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Re: [Networker] Savepnpc issue

2009-05-13 11:28:50
Subject: Re: [Networker] Savepnpc issue
From: Denis <denis.mail.list AT FREE DOT FR>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 17:25:39 +0200
----- "dfields" <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM> a écrit :

> Anyone ever had any issues with savepnpc where the pstclintsave runs
> before the backup job finishes?  I just had a backup where the
> preclntsave ran OK, but while the backup was still running, the
> pstclntsave started up, resulting in an invalid backup.  The only
> thing I can find in the logs is on the client from the savepnpc.log
> file:
> 
> 05/12/09 02:02:02 preclntsave: Starting up the precmds.
> 05/12/09 02:09:21 preclntsave: All command(s) ran successfully.
> 05/12/09 02:11:22 pstclntsave: Server resource is not available .
> 05/12/09 02:12:22 pstclntsave: RAP query failed.
> 05/12/09 02:12:22 pstclntsave: Will retry RAP Query again
> 05/12/09 02:12:57 pstclntsave: RAP query failed.
> 05/12/09 02:12:57 pstclntsave: Will retry RAP Query again
> 05/12/09 02:13:32 pstclntsave: RAP query failed.
> 05/12/09 02:13:32 pstclntsave: Will retry RAP Query again
> 05/12/09 02:14:07 pstclntsave: RAP query failed.
> 05/12/09 02:14:07 pstclntsave: Will retry RAP Query again
> 05/12/09 02:14:42 pstclntsave: RAP query failed.
> 05/12/09 02:14:42 pstclntsave: RAP query to check the worklist for
> completion of the save operation failed during all attempts.
> 05/12/09 02:14:42 pstclntsave: All savesets on the worklist are done.
> 05/12/09 02:14:42 pstclntsave: Starting up the pstcmds.
> 05/12/09 02:16:17 pstclntsave: All command(s) ran successfully.
> 05/12/09 02:16:17 pstclntsave: Exited.
> 
> 
> Looks like the client wasn't able to contact the server, which caused
> it to get confused and think that the backups had finished for that
> client because it couldn't get the worklist from the server.  From
> what I can tell, the backup server was up and running OK during the
> backup.  
> 
> The server version is 7.4 sp1 running on Windows 2003, and the client
> is 7.4.1 Build 335 running on AIX.
> 
> Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dave
Hello,

the behaviour is correct, when the precmd is finished, the backup is launched 
and the pstclnsave go into execution to watch for the save termination by 
interrogating the worklist.

Once the worklist is empty, the pstclntsave performs the commands.

But in your case, I think there is a mis-synchronization between the 
pstcnlntsave process and networker (network loss ?).

Is this problem unique or is always present ?

But I think that pstclntsave must not run postcommands in this case.

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