Networker

Re: [Networker] Hung savesets sometimes never timeout

2006-06-26 03:30:08
Subject: Re: [Networker] Hung savesets sometimes never timeout
From: Stan Horwitz <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:29:15 -0400
On Jun 26, 2006, at 3:22 AM, Oscar Olsson wrote:

On Mon, 26 Jun 2006, Stan Horwitz wrote:

SH> Check this list's archives; this is a long-standing issue with NetWorker SH> going way back. I have seen it several times. In fact, just the other day, SH> we resolved that problem on a Windows 2003 client after at least two weeks SH> of trial and error. The solution in that case was to update the hardware SH> firmware for that client (network card, disk drives, RAID controller, etc.).
SH> After the firmware was updated, all the backups ran to fruition.

I know, I know.. It just seems like it happens fore frequently now than
before. And I still think that a client shouldn't be able to hang the
group completely forever. The inactivity timeout should be honored even
though the save hasn't started a save session yet. Oh well.

Yup. I agree completely. What's even more frustrating is that this issue was supposed to have been fixed in 7.2.1 which is what I am running. After upgrading to 7.2.1 a year ago, I quickly learned, the problem persists.

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