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Mac agent stops, Macs stop reporting in

We are a mixed MS/Mac/Linux shop (mostly MS, and I'm an MS admin) and added 18 Macs to the K1000 a few months ago.  They have since stopped responding and this appears to be related to the konea process stopping intermittently, sometime between 2 and 37 minutes after starting.

Here's the timeline of events:
  • Added Macs to old ds-kace01.domain.local, everything checks in consistently, no issues.
  • Added DNS entries to point to kace.domain.com.
  • Ran this script to change Macs over to new hostname: (http://www.itninja.com/question/script-to-change-kace-appliances-for-mac-amptools).  Specifically, this (yes, my reading comprehension sucked that day; I should have read chucksteel's comment first):
#!/bin/bash
# redirects a KACE client to pcckboxdev - rgetter 070215
cd ${0%/*}
mv -f amp.conf /Library/Application\ Support/Dell/KACE/data
# restart the AMPAgent
/Library/Application\ Support/Dell/KACE/bin/AMPTools stop
/Library/Application\ Support/Dell/KACE/bin/AMPTools start
  • Macs stop reporting.  PCs continue to report.
  • Changed hostname on K1000 to kace.domain.com.
  • Research further, noticed I missed chucksteel's comment, and also received heads up from Kace support.  Disabled the first script, then ran this script manually on all Macs.  Verified that amp.conf and amp_auto.conf were updated to point to the new (correct) K1000.
    sudo /Library/Application\ Support/Dell/KACE/bin/amptools -resetconf host=kace.domain.com sudo /Library/Application\ Support/Dell/KACE/bin/AMPTools stop sudo /Library/Application\ Support/Dell/KACE/bin/AMPTools start
    • Macs still not reporting in; notice that the konea agent is not running.  Run sudo /Library/Application\ Support/Dell/KACE/bin/AMPTools start to start the AMPAgent and konea processes and a given Mac will report in and update inventory; however, after an intermittent period of time (shortest has been 2 minutes, longest was 37), konea stops and the Mac goes "offline" again.
    From the system diagnostic report, we pulled this:

    Process:               AMPAgent [65]
    Path:                  /Library/Application Support/Dell/*/AMPAgent
    Identifier:            AMPAgent
    Version:               ???
    Code Type:             X86-64 (Native)
    Parent Process:        launchd [1]
    Responsible:           AMPAgent [65]
    User ID:               0
    Date/Time:             2016-06-28 14:17:43.174 -0600
    OS Version:            Mac OS X 10.11.4 (15E65)
    Report Version:        11
    Anonymous UUID:        B17358A5-16F0-0418-4B07-706148E53782
    Sleep/Wake UUID:       37163E51-5BC4-4F10-845D-43DF50A5A0B0
    Time Awake Since Boot: 1100 seconds
    Time Since Wake:       120 seconds
    System Integrity Protection: enabled
    Crashed Thread:        1
    Exception Type:        EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
    Exception Codes:       EXC_I386_GPFLT
    Exception Note:        EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY
    Thread 0:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib         0x0000000100f95eca kevent + 10
    1   AMPAgent                       0x0000000100132b1e kq_dispatch + 478
    2   AMPAgent                       0x000000010012261e event_base_loop + 734
    3   AMPAgent                       0x000000010012233a event_base_dispatch + 26
    4   AMPAgent                       0x000000010000cc64 NimitzAgentProcess + 548
    5   AMPAgent                       0x00000001000106c9 main + 108
    6   AMPAgent                       0x0000000100000fe4 start + 52
    Thread 1 Crashed:
    0   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00000001010ea45c pthread_mutex_lock + 0
    1   AMPAgent                       0x000000010001da42 AcquireLock + 14
    2   AMPAgent                       0x000000010000961c kpiKmsgrMsgDoneCallback + 309
    3   pluginPatching.so             0x0000000101a3095c ProcessPayloadPerform(void*) + 2125
    4   AMPAgent                       0x000000010002a90e WorkerThreadProcess + 106
    5   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00000001010ec99d _pthread_body + 131
    6   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00000001010ec91a _pthread_start + 168
    7   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00000001010ea351 thread_start + 13
    Thread 2:
    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib         0x0000000100f943ca __accept + 10
    1   AMPAgent                       0x000000010000f6eb NetListener + 183
    2   AMPAgent                       0x000000010000c9d4 AgentlistenerThread + 21
    3   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00000001010ec99d _pthread_body + 131
    4   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00000001010ec91a _pthread_start + 168
    5   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00000001010ea351 thread_start + 13
    Thread 3:
    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib         0x0000000100f94c02 __open + 10
    1   AMPAgent                       0x000000010000d15e BootUpEventThread + 641
    2   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00000001010ec99d _pthread_body + 131
    3   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00000001010ec91a _pthread_start + 168
    4   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00000001010ea351 thread_start + 13
    Thread 4:
    0   libsystem_kernel.dylib         0x0000000100f94c02 __open + 10
    1   AMPAgent                       0x000000010000d494 LogonEventThread + 710
    2   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00000001010ec99d _pthread_body + 131
    3   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00000001010ec91a _pthread_start + 168
    4   libsystem_pthread.dylib       0x00000001010ea351 thread_start + 13
    Thread 1 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
      rax: 0x0000000000000000  rbx: 0x0000000100edc050  rcx: 0x0006980000000000  rdx: 0x0000000100ed8c18
      rdi: 0xbd3aaa3a2e07ce28  rsi: 0x0006980000069800  rbp: 0x000070000007c1e0  rsp: 0x000070000007c1d8
       r8: 0x00000000fffffffc   r9: 0x0000000100ed8c10  r10: 0x00000000ffffffff  r11: 0xffffffff00000000
      r12: 0x0000000000000000  r13: 0x00000000002c27e5  r14: 0x0000000103009700  r15: 0x0000000000000000
      rip: 0x00000001010ea45c  rfl: 0x0000000000010286  cr2: 0x00007fd2d4014000
      
