Re: Problem with AIX 5.1 ML3, jfs2 and the Apache webserver

From: Vic Abell (abe_at_purdue.edu)
Date: 07/15/03 

Date: 15 Jul 2003 10:09:00 -0700

stefan.rothenbuehler@vzug.ch (Stefan Rothenbühler) wrote in message news:<31615887.0307150326.153fee5a@posting.google.com>...
> Hello
>
> I'm trying to perform a installation of Apache 2.0.46 on a seperate
> jfs2 filesystem on AIX 5.1 ML3. The compilation worked successfully
> after adding CPPFLAGS=-D_THREAD_SAFE to the configuration script.
> The apache webserver starts without problem's with "apachectl start".
> Also the shutdown with "apachectl stop" works. But if I try to umount
> the filesystem, it tells me, that the requested resource is busy. When
> I look at the filesystem with "fuser -u" it doesn't show me any
> process (or user) accessing the filesystem. I also tried to use
> "lsof", but the result was the same. No single process was accessing
> the filesystem.
> If I do a "fsck -y" on the mounted filesystem, it sometimes work to
> umount.
>
> Did anyone have the same problems? Is there a fix for this problems?
>
> Thanks for your help and comments
>
> Stefan Rothenbühler

Make sure you are using lsof 4.67 or higher. (Lsof 4.68 is
current.) Lsof didn't have JFS2 support until 4.67.

Vic Abell, lsof author

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