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Guardium Scheduled Job Exceptions every 5 minutes

Troubleshooting


Problem

You receive the same message in the Scheduled Jobs Exceptions report at regular short intervals, typically every 5 minutes. This interval is the same as the polling interval that anomaly detection runs on.

Symptom

An example of the Scheduled Jobs Exceptions report might look like the following

v9 GUI Guardium Monitor -> Scheduled Job Exceptions

v10 GUI Investigate -> Exceptions -> Scheduled Jobs Exceptions


    Timestamp             Exception Description                         Count of Exceptions
    2013-12-05 15:51:22.0 java.lang.NumberFormatException: empty String 1

With the same exception coming every 5 minutes

Cause

There is an error that is originating from one of your active alerts.

Diagnosing The Problem

You can check the polling interval and active alerts in:

v9 GUI Administration Console -> Anomaly Detection.

v10 GUI Setup -> Tools and Views -> Anomaly Detection

Resolving The Problem

The first step to resolving the problem is to identify the exact alert that is causing the problem.


    1. Deactivate one alert from the Anomaly Detection page.

    2. Wait for the length of the polling interval to elapse.

    3. Check to see if the errors stop with that alert deactivated.

    4. If not, reactivate the alert and deactivate the next one.

    5. Repeat steps 2-5 until you have tried all alerts.


Once you have found the alert causing the problem, the next steps depend on the error specifically. If you need assistance to understand or stop the error contact IBM Guardium Technical Support and provide:

- The exact error text and screen shot

- Output of the following cli commands ( if requested - specify any time to run for at least the length of one polling interval)


    support must_gather app_issues

    support must_gather alert_issues


Related Information


IBM MustGather: Collecting data for Guardium Appliance

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21660382