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[Networker] linux 64-bit

2009-05-29 17:16:57
Subject: [Networker] linux 64-bit
From: David Gold-news <dave2 AT CAMBRIDGECOMPUTER DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 17:11:20 -0400
Hi,

I had a call with a support engineer at EMC in January, and he looked at the engineering notes on that bugid. That was seen in 7.3, and last seen in 7.4.0. They hadn't closed it because they haven't reproduced it. I had the customer use 7.4.2 (at that time), with no issues. I haven't heard of any issues since, and have had other customers use the 64-bit version since.

The only issue is that if your host id starts with a hex alphanumeric greater than 7, the NetWorker codes will pre-pend 'ffffffff'...it is not use the right 64-bit call and/or transposing something wrong.

IMHO, use the 64-bit, you shouldn't have an issue.

--Dave

Date:    Tue, 26 May 2009 15:35:28 +0200
From:    "Abad Uriarte, Arkaitz" <arkaitz.abad AT EHU DOT ES>
Subject: Running the Linux 64-bit package with the 2.6.x kernel may result in crashes

Hello;

we have a 64 bits Red Hat 4 AS server:
        OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 7)
         Kernel:Linux 2.6.9-78.0.13.ELlargesmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 7
18:02:41 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

We try update networker version from 7.3.3 to 7.4.4, the problem is a
dependenci problem:

# rpm -ivh lgtoman-7.4.4-1.x86_64.rpm lgtoclnt-7.4.4-1.x86_64.rpm
lgtonode-7.4.4-1.x86_64.rpm lgtoserv-7.4.4-1.x86_64.rpm
lgtonmc-3.4.4-1.i686.rpm
error: Error de dependencias:
         libstdc++.so.5()(64bit) se necesita para lgtoclnt-7.4.4-1.x86_64
         libstdc++.so.5(CXXABI_1.2)(64bit) se necesita para
lgtoclnt-7.4.4-1.x86_64
         libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2)(64bit) se necesita para
lgtoclnt-7.4.4-1.x86_64
         libstdc++.so.5()(64bit) se necesita para lgtoserv-7.4.4-1.x86_64
         libstdc++.so.5(CXXABI_1.2)(64bit) se necesita para
lgtoserv-7.4.4-1.x86_64
         libstdc++.so.5(GLIBCPP_3.2)(64bit) se necesita para
lgtoserv-7.4.4-1.x86_64
Resolución sugerida:
         /var/spool/up2datecompat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.x86_64.rpm
#

we have installed 32 bits library and we could install the 64 bits library.

But reading 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.
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.
"""

Should we install the 32 bits networker version, which implies that?
Anybody know when this error occurs? In all red hat 64 bits or sometimes?

Regards and Excuse me my english ;

Arkaitz


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dave AT cambridgecomputer DOT com
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