UIM - Linux robots are inactive in IM and AC
Article ID: 201448
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Issue/Introduction
After install the robot on two redhat linux boxes, they still appears as offline in Infrastructure Manager (IM) and Admin Console (AC).
Environment
Release : 20.1
Component: Robot RPM
Cause
The controller logs at loglevel 5 show the controller is continually restarting
Oct 9 15:04:51:304 [140001266947840] 0 Controller: ----- Robot controller 9.30 [Build 9.30.1264, Mar 10 2020] started -----
Oct 9 15:04:52:318 [140001266947840] 0 Controller: Going down...
Oct 9 15:04:59:304 [139711771412224] 0 Controller: ----- Robot controller 9.30 [Build 9.30.1264, Mar 10 2020] started -----
Oct 9 15:05:00:319 [139711771412224] 0 Controller: Going down...
Oct 9 15:05:07:306 [140317483435776] 0 Controller: ----- Robot controller 9.30 [Build 9.30.1264, Mar 10 2020] started -----
Oct 9 15:05:08:322 [140317483435776] 0 Controller: Going down...
Oct 9 15:05:15:307 [140502078105344] 0 Controller: ----- Robot controller 9.30 [Build 9.30.1264, Mar 10 2020] started -----
Oct 9 15:05:16:321 [140502078105344] 0 Controller: Going down...
Oct 9 15:05:23:308 [139956577425152] 0 Controller: ----- Robot controller 9.30 [Build 9.30.1264, Mar 10 2020] started -----
Oct 9 15:05:24:322 [139956577425152] 0 Controller: Going down...
A further reviewing, showed the service went down after next message:
Oct 9 15:04:52:316 [140001266947840] 4 Controller: nimGetIpList - found |||||192.168.1.20|10.10.10.101|
Oct 9 15:04:52:316 [140001266947840] 1 Controller: check_ipchange - old ip 172.16.24.91 no longer in ip list |||||192.168.1.20|10.10.10.101|
Oct 9 15:04:52:316 [140001266947840] 2 Controller: ServiceStop
...
Oct 9 15:04:52:318 [140001266947840] 0 Controller: Going down...
Resolution
This may occurs if the robot config file doesn't have an IP address defined for it.
To resolve the problem:
1. Stop the nimbus service (systemctl stop nimbus)
2. Backup, and edit the <nimsoft>/robot/robot.cfg adding/modifying the robotip attribute with the IP address the service will bind to. For instance in the above case, the available ip addresses were: 192.168.1.20 and 10.10.10.101. If the ip selected is 192.168.1.20, the file would look as follow:
<controller>
...
robotip = 192.168.1.20
...
<environment>
LD_LIBRARY_PATH = .:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
</environment>
</controller>
3. Start the nimbus service. (systemctl start nimbus)
Additional Information
How to change the IP Address for a Robot
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleId=35041
Recommended procedure for robot rename or change of IP
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleId=137766
CA UIM Hub restarts by itself without user prompting
https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article?articleId=38221
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