killer question (Richard Gliebe)

[Jay Ridgley]

Richard Gliebe wrote:
Hi all,
 >
 > is there a way to kill following process which is locking our tape 
device?
 >
 > root at yxz:~# ps -ef | grep -i nst0
 > root       430     1  0 Nov13 ?        00:00:00 mt -f /dev/nst0 erase
 > root     10059 10045  0 06:47 pts/1    00:00:00 grep -i nst0
 >
 > root at yxz:~# kill -9 430
 >
 > root at yxz:~# ps -ef | grep -i nst0
 > root       430     1  0 Nov13 ?        00:00:00 mt -f /dev/nst0 erase
 > root     10061 10045  0 06:47 pts/1    00:00:00 grep -i nst0
 >
 > I have already turned off/on the tape library, without luck.
 >
 > Also, I can't reboot the Server (24x7)
 >
 > We are running Ubuntu 6.06.2 LTS - 2.6.15-51-server
 >
 > Thanks in advance
 > Richard
 >

Richard,

Try issuing a kill -15 430 as root.


Cheers,
Jay
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Jay Ridgley
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