K1000 AGENT Service stops on replication servers at the same time
Hey everyone,
I don't know if anyone else is having this issue, but since installing the latest KACE agent - vers. 6.4.180, my replication servers will have their Dell KACE Agent service stop at the same time. I can start the service back up and they work just fine. Sometimes the service will run fine for weeks, and sometimes it will only run for days. I don't see this issue on any of the other machines, and even the other servers that are connected.
Has anyone seen this issue, or is there a fix that anyone knows of?
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I have the exact same issue, if you guys find a fix, please let me know. I have been working with support to try to find a fix. - pbroussard 8 years ago
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pbroussard
8 years ago
Looks like 6.4 SP1 should fix this issue.
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I'm still seeing it on 6.4 SP1. I'm wondering if they're going to release a new agent? - dugullett 8 years ago
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pbroussard
8 years ago
I tried something which I think might have fixed one of my clients.
1 uninstall the client from the machine
2 go to %programdata% and delete the kace folder if it is still there.
3 delete the files in the share for the replication
4 reload the agent
This caused my k1000 to load the computer as a second entry in the inventory. I just deleted the old entry and setup the new one for the replication.
Seems to be working again.
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Looks like that's working. I did that prior to the SP1 update, but not after. Strange because I have some smaller clinics that just use desktops that never had the problem. Looks like so far so good now though. - dugullett 8 years ago
Posted by:
jknox
8 years ago
So, you have multiple replication shares and the agents stop at the exact same time?
If that's the case, enable debug on a couple of replication shares, note the time that the service stops and open a support ticket. Provide the time that the service stopped, the client logs from the replication shares and the appliance logs.
Appliance logs: https://support.software.dell.com/kb/134230
Agent logs: https://support.software.dell.com/k1000-systems-management-appliance/kb/112035
As a temporary workaround, you could use a scheduled task to restart the service once a day or every few hours: "c:\program files (x86)\dell\kace\AMPTools restart"
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/schedule-task#1TC=windows-7
If that's the case, enable debug on a couple of replication shares, note the time that the service stops and open a support ticket. Provide the time that the service stopped, the client logs from the replication shares and the appliance logs.
Appliance logs: https://support.software.dell.com/kb/134230
Agent logs: https://support.software.dell.com/k1000-systems-management-appliance/kb/112035
As a temporary workaround, you could use a scheduled task to restart the service once a day or every few hours: "c:\program files (x86)\dell\kace\AMPTools restart"
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/schedule-task#1TC=windows-7
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Interestingly enough, the agents started themselves back up. I am guessing the agent watchdog had something to do with it. I did turn on the debug mode on one of the servers. I am interested on what will end up coming from it. - zgillette 8 years ago
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I'm seeing it when they check in. They do eventually start back up though. I haven't had a ton of time to troubleshoot though. - dugullett 8 years ago
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I get that too. I have had some that don't start back up though. - zgillette 8 years ago
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I have a weekly reboot on those servers as a scheduled task. That may help it start back up some. Mine still haven't come back online since I forced an update on them. If I go in manually, and start the service it comes right back up.
To be honest I was sort of waiting on this next patch that's supposed to be coming soon. If that didn't fix it I was going to contact support. - dugullett 8 years ago -
Does that work for a long period of time, or for a couple of days? We have our replication servers on our file servers, so it is a little more difficult for us to reboot our servers weekly. - zgillette 8 years ago
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Zgillette - I don't think you need to restart the server necessarily, but you could try restarting the AMP agent and then forcing a check in. This could be done as a scheduled task if it helps.
Assuming Windows,
Restart the agent: "c:\program files (x86)\dell\kace\amptools.exe" restart
Force a check in: "c:\program files (x86)\dell\kace\runkbot" 4 0 - jknox 8 years ago -
I reboot once a week, on a weekend early in the morning. The only thing these servers serve as are rep shares so it's not noticeable.
I would think jknox's suggestion would work with the amptools.exe restart, or starting the service via command line. You should be able to set that up in a scheduled task. - dugullett 8 years ago -
I'll try a reboot on the service then. I'll see how that works. I'll keep you guys up to date on that. - zgillette 8 years ago
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I just put the start service in the task scheduler. I set it to run every hour. I just set to have it do a net start ampagent. Nothing fancy, but I tested it and it works. hopefully I will see on Monday that it is running. - zgillette 8 years ago
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It still seems so be an issue after the 6.4.120261 patch that was recently released as well. - dugullett 8 years ago
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Looking into the Windows system logs, I am getting the error "The Dell KACE Agent service terminate unexpectedly. - zgillette 8 years ago
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It's unusual that they would stop at the same time. Do you have any antivirus running? If so, check this: https://support.software.dell.com/kb/111785 - jknox 8 years ago
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There actually isn't any antivirus running. The weird thing is that they will start up on their own after around 2-5 hours after they stop, but then stop again a few hours later. I don't know if they are stopping at exactly the same time, but it is pretty close. - zgillette 8 years ago
