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Job: SDP-623
Status: open
Project: perforce-software-sdp
Severity: C
ReportedBy: tom_tyler
ReportedDate: 2021/03/13 10:25:41
ModifiedBy: tom_tyler
ModifiedDate: 2021/03/13 10:25:41
OwnedBy: tom_tyler
Description:
Under heavy load, can't rotate p4d log on Windows, preventing checkpoints.
== Sample log
Starting Daily Backup
2021/03/13 03:00:03 Logging in to P4 Instance
2021/03/13 03:00:03 c:\p4\2\bin\p4.exe -p 2666 -u perforce login -a < c:\p4\config\adminpass.txt >> c:\p4\2\logs\checkpoint.log 2>&1
Enter password:
User perforce logged in.
2021/03/13 03:00:05 Checking offline DB exists
2021/03/13 03:00:05 checking existence of c:\p4\2\offline_db\db.counters
2021/03/13 03:00:05 Ensuring there is no other checkpoint script running
2021/03/13 03:00:05 checking existence of c:\p4\2\checkpoints\ckp_running.txt
2021/03/13 03:00:05 Getting current live journal counter
2021/03/13 03:00:05 c:\p4\2\bin\p4.exe -p 2666 -u perforce counter journal
2021/03/13 03:00:06 110
2021/03/13 03:00:06 Live journal/checkpoint counters 110/111
2021/03/13 03:00:06 Getting offline journal counter
2021/03/13 03:00:06 c:\p4\2\bin\p4d.exe -r c:\p4\2\offline_db -jd - db.counters
2021/03/13 03:00:07 @110@
2021/03/13 03:00:07 Offline journal counter 110
2021/03/13 03:00:07 Truncating live journal
2021/03/13 03:00:07 Truncating journal...
2021/03/13 03:00:07 c:\p4\2\bin\p4d.exe -r c:\p4\2\root -J c:\p4\2\logs\journal -jj
2021/03/13 03:00:08 Rotating c:\p4\2\logs\journal to c:\p4\2\checkpoints\p4_2.jnl.110...
2021/03/13 03:00:08 Rotating various logfiles
2021/03/13 03:00:08 Rotating master.2.log to master.2.log.110.20210313-030008
2021/03/13 03:01:15 Failed to rename file after 600 retries.
2021/03/13 03:01:15 c:\p4\common\bin\gzip.exe master.2.log.110.20210313-030008
2021/03/13 03:01:16
2021/03/13 03:01:16 failed to gzip file
2021/03/13 03:01:16 Sending email with subject: FAILED: p4d-win10-04 p4_2 Daily Backup log.
== process busy ...
When attempting to rotate the log manually on the command line,
an error is given indicating the service has the file busy so that
it can't be moved.
== Possible solution?
Rethink log rotation. Maybe copy-then-truncate?
Component: core-win
Type: Bug