Last Updated on 2023-02-09
KB00018: Preventing accidental shutdowns
EVA ICS versions: 3.4.2 and 3.x above
Problem
Sometimes EVA ICS processes might be shut down by accident or due to a failure of the OS startup system.
Solution
To prevent such behavior on production mission-critical systems, enable an additional watchdog with system cron daemon (edit /etc/crontab file):
*/1 * * * * root /opt/eva/sbin/check-start.sh
Note
The feature is available in EVA ICS 3.4.2 and above, starting from the build 2023020903
The above watchdog script does the following:
checks EVA ICS registry state and restarts it if not available
checks enabled components and restarts them if they are not running
The watchdog script aborts checks if:
the system uptime is less than 600 seconds (10 minutes)
there is another copy of the watchdog script running
Note
To prevent conflicts, the watchdog script must be disabled in the system cron during updates or manual maintenance.