Rewalk schedules disappearing
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:30 pm
We use Webinator 6 on Windows, specifically Webinator Professional Version 6.01.1324485832 20111221 (i686-intel-winnt-64-32). The primary use is to create indexes for a documentation consisting of hundreds of individual books, each with its own search index. We currently have 380 separate profiles.
The majority of these profiles are rewalked on a weekly basis, at random days/times to spread out the load on the system. For the past few months whenever the documentation manager creates a new profile and gives it a rewalk schedule it erases all the existing profile rewalk settings. I then have to go into the Administrator / Maintenance / Advanced Support Tools and use the Re-schedule Walks utility to rebuild the schedule database. All is fine until a new profile is created. I've been doing this on a weekly basis but I'd like to find solve the underlying cause.
I have a weekly job that takes the output of 'texis -LS' and parses it to alert me to profiles that do not have a schedule. This job is how I discovered that the schedules were disappearing. It usually finds nothing but recently it has been reporting that hundreds of profiles do not have a schedule.
Do you have any clues as to why this is happening?
Here is what 'texis -LS' currently shows. These 9 profiles were all created on 10/10/17 or later. All rewalk schedules for older profiles that I had rebuilt last week are gone.
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=vos_17.2.0 what=sched
Schedule: weekly on tue at 15
Next run: 2017-10-17 15:00 (in 1d 0h)
Last run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago) took 30 min
First run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59dd139f451
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=vos_17.2.0_v65syst what=sched
Schedule: weekly on tue at 15
Next run: 2017-10-17 15:00 (in 1d 0h)
Last run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago) took 29 min
First run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59dd13b513
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=vos_17.2.0_v24syst what=sched
Schedule: weekly on tue at 15
Next run: 2017-10-17 15:00 (in 1d 0h)
Last run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago) took 25 min
First run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59dd13ca14
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=vos_17.2.0_v23syst what=sched
Schedule: weekly on tue at 15
Next run: 2017-10-17 15:00 (in 1d 0h)
Last run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago) took 27 min
First run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59dd13d819
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=vos_17.2.0_v20syst what=sched
Schedule: weekly on tue at 15
Next run: 2017-10-17 15:00 (in 1d 0h)
Last run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago) took 29 min
First run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59dd13e71c
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=vos_17.2.0_v15syst what=sched
Schedule: weekly on tue at 16
Next run: 2017-10-17 16:00 (in 1d 1h)
Last run: 2017-10-10 16:00 (5d 22h ago) took 14 min
First run: 2017-10-10 16:00 (5d 22h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59dd13f81f
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=vos_17.2.0_v10syst what=sched
Schedule: weekly on tue at 20
Next run: 2017-10-17 20:00 (in 1d 5h)
Last run: 2017-10-10 20:00 (5d 18h ago) took 14 min
First run: 2017-10-10 20:00 (5d 18h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59dd141028
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=ftserver_11.1.0.4 what=sched
Schedule: weekly on wed at 17
Next run: 2017-10-18 17:00 (in 2d 2h)
Last run: 2017-10-11 17:00 (4d 21h ago) took 47 sec
First run: 2017-10-11 17:00 (4d 21h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59de22aa16
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=ftserver_11.1.0.4_pegsyst what=sched
Schedule: weekly on wed at 18
Next run: 2017-10-18 18:00 (in 2d 3h)
Last run: 2017-10-11 18:00 (4d 20h ago) took 40 sec
First run: 2017-10-11 18:00 (4d 20h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59de23502f
Thanks,
Michael Mongeau
The majority of these profiles are rewalked on a weekly basis, at random days/times to spread out the load on the system. For the past few months whenever the documentation manager creates a new profile and gives it a rewalk schedule it erases all the existing profile rewalk settings. I then have to go into the Administrator / Maintenance / Advanced Support Tools and use the Re-schedule Walks utility to rebuild the schedule database. All is fine until a new profile is created. I've been doing this on a weekly basis but I'd like to find solve the underlying cause.
I have a weekly job that takes the output of 'texis -LS' and parses it to alert me to profiles that do not have a schedule. This job is how I discovered that the schedules were disappearing. It usually finds nothing but recently it has been reporting that hundreds of profiles do not have a schedule.
Do you have any clues as to why this is happening?
Here is what 'texis -LS' currently shows. These 9 profiles were all created on 10/10/17 or later. All rewalk schedules for older profiles that I had rebuilt last week are gone.
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=vos_17.2.0 what=sched
Schedule: weekly on tue at 15
Next run: 2017-10-17 15:00 (in 1d 0h)
Last run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago) took 30 min
First run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59dd139f451
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=vos_17.2.0_v65syst what=sched
Schedule: weekly on tue at 15
Next run: 2017-10-17 15:00 (in 1d 0h)
Last run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago) took 29 min
First run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59dd13b513
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=vos_17.2.0_v24syst what=sched
Schedule: weekly on tue at 15
Next run: 2017-10-17 15:00 (in 1d 0h)
Last run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago) took 25 min
First run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59dd13ca14
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=vos_17.2.0_v23syst what=sched
Schedule: weekly on tue at 15
Next run: 2017-10-17 15:00 (in 1d 0h)
Last run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago) took 27 min
First run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59dd13d819
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=vos_17.2.0_v20syst what=sched
Schedule: weekly on tue at 15
Next run: 2017-10-17 15:00 (in 1d 0h)
Last run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago) took 29 min
First run: 2017-10-10 15:00 (5d 23h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59dd13e71c
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=vos_17.2.0_v15syst what=sched
Schedule: weekly on tue at 16
Next run: 2017-10-17 16:00 (in 1d 1h)
Last run: 2017-10-10 16:00 (5d 22h ago) took 14 min
First run: 2017-10-10 16:00 (5d 22h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59dd13f81f
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=vos_17.2.0_v10syst what=sched
Schedule: weekly on tue at 20
Next run: 2017-10-17 20:00 (in 1d 5h)
Last run: 2017-10-10 20:00 (5d 18h ago) took 14 min
First run: 2017-10-10 20:00 (5d 18h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59dd141028
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=ftserver_11.1.0.4 what=sched
Schedule: weekly on wed at 17
Next run: 2017-10-18 17:00 (in 2d 2h)
Last run: 2017-10-11 17:00 (4d 21h ago) took 47 sec
First run: 2017-10-11 17:00 (4d 21h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59de22aa16
Script: E:\Apps\Thunderstone Software\Webinator\texis\scripts\webinator\dowalk/dispatch.txt
Vars: profile=ftserver_11.1.0.4_pegsyst what=sched
Schedule: weekly on wed at 18
Next run: 2017-10-18 18:00 (in 2d 3h)
Last run: 2017-10-11 18:00 (4d 20h ago) took 40 sec
First run: 2017-10-11 18:00 (4d 20h ago)
Status: runnable, 1 executions, first last, id 59de23502f
Thanks,
Michael Mongeau