KBI 312191 Issue: Argent Job Scheduler Upgrade Appears To Loop

Version

Argent Job Scheduler 10.0-2401-A or earlier

Date

Monday, 14 October 2024

Summary

While executing an Argent Job Scheduler upgrade, the upgrade appears to loop.

Technical Background

Examination by TaskMgr or SysInternals’s Process Explorer shows CPU and I/O being consumed; not a wait or deadly embrace.

Typically the apparent loop appears on the screen copying files, similar to:



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This is actually not a loop, rather there are a very large number of files being processed (typically over 1,000,000 files).

This can be confirmed with a simple DIR command.

This issue has been addressed in Argent Job Scheduler 10.0-2410-A version.

Resolution

Upgrade to Argent Job Scheduler 10.0-2410-A or above