Agent fails to start with error in file nohup.stderr located in the base directory of the agent: The socket name is already in use
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Agent fails to start with error in file nohup.stderr located in the base directory of the agent: The socket name is already in use

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Article ID: 17393

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Products

CA Workload Automation AE - Business Agents (AutoSys) CA Workload Automation AE - Scheduler (AutoSys) Workload Automation Agent DSERIES- SERVER CA Workload Automation DE - System Agent (dSeries)

Issue/Introduction

When the agent is stopped while several jobs are still running, subsequent startup of the agent might fail with " The socket name is already in use"

It happens on AIX and z/linux

 

Environment

Workload Automation AE

Resolution

Set the following in your agentparm.txt file: oscomponent.closefds=300

Then restart the Agent