any way to find which user is using which job

2ksaint · Post by **2ksaint** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:40 am

Hi all,

Whenever i try to open a job, im getting error "some other user is using the job".

In my senario i have 1 grp with 2 users. Me & my colegue were the 2 users. My colegue didnt open the particular job, but when i try to open the job im getting the error.

We are in LAN. So if any other person uses our username/password to login and if that person has opened the job, then how to find it.

Note; I checked the log in director i didnt got any entry.
My colegue closed all the jobs, I didnt opened any job.

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:43 am

I would recommend ensuring that the deadlock daemon is activated and running. That way if a job gets locked it will automatically clear within 15 minutes (the default setting in the deadlock daemon).

Do you have "job administration" active in your Director?

2ksaint · Post by **2ksaint** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:54 am

yes, job Administration is enabled

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:16 am

Did you call it up and see if you could find locks? I don't have it active on this machine, so cannot walk you through the single steps.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 6:27 am

Open the Cleanup Resources tool in Director. On both windows (processes and locks) choose the Show All option. Can you see the job name in the Locks window?

Get the process ID or user ID associated with the lock and find that user in the Processes window. This will be the user who owns the lock on the job.

If you can not find it by this means then the lock is held by a redundant process (possibly one that has been killed or whose network connection was closed), and you need to use other tools to free that lock. Search the forum or view the video in the DSXchange Learning Center to learn more.

2ksaint · Post by **2ksaint** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:43 am

Thank ray,

I do see the job id and the job i was asking about.

what i did was i run the uvsh command and then in the prompt i gave
UNLOCK username <jobid>

Im gettting the error. what should i do now.

chulett · Post by **chulett** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:16 pm

Any... particular error? Or do we have to guess?

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:15 pm

Why did you not clear the lock in Director?

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 3:30 am

I assume that the "UNLOCK username <jobid>" command is giving an error as that is the wrong syntax.

2ksaint · Post by **2ksaint** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:38 am

apologize for the delay in reply as there were some n/w issue.

while clearing the lock in director it thros an error msg stating that there is no such job is found.

While running the UNLOCK command im getting error as there is no such command line.

But when i see the cleanup resources, im able to c my job in the lock window.

2ksaint · Post by **2ksaint** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 5:40 am

apologize for the delay in reply as there were some n/w issue.

while clearing the lock in director it thros an error msg stating that there is no such job is found.

While running the UNLOCK command im getting error as there is no such command line.

But when i see the cleanup resources, im able to c my job in the lock window.

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:16 am

what is a "n/w issue"? If you can see the appropriate lock in the cleanup resources window why not get rid of it there?

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 4:40 pm

Network error.

The UNLOCK command does not exist in a project unless you've used one of the unlock options from DS.TOOLS (which emplaces the UNLOCK command) or you've emplaced the command yourself. We're not going into that.

You can unlock a visible lock from Cleanup Resources if you have sufficient privilege to do so.

2ksaint · Post by **2ksaint** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:43 pm

Thanks andrw & ray.

I had given the "clear status file", im getting error message as there is no such job exists.

So i finally stoped the services and then restarted, now im able to open the job.

I myself tried the UNLOCK command, but in the prompt > whatever i gave regarding the job thros me error stating that there is no command line.

Please give some information about UNLOCK and some commands related to that, which will help us.

2ksaint · Post by **2ksaint** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 11:45 pm

Thanks andrw & ray.

I had given the "clear status file", im getting error message as there is no such job exists.

So i finally stoped the services and then restarted, now im able to open the job.

I myself tried the UNLOCK command, but in the prompt > whatever i gave regarding the job thros me error stating that there is no command line.

Please give some information about UNLOCK and some commands related to that, which will help us.