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[Networker] Cleaning File devices?

2003-05-15 14:34:57
Subject: [Networker] Cleaning File devices?
From: "Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris AT RDLG DOT NET>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 15 May 2003 14:24:51 -0400
I have a cronjob that runs each morning to clone fulls off my File
devices, calculates any backups older than 9 weeks, runs nsrmm against
those then runs a "nsrstage -C -V <volume>" to clean out all the cruft.

One problem I've found on this system is that when the nsrstage is
running I get thousands of defunct processes until I eventually get this
in my logs:

05/15/03 11:25:45 nsrd: server info: /usr/bin/logger -t nsr -p daemon.notice: 
Cannot allocate memory
05/15/03 11:25:45 nsrd: server info: /usr/bin/logger -t nsr -p daemon.notice: 
Cannot allocate memory

The processes continue to run though usually.  Eventually it'll finish
but durring this process the load on the box will spike hard
(dual-amd-2Ghz procs and 2Gigs of ram, 4 gigs of swap).  I've had other
administrators think the box is drowning and try to start killing
processes.  If they do it will spin out of control and the server
requires a hard reset.

Linux server running Legato Network 6.1.2 build 340.

Anyone else having or have seen anything similar?

Robert


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