This is from the 12/21/07 7.4.2. release notes:

Running the Linux 64 bit package with the 2.6.x kernel may result in crashes
LGTsc06585
A compatibility issue with libc and pthreads libraries on Linux 2.6
kernel-based
environments causes problems when running the 64 bit package for Linux on
platforms built on the 2.6.x kernel (for example, RedHat AS 4 and SUSE SLES
9).
Although operation may be normal at first, continued use of the 64 bit
package
with a 2.6.x kernel may result in crashes of various programs.
It is recommended to use the 32 bit package when running with a 2.6.x
kernel.
Running a 32 bit package instead of the 64 bit package should have no
operational
impact. The 64 bit package can still be used for kernel version 2.4 Linux
variants
such as RedHat AS 3 and SUSE SLES 8.




Michael Nored
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-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Kevin West
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 7:47 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Kernel Panic problem

SERVER
HP DL585 2 x 2.6GHz Processors
8 GB RAM
2 x 14 300GB SCSI HD arrays
attached via ULTRA 320 Adapters (for D2D backup).

LIBRARY
HP MSL6060 (2 x Stacked)
3 X LTO3 drives (SCSI)

SOFTWARE
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 with kernel 2.6.9-67.0.1.ELsmp
NetWorker 7.4.1.Build.335 Network Edition

CLIENTS
Total of 75 clients (Windows, Linux & Tru64)

MODULES USED,
Oracle for Linux, MSSQL, Microsoft cluster.

SETUP
All standard nothing special.

PROBLEM
Kenrel panic - not syncing: Out of memory and no killable processes...

Have to do hard restart on the server

WHAT INTRODUCED THIS PROBLEM.

Was running REDHAT 3 and Networker 7.2.1 everything was fine.

I needed to upgrade the OS to REDHAT 4 to take advantage of the better
disk management.

So I did the OS upgrade to Redhat 4, ran into problems with Networker
7.2.1 the 2.6 kernel and the SCSI 
library.

So the solution was to Upgrade Networker to 7.3 or above. So I choose
Networker 7.4 (I have applied the patch as well), this fixed
the SCSI problems but introduced the Kernel panic problem.

Has anyone else had this problem or any suggestions.

Cheers
Kev  
-- 
Kevin West
Senior Server Support Officer
Information Technology Directorate
University of New England
Phone: +61 2 6773 4276
Fax:   +61 2 6773 3424

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