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<p class=MsoNormal>Hoping someone can help me understand what is happening
here;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>we start asterisk as a service at boot (actually, with
heartbeat) on CentOS using the asterisk init script installed with "make
config"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>upon reboot of the server (when the asterisk service is
first started by heartbeat) we get color in the console when we connect to it
using asterisk -r<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>after the execution of '#service asterisk restart' we no
longer have color in the console<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>this appear to be the case in all versions tested (1.2, 1.4,
and 1,6)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>additionally, when executing the restart of the service we
get a message that asterisk exited on signal 9, but I have not been able to
find a definition for signal 9. I assume this is normal because we force an unconditional
restart.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>we do the restart periodically due to some processes that don't
always clean up after themselves, and the fact that a reload does not clean
them up either (zombie channels, zombie manager connections). these are very
heavily loaded servers, and the idea that a full restart should never be needed
has been proven inaccurate over several years of experience :)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I do not think this is heartbeat related, but just in case,
here are the heartbeat details;<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>these are heartbeat version 1 clusters<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>the asterisk init script that is used is derived from
"make config"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>we chkconfig --add asterisk, then chkconfig asterisk off
(heartbeat starts it)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>we then define the asterisk service as a heartbeat managed
resource<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>about once a month we issue a "service asterisk
restart" via a cron job, and this is where we lose the color.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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