tailwatchd failed on ns1 and ns2

nobodyk

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tailwatchd failed @ Thu May 12 01:35:05 2011. A restart was attempted automagically.
Service Check Method: [check command] tailwatchd is not running

I keep getting these e-mails from my cpanel server. I check the tailwatchd --status and everything is running fine. I got a msg saying there's some queries that haven't been run, but I ran them manually and I'm still receiving the tailwatchd failed e-mails every hour.

The title is tailwatchd failed on ns1.mydomain.com
and the other email is tailwatchd failed on ns2.mydomain.com

I'm running my nameservers on a cpanel dns cluster. When I logged in to ssh to my cpanel dns servers, tailwatchd wasn't running. Is that normal?
 

cPanelTristan

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I've checked two DNS only machines to see what services it runs and tailwatchd does run on DNS only machines. Can you please check the cPanel tailwatchd log while trying to restart tailwatchd on one of the DNS only servers?

Code:
tail -fn0 /usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatchd_log
 

nobodyk

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I can't start tailwatchd on the dns servers, it's enabled, but I can't start it.

tail -fn0 didn't work and froze my command line. I tried tail -20

Code:
[2011-05-12 13:58:59 +0400] [Cpanel::TailWatch] [INFO] Opened /usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatchd_log in append mode
[2011-05-12 13:58:59 +0400] [main] [START] 7825 1305194339
[2011-05-12 13:58:59 +0400] [Cpanel::TailWatch] [INFO] Restored /var/log/maillog (size:0) to 0 (requested 0)
[2011-05-12 13:58:59 +0400] [Cpanel::TailWatch] [INFO] Restored /var/log/exim_mainlog (size:606544) to 2845 (requested 2845)
[2011-05-12 13:58:59 +0400] [Cpanel::TailWatch] [INFO] Caught up /var/log/maillog to 0
[2011-05-12 13:58:59 +0400] [Cpanel::TailWatch] [INFO] Reading back thirty lines starting at 0 (small file)
[2011-05-12 13:58:59 +0400] [Cpanel::TailWatch] [INFO] Restoring /var/log/maillog to catch up position 0
[2011-05-12 13:58:59 +0400] [Cpanel::TailWatch] [INFO] Restored /var/log/maillog to position 0
install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't locate DBD/mysql.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/cpanel /usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel/CPAN/overload/__Time /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .) at (eval 10) line 3.
Perhaps the DBD::mysql perl module hasn't been fully installed,
or perhaps the capitalisation of 'mysql' isn't right.
Available drivers: DBM, ExampleP, File, Gofer, Proxy, SQLite, Sponge.
 at /usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel/TailWatch/Eximstats.pm line 252
Same msg on both dns servers. The main cpanel server seems fine, tailwatchd is running.
 
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cPanelMichael

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Hello :)

install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't locate DBD/mysql.pm in @INC
This particular error message indicates a problem with MySQL. You can try reinstalling the DBD::mysql Perl module via:

Code:
# /scripts/perlinstaller --force DBD::mysql
Once that completes, you can restart Tailwatchd to determine if the issue persists:

Code:
# /scripts/restartsrv_tailwatchd
Thank you.