[Glass] Request for MFC gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is voting, waiting for promote dead

[Dale Henrichs]

John,

It's also possible that the gclock is being held onto because of the
database corruption you reported earlier ...

We have a couple of options for recovering your data, so hang tight while
our guys take a look...

Dale


On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Dale Henrichs <
dale.henrichs at gemtalksystems.com> wrote:

> John,
>
> If you are using the standard matinenance vm script, then an mfc is kicked
> off immediately, which could explain the gc lock ...
>
> Between the stone log and admingcgem log we should be able to figure out
> what's up...
>
> Dale
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 10:33 PM, John McIntosh <
> johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com> wrote:
>
>> Was trying to setup a backup/cleanup script...
>> Say
>>
>> # do backup
>> topaz -l -T 50000 << EOF
>> set gemstone seaside
>> set username DataCurator
>> login
>> xxxxxxxxxxx
>> output push backup.out
>> errorCount
>> send SystemRepository markForCollection
>> send SystemRepository objectAudit
>> send SystemRepository startNewLog
>> run
>> SystemRepository fullBackupCompressedTo:
>>  '/opt/gemstone/backups/backup-' ,
>>  (DateTime now asSeconds // 60) printString.
>> %
>> logout
>> errorCount
>> exit
>> EOF
>> # cleanup backups
>>
>> But usually this results in:
>>
>> topaz 1> topaz 1> -- Request for MFC gclock by session 15 denied, reason:
>> vote state is voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for MFC gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for MFC gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for MFC gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for MFC gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for MFC gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> ERROR 2501 , a Error occurred (error 2501), An operation that needs to
>> acquire the gcLock was not able to get the lock within a reasonable amount
>> of time. (Error)
>>
>> topaz 1> topaz 1>
>>
>> Object Audit: Audit successfully completed; no errors were detected.
>>
>> true
>>
>> topaz 1> topaz 1> 53
>>
>> topaz 1> topaz 1> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied,
>> reason: vote state is voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> -- Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is
>> voting, waiting for promote dead
>>
>> [Error]: Request for Backup gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote
>> state is voting, waiting for promote dead during a multi-threaded operation
>>
>> ERROR 2734 , a RepositoryError occurred (error 2734), Request for Backup
>> gclock by session 15 denied, reason: vote state is voting, waiting for
>> promote dead (RepositoryError)
>>
>> topaz 1> topaz 1>
>>
>> [Info]: Logging out at 01/25/2014 06:29:09 UTC
>>
>> For a while now I've had
>>
>> STN_EPOCH_GC_ENABLED = TRUE;
>>
>>
>> However I set that to false and restarted the stone and still end usually
>> with the same problem.
>>
>> Clues are welcome
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> ===========================================================================
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>>
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