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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Updated On: 10-30-2023
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
Resolution
Set the following in your agentparm.txt file: oscomponent.closefds=300
Then restart the Agent
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