The DXSpider FAQ
- Ian Maude, G0VGS, (ianmaude@btinternet.com)
- Version 0.3 January 2001
+ Ian Maude, G0VGS, (g0vgs@gb7mbc.net)
+ December 2001 Revision: 1.8
A reference for SysOps of the DXSpider DXCluster program.
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1. Installation
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1.1 Where do I get DXSpider?
1.2 How do I use the patches?
1.3 If I use a tarball to overwrite my installation, what happens to my configuration?
1.4 I am running RedHat 5.2 and I am getting strange errors, what is wrong?
2. Administration
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2.1 How can I get Spider to restart automatically if it crashes?
2.2 How can I monitor traffic to and from a node or user?
2.3 My neighbouring node cannot use the RCMD command to me, he just keeps getting the "tut tut" message.
2.4 I do not seem to be sending any bulletin mail to my link partners, what is wrong?
+ 2.5 How can I automatically limit the amount of debug logfiles that are stored?
+ 2.6 I updated my Linux distribution and now Spider cannot read the users file or the dupefile, what is the problem?
+ 2.7 Since I last updated I seem to be getting duplicate spots appearing.
+ 2.8 I have deleted a message but it is still there, why?
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assuming the patch version you are using is 1.40 and resides in /tmp!
and can be used at any time to update your Spider software. All the
key files have the suffix .issue (eg. DXVars.pm.issue) at default.
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1\b1.\b.4\b4.\b. I\bI a\bam\bm r\bru\bun\bnn\bni\bin\bng\bg R\bRe\bed\bdH\bHa\bat\bt 5\b5.\b.2\b2 a\ban\bnd\bd I\bI a\bam\bm g\bge\bet\btt\bti\bin\bng\bg s\bst\btr\bra\ban\bng\bge\be e\ber\brr\bro\bor\brs\bs,\b, w\bwh\bha\bat\bt i\bis\bs
w\bwr\bro\bon\bng\bg?\b?
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Run _\bt_\be_\bl_\bi_\bn_\bi_\bt _\bq as root. Spider will restart so be aware. However, any
time you reboot, cluster.pl will start in tty7 and if it crashes, it
should restart ok.
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or in later versions of Spider, there is a command called _\bw_\ba_\bt_\bc_\bh_\bd_\bb_\bg in
which case you simply type ..
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2\b2.\b.3\b3.\b. M\bMy\by n\bne\bei\big\bgh\bhb\bbo\bou\bur\bri\bin\bng\bg n\bno\bod\bde\be c\bca\ban\bnn\bno\bot\bt u\bus\bse\be t\bth\bhe\be R\bRC\bCM\bMD\bD c\bco\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bd t\bto\bo m\bme\be,\b, h\bhe\be j\bju\bus\bst\bt
k\bke\bee\bep\bps\bs g\bge\bet\btt\bti\bin\bng\bg t\bth\bhe\be "\b"t\btu\but\bt t\btu\but\bt"\b" m\bme\bes\bss\bsa\bag\bge\be.\b.
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Assuming that the node_call you are changing is gb7adx.
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2\b2.\b.4\b4.\b. I\bI d\bdo\bo n\bno\bot\bt s\bse\bee\bem\bm t\bto\bo b\bbe\be s\bse\ben\bnd\bdi\bin\bng\bg a\ban\bny\by b\bbu\bul\bll\ble\bet\bti\bin\bn m\bma\bai\bil\bl t\bto\bo m\bmy\by l\bli\bin\bnk\bk p\bpa\bar\brt\bt-\b-
n\bne\ber\brs\bs,\b, w\bwh\bha\bat\bt i\bis\bs w\bwr\bro\bon\bng\bg?\b?
take effect.
+ 2\b2.\b.5\b5.\b. H\bHo\bow\bw c\bca\ban\bn I\bI a\bau\but\bto\bom\bma\bat\bti\bic\bca\bal\bll\bly\by l\bli\bim\bmi\bit\bt t\bth\bhe\be a\bam\bmo\bou\bun\bnt\bt o\bof\bf d\bde\beb\bbu\bug\bg l\blo\bog\bgf\bfi\bil\ble\bes\bs t\bth\bha\bat\bt
+ a\bar\bre\be s\bst\bto\bor\bre\bed\bd?\b?
+ Use the tmpwatch command. Create a file in /etc/cron.daily/
+ containing the line ...
+ /usr/sbin/tmpwatch -f 240 /spider/data/debug
+ Remember to make it executable!
+ This will limit your debug data down to the last 10 days
+ 2\b2.\b.6\b6.\b. I\bI u\bup\bpd\bda\bat\bte\bed\bd m\bmy\by L\bLi\bin\bnu\bux\bx d\bdi\bis\bst\btr\bri\bib\bbu\but\bti\bio\bon\bn a\ban\bnd\bd n\bno\bow\bw S\bSp\bpi\bid\bde\ber\br c\bca\ban\bnn\bno\bot\bt r\bre\bea\bad\bd t\bth\bhe\be
+ u\bus\bse\ber\brs\bs f\bfi\bil\ble\be o\bor\br t\bth\bhe\be d\bdu\bup\bpe\bef\bfi\bil\ble\be,\b, w\bwh\bha\bat\bt i\bis\bs t\bth\bhe\be p\bpr\bro\bob\bbl\ble\bem\bm?\b?
+ Almost certainly this is a change in the db format of perl. Follow
+ these few steps to correct the problem.
+ +\bo stop the cluster (disable any autostart in inittab)
+ +\bo cd /spider/data
+ +\bo issue the command perl user_asc
+ +\bo restart the cluster
+ That should solve the problem.
+ 2\b2.\b.7\b7.\b. S\bSi\bin\bnc\bce\be I\bI l\bla\bas\bst\bt u\bup\bpd\bda\bat\bte\bed\bd I\bI s\bse\bee\bem\bm t\bto\bo b\bbe\be g\bge\bet\btt\bti\bin\bng\bg d\bdu\bup\bpl\bli\bic\bca\bat\bte\be s\bsp\bpo\bot\bts\bs
+ a\bap\bpp\bpe\bea\bar\bri\bin\bng\bg.\b.
+ What has probably happened is that the dupefile has got corrupted in
+ some way. Simply delete the /spider/data/dupefile and restart the
+ cluster. It may take a little time to become fully functional but
+ should solve your problem.
+ 2\b2.\b.8\b8.\b. I\bI h\bha\bav\bve\be d\bde\bel\ble\bet\bte\bed\bd a\ba m\bme\bes\bss\bsa\bag\bge\be b\bbu\but\bt i\bit\bt i\bis\bs s\bst\bti\bil\bll\bl t\bth\bhe\ber\bre\be,\b, w\bwh\bhy\by?\b?
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+ This is now the way messages are handled for deletion in Spider. If
+ you look closely you will see a 'D' following the message number.
+ This message is marked for deletion and will be deleted in 2 days if
+ nothing further is done. Optionally you can use the command
+ _\bd_\be_\bl_\be_\bt_\be_\b/_\be_\bx_\bp_\bu_\bn_\bg_\be to delete it immediately.
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