly?

[Durga Haridoss]

Hi Expert,
Can you please provide us the permanent solution for jobname.fifo locked.I am facing this issue in alternate days.


Thanks,
Durga

[chulett]

Durga, please start your own post so we can have all of the particulars of your version of this problem since I doubt it is exactly the same version, hardware, O/S, etc as this three year old post.