CPanel server tailwatchd is failed and is not running – A restart was attempted automagically
Email contained :
=====
tailwatchd failed @ Fri Dec 25 00:33:10 2012.A restart was attempted automagically
Service Check Method: [check command] tailwatchd is not running
=====
You can check the tailwatchd logs for the failure reasons:
tail -f /usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatchd_log
Restart CPanel service, this should reload tailwatched as well.
service cpanel restart
To see what services handle by tailwatched
/usr/local/cpanel/libexec/tailwatchd –status
tailwatchd is enabled
Running, PID 28379
Driver (Active: 1) Cpanel::TailWatch::ChkServd
Driver (Active: 1) Cpanel::TailWatch::Eximstats
Driver (Active: 1) Cpanel::TailWatch::cPBandwd
Driver (Active: 1) Cpanel::TailWatch::Antirelayd
# tail -f /usr/local/cpanel/logs/tailwatchd_log
If you still continue to receive the ‘tailwatchd failed’ emails, you can run Full CPanel Update:
/scripts/upcp –force