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Archiving and Purging don't stop though there is no permission
SA-23160
Summary
Archiving and Purging does not stop though there is no permission on the archiving folder.
User configured to archive or purge ten items from configuration wizard and when there is no access this seems to be running continuously. User reports that this might lead to server crash.
Error Messages
2016-01-04 15:24:19,599 [fault (self-tuning)'] [t-Archival] [XYZApp:01.01.01] (rated.pega_procom_archivepurge) ERROR abc.xyz.inc|10.10.10.10 [email protected] - ExportZipFile: Encountered the following error: /weblogic/103/bea/user_projects/domains/bpm_dev/PegaTemp/Temp/ArchivedWork/ABC-HR-Work-OTA_Archive_OTA_150319_20160104T07190_106.zip (Permission denied)
2016-01-04 15:24:19,604 [fault (self-tuning)'] [t-Archival] [XYZApp:01.01.01] (cel_Management_Archival.Action) ERROR abc.xyz.inc|110.10.10.10 [email protected] - Purging is not attempted as archiving failed. Please check logs for details
Steps to Reproduce
1. Configure Archive or Purge to process 10 items.
2. Remove the write access for PRPC batch requestor on ArchivedWork pr_temp folder.
3. Process the archive action manually.
Root Cause
In case if there is no write privileges for PRPC batch requestor, the Purge & Archive will stop after trying for X number of times. X depends on number of resolved WorkObjects (WO’s) and the specified items to purge in configuration.
For example, if there are 1400 Resolved-* WO’s and have specified 10 items to purge in configuration – 1400/10 = 140 retries will be there.
This is just a retry mechanism it will not consume memory to exhaust the server. Therefore, specify the configuration value based on the no of Resolved-* WO’s data.
Resolution
Here’s the explanation for the reported behavior -
The number of retries totally depend on the specified configuration or items and number of WorkObjects present in your DB with Resolved status.
When configured properly, this will not cause any server crash.
Ideally the user who is running the PRPC JVM process on Unix server should have the access to PRTemp’s directory which contains Generated java classes, all the static content & passivation data.
As the ArchivedWork directory is created inside PRTemp, user should also have write access to the same.
Published May 14, 2016 - Updated October 8, 2020
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