    Logical CPU:     0
    Error Code:      0x02000005
    Trap Number:     133

    Binary Images:
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    External Modification Summary:
      Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
        task_for_pid: 1
        thread_create: 0
        thread_set_state: 0
      Calls made by this process:
        task_for_pid: 0
        thread_create: 0
        thread_set_state: 0
      Calls made by all processes on this machine:
        task_for_pid: 445
        thread_create: 0
        thread_set_state: 0
    VM Region Summary:
    ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=22.9M resident=0K(0%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=22.9M(100%)
    Writable regions: Total=50.7M written=0K(0%) resident=0K(0%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=50.7M(100%)
     
                                    VIRTUAL   REGION 
    REGION TYPE                        SIZE    COUNT (non-coalesced) 
    ===========                     =======  ======= 
    Activity Tracing                  2048K        2 
    Kernel Alloc Once                    4K        2 
    MALLOC                            36.2M       13 
    MALLOC guard page                   16K        4 
    Process Corpse Info               2048K        2 
    STACK GUARD                       56.0M        6 
    Stack                             10.0M        6 
    VM_ALLOCATE                          4K        2 
    __DATA                            3436K       69 
    __LINKEDIT                        4880K       53 
    __TEXT                            18.2M       53 
    __UNICODE                          552K        2 
    shared memory                       12K        4 
    ===========                     =======  ======= 
    TOTAL                            133.1M      205 
    I've been researching the three error codes (EXC_CORPSE_NOTIFY, EXC_I386_GPFLT, and EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV), but haven't seen anything yet that makes sense to me.

    6 Comments   [ + ] Show comments
    • One other thing I forgot to add. I did eventually try uninstalling/reinstalling the Kace Agent to see if that helped, and it did not; the behavior continued with that machine.

      Also, we purchased another (brand new) Macbook Air some time after this all occurred. With a fresh install where kace.domain.com was (correctly) designated as the host, this issue is still occurring.

