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    Harvest hangs

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    • Article Type: General
    • Product: DigiTool

    The harvest is stuck with following message in the log:
    "Library is locked for harvesting. I'll sleep 10 seconds and try again."

    The procedure to clear the lock appears below.

    Additional related FAQs:

    [Q]: Is there a way to script the harvest lock check and fix?
    [A]: We do not have such script

    [Q]: For what reasons does it get locked and is this very common for this to happen?
    [A]: There are some jobs, like the harvest and gen01_optimize_z91_context_index , that locks the option to run harvest during the time they are running.
    If for some reason the job is not finished properly the harvest-lock-status remains locked(=1) and it causes the issue described above.
    Usually it is not common but it is always a good idea to check it from time to time with util-g-2

    [Q]: Does the harvest only run at particularly times of the year ?
    [A]: No, the harvest runs according to what is configured in /exlibris/dtl/u3_1/dtle/tab/job_list and job_list.conf

    [Q]: Is there anything we can do to help prevent the locks?
    [A]: Make sure you don't shutdown the application while a harvest is running. Wait that it will be finished.

    Additional Information

    Procedure to Clear Harvest Lock
    Check that there is NO other job running, like gen01_optimize_z91_context_index
    Use util > c > 1 to check running processes.
    You would expect to see these two processes, any additional ones are running processes:
     *** util_c_01 - check GEN01 batch queue ***
     3059 ?        S      1:35 /exlibris/dtl/d3_1/dtl/exe/lib_batch GEN01
    27488 ?        S      0:00 /exlibris/dtl/d3_1/dtl/exe/rts32 ue_01_a GEN01.d3_1

    Run the following to check the harvest-lock-status:
    dlib gen01
    util > g > 2
    If it is '1' AND NO OTHER JOB IS RUNNING , then change it to '0'.

       Sequence Name           Value   Suppress Type Prefix

      --------------------  --------- -------- ---- --------

       1. change-file-name              0     y      S  gen01-sv

       2. collection-reload             0            S

       3. harvest-lock-status           1            S

    To make the change select "3" as the option:

    Enter sequence number to update,

    or return to continue, or NEW to create new sequence, or 0 to exit: 3

    Sequence harvest-lock-status

     

    Enter operation (U)pdate/(D)elete [U]: u

     

    Current value is: 1

    Enter new value : 0

    All other options can be left as they are:

    Recheck with util > g > 2 - If it looks like this then you can now run harvest:

          Sequence Name           Value   Suppress Type Prefix

          --------------------  --------- -------- ---- --------

       1. change-file-name              0     y      S  gen01-sv

       2. collection-reload             0            S

       3. harvest-lock-status           0     n      S

       4. last-001-number               0     y      S

       5. last-acc-number               0     y      S

       6. last-doc-number            7404     y      S

       7. last-file-number           4148     y      S  gen01

       8. last-harvesting-date   20150323

       9. last-harvesting-time       2353

      10. last-long-acc-number          0     y      S

      11. last-media-number             0     y      S

      12. last-temp-file                0     y      S  gen01-tmp

      13. last-z405-number              0     y      S

      14. library-lock-status           0     y      S


     
    • Article last edited: 11/20/2013