Applicable to:
- Plesk for Linux
Symptoms
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Statistics in Plesk is not updated for several days.
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Logs are not rotated.
- High load can be observed on the server:
# top | grep load
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In the logfile
/var/log/cron
it is shown that the Plesk Daily Maintenance process has started but not is completed:CONFIG_TEXT: example run-parts(/etc/cron.daily)[901]: starting 50plesk-daily
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In some cases, the following errors can be found in
/var/log/cron
:CONFIG_TEXT: May 18 08:01:01 ib anacron[4315]: Job `cron.daily' locked by another anacron - skipping
ib anacron[16193]: Job `cron.daily' locked by another anacron - skipping
ib anacron[30386]: Job `cron.daily' locked by another anacron - skipping
ib anacron[12151]: Job `cron.daily' locked by another anacron - skipping
ib anacron[26454]: Job `cron.daily' locked by another anacron - skipping
ib anacron[9452]: Job `cron.daily' locked by another anacron - skipping
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The Plesk Daily Maintenance process still running on the server:
# ps aux | grep daily
root 901 0.0 0.0 113116 8 ? SN 10/06 0:00 /bin/bash /bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily
root 917 0.0 0.0 113116 0 ? SN 10/06 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/cron.daily/50plesk-daily
root 918 0.0 0.0 113480 0 ? SN 10.06 0:00 awk -v progname=/etc/cron.daily/50plesk-daily progname { ???? print progname ":\n" ???? progname=""; ??? } ??? { print; }
root 12708 0.0 0.0 377400 0 ? SN 10/06 0:00 /usr/bin/sw-engine -c /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
/usr/local/psa/admin/plib/DailyMaintainance/task-script.php ExecuteSpamtrain --period=daily
Cause
The Plesk Daily Maintenance process is not responding.
Resolution
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Connect to a Plesk server via SSH.
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Find all processes related to the Plesk Daily Maintenance processes:
# ps aux | grep daily
root 901 0.0 0.0 113116 8 ? SN 10/06 0:00 /bin/bash /bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily
root 917 0.0 0.0 113116 0 ? SN 10/06 0:00 /bin/sh /etc/cron.daily/50plesk-daily
root 918 0.0 0.0 113480 0 ? SN 10.06 0:00 awk -v progname=/etc/cron.daily/50plesk-daily progname { ???? print progname ":\n" ???? progname=""; ??? } ??? { print; }
root 12708 0.0 0.0 377400 0 ? SN 10/06 0:00 /usr/bin/sw-engine -c /usr/local/psa/admin/conf/php.ini
/usr/local/psa/admin/plib/DailyMaintainance/task-script.php ExecuteSpamtrain --period=daily -
Kill all processes mentioned in the output of the command above:
# kill -9 901 917 918 12708
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