Hallo Christoph, > > > root@grid-ce2: [~] rpm -qf /opt/globus/sbin/globus-gma > > > globus-gma-1.0.12-lcg.noarch > > > > > > and restarted 'globus-gma'. > > > > > > The picture remains: > > > > > > root@grid-ce2: [~] ps auxw | egrep globus-gma | wc -l > > > 76 > > > root@grid-ce2: [~] ps auxw | egrep globus-gma | grep defunct | wc -l > > > 71 > > > > That probably is OK. The defunct processes are cleaned up at the end > > of each main cycle. The problem with earlier versions was that some > > processes were never cleaned up, so the list could grow steadily. > > Our experience says that the CE is basically stuck if there such a high > number of defunct globus-gma processes. According to the logs every > minute (can be steered in config) some hanging processes a getting > killed. Users observe a large number of jobs in the status "scheduled" > in WMS, but they do not arrive in the batch system. The only thing that > helps is restarting the globus-gma. > > We are bit puzzled... > > Cheers, Christoph (who just restared globus-gma on one of the CEs) Did you modify any other parameters besides the debug flag? Does the problem occur for all users or a subset, e.g. "power" users?