process in RWAST state

[nos.]

How can I stop or terminate process which its process is RWAST state? I tried to stop it but it still be alive.

Thanks.

[Mac Lilley]

Hello
If you have DECamds or Availability Manager then you may be able to identify and fix the problem. If not you will have to reboot to get rid of the process.

[Amit Levin]

Hi, RWAST state indicates that the process is waiting for an AST related event.
this may happen for the following reasons:
1. astlm hab been reached.
2. diolm has been exhausted.
3. biolm has been exhausted.
4. process is waiting for an outstanding io to compleate (if this is a backup process, try inserting a backup media into the tape...)
5. process is waiting for a sub process to delete (usually, the child is also in RWAST)

I hope this helps.

[Martin P.J. Zinser]

Just as a sidenote, if the process does not
lock a resource like e.g. a tape drive you can
quite easily "live" with it. It does not
use CPU waiting for the AST and will just go
away with the next "regular" reboot there is no
need to schedule a reboot just to get rid of it.

[Martin Johnson]

Use "ANALYZE/SYSTEM" to look at the process locks to determine if an immediate reboot is necessary. Exclusive locks can cause problems.

HTH
Marty

[Amit Levin]

an interesting article in the subject:
http://www.pottsoft.com/home/vms/rwast.html