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EM12c: Enterprise Manager 12c Cloud Control Incident Constantly Raised for oracle.sysman.gcagent.task.TaskZombieException: task declared as a zombie (Doc ID 2116834.1)

Last updated on JUNE 20, 2023

Applies to:

Enterprise Manager for Oracle Database - Version 12.1.0.4.0 to 12.1.0.5.0 [Release 12.1]
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

The $AGENT_INST/sysman/log/gcagent.log file for the Enterprise Manager (EM) 12.1.0.4 Cloud Control Agent shows:

2015-12-23 12:54:09,232 [355:GC.Executor.14 (oracle_database:DB:rac_10i)] ERROR - oracle_database:DB:rac_10i oracle.sysman.gcagent.task.TaskZombieException: task declared as a zombie
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.task.TaskFutureImpl$WrappedTask.accountedCall(TaskFutureImpl.java:620)
at oracle.sysman.gcagent.task.TaskFutureImpl$WrappedTask.call(TaskFutureImpl.java:643)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)

 

 

 

Changes

To avoid the incidents, the following changes are implemented in the $AGENT_INST/sysman/config/emd.properties file: 

_zombieSuspensions=true
_canceledThreadWait=900
_zombieThreadPercentThreshold=0

However, these changes were not enough to avoid the Incidents from being raised.

Reference:

<Note1468586.1> EM 12c: Agent Crashing Because Of Zombie Process 'Bouncing the agent due to zombies' Reported in gcagent.log

 

Cause

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