      Kace tech support has been focused on the Macs, but I'm wondering if there is anything on the K1000 which might have been reconfigured incorrectly? - george.mattson@plansource.com 7 years ago
    • What was the script that was running? I have this same problem and I am an MS admin with only some Mac knowledge. - tayana 6 years ago
      • Hi Tayana, my apologies but I honestly don't recall what the specific script was. It was something I found online when I googled how to get Macs to check in to Kace. As it turns out, this is all that was necessary, and really, one time did it:

        sudo /Library/Application\ Support/Dell/KACE/bin/amptools -resetconf host=kace.domain.com
        sudo /Library/Application\ Support/Dell/KACE/bin/AMPTools stop
        sudo /Library/Application\ Support/Dell/KACE/bin/AMPTools start - george.mattson@plansource.com 6 years ago
    • In case anyone finds this thread: I had different, but similar issue with the KACE agent on a Mac. I had uninstalled the agent and re-installed it (This was agent version 8.0.152 running on 10.13.3). But after reinstallation, the agent would never check in with the SMA.

      Some investigation revealed that the konea service was not running automatically at bootup like it is supposed to do even though 'konea.plist' was present in the /Library/LaunchDaemons directory.

      I could manually start the service with:

      sudo /Library/Application\ Support/Quest/KACE/bin/konea

      After starting the service, the Mac would check-in as expected.

      I discovered that the service had become disabled. To resolve the problem, I ran the following command:

      sudo launchctl enable system/konea

      After this, the agent worked properly. It appears that in the uninstallation process, somehow the konea service was disabled. And when reinstalling, the service remained disabled. - andy.gilmore 5 years ago
    • If someone happens to still be reading this thread... very new to KACE here - just getting it implemented.

      I've got some iMacs on Sierra that are doing the same thing. KACE agents seems to be running... and then it stops...

      I tried the manual start command that Andy.gilmore left in his thread, but that didn't do anything for me. Anyone have any other suggestions or fixes for this? - melissa.arnold 5 years ago
    • Hi Melissa,

      Without knowing anything further about your environment, I'd check to see if you have any active scripts going on and/or if you have any other process pushing client updates out. You might also want to give Quest support a call. Back when I posted this, we called them the "Dell Helpless Desk," and they weren't much better when Quest initially took over, but they are significantly better now.

      I would be curious, though, as to what versions you're on, on both the server and desktop side. - george.mattson@plansource.com 5 years ago
    • Kace support cannot resolve this issue for me(with several webx sessions). He end up asking me is there any app/service force Kace agent to stop running.

      Here is my solution, hope it help you guys. (High Sierra)

      Kace agent cannot start due to it cannot register to LaunchDaemon.


      1. Check if konea.plist exist in /Library/LaunchDaemons/
      1.1 If it doesn't exist, create kace.plist with command
      sudo /Library/Application\ Support/Quest/KACE/bin/konea -install

      2. If konea.plist exist run this command to register konea as a daemon
      sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/konea.plist

      with -w option it will permanently added to startup items.

      3. Verify if konea start as a daemon with this command
      sudo launchctl list | grep konea
      If you've done it right this command will return something like this "608 0 konea"

      4. Verify if konea service exist
      ps aux | grep konea
      That will return the result similar to :
      root 608 0.0 0.1 558484588 11204 ?? Ss Tue03AM 0:07.15 /Library/Application Support/Quest/KACE/bin/konea

      5. Stop/Start Kace agent with command :

      sudo /Library/Application\ Support/Quest/KACE/bin/AMPTools stop
      sudo /Library/Application\ Support/Quest/KACE/bin/AMPTools start

      6. Run "runkbot" to verify connection to Kace server.

      sudo /Library/Application\ Support/Quest/KACE/bin/runkbot 2 0

      With runkbot command it somehow needs "konea" to be registered as a daemon first otherwise it will fail to find "KUID" - CLSMCSMII 5 years ago

    Answers (1)

    Posted by: george.mattson@plansource.com 7 years ago
    Yellow Belt
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    FYI to all, in the event anyone finds this at a later point; the issue turned out to be a script that was still enabled to run every 30 minutes on the Macs which reset amptools.

    After disabling the script, the issue went away.

    File this under Stupid User (admin) Mistakes.

    I really gotta stop smoking crack... :D

    Comments:
    • PEBKAC befalls us all. Thanks for the update! - JasonEgg 7 years ago
     
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