We've had our illiad Connecton Manager process die unexpectedly in the past.  Recent versions it happens much less often, but still does happen.

We have Site24x7 monitoring software.  We have it set up to monitor the process, and if it abends, auto-restart it.

Prior versions, we had it crashing about once a day, last few years, it's been maybe twice a month, at most.



Bruce Orcutt

UTSA Libraries: Systems

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Howdy.

Our ILLiad system seems rather unstable to me as compared with just about everything else, and I'm trying to get a sense of whether that is common, and/or if anyone has tricks/tips for stabilizing ILLiad.

First, a disclaimer:  I don't know much about ILLiad.  I manage the Windows server it runs on, and the OS and IIS are stable.  I upgrade ILLiad, but that is close to the extent of my involvement.  The person who knows the most about ILLiad (our "ILLiad Manager") is not a sysadmin, so they only work from the interface/client side.  They don't have access to the back-end.

Because I am not always available, we have set a scheduled task to restart the ILLiad System Manager service every 2 hours (because every day wasn't enough), and I am still called on every few days to restart it in between those times as well.  Every couple weeks, I have to restart the ILLiad Rapid Manager or the ILLiad Connection Manager services.  Our Illiad Manager has some concerns that it might be related to the 18 addons they are using.  When I poke through the (ILLiad and system) logs, I don't see anything that stands out as a problem.

So, I am wondering, is ILLiad really that unstable?  Is 18 addons excessive?  What are others' experiences with ILLiad and how to make it more stable/robust?

Thanks,
Erich


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