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Re: Re[2]: Memory Usage on Novell Clients

1998-10-21 13:38:35
Subject: Re: Re[2]: Memory Usage on Novell Clients
From: Firl Debra K <firl.dk AT MELLON DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 13:38:35 -0400
Are you using libuph on the server.  There is an issue with the earlier
release , with memory management on netware servers.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alain Ricois [SMTP:Alain.Ricois AT IBESIS DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 4:06 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re[2]: Memory Usage on Novell Clients
> 
>      The delivery date of  PTF 6 for version 3 Novell client is January 
>      15th .I spend too much time for managing memory usage and reload on 
>      all Netware clients.
>      
>      I'm waiting for a fix as soon as possible
>      
>      Alain Ricois
> 
> 
> ____________________________ Séparateur Réponse
> ________________________________
> Objet : Re: Memory Usage on Novell Clients
> Auteur :  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> à Internet
> Date :    20/10/98 09:17
> 
> 
> I received a message from IBM stating that Version 3, Release 1, Level 0.5
> 
> had the problem fixed.  It does not.  Here is the scenario on one of our 
> Novell 4.11 servers:
>      
> Cache Buffers
> =============
> Before load: 165,880,000   62% free
> After load:  165,003,000   62% free
> After backup: 148,066,000   55% free  ** allocated 17.5 Mb ** 
> After unload: 165,728,000   62% free
> After reload: 164,827,000   61% free
>      
> The version 3 client is NOT freeing up memory after a scheduled backup.
> We 
> did not have this problem with version 2 clients.
>      
> Jim Larson
> Micron Technology, Inc.
>      
>      
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric LEWIS [mailto:eric.lewis AT CCMAIL.ADP.WISC DOT EDU] 
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 1998 1:52 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re[2]: Memory Usage on Novell Clients
>      
>      
>      IBM has accepted our complaint and assigned an APAR to it.  IC22119.
>      
>      Anyone who knows the actual API code (reputed to exist) in Netware 
>      that permits an app to release memory might forward that info to IBM 
>      and note this APAR number . . .
>      
>      Eric Lewis UW-Madison
>      
>      
> ______________________________ Reply Separator 
> _________________________________
> Subject: Re: Memory Usage on Novell Clients
> Author:  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>  at IPNET 
> Date:    10/7/98 5:16 PM
>      
>      
> We are seeing the same with our novell server, netware 3.x,  netware 4.x
>      
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jalarson [SMTP:jalarson AT MICRON DOT COM] 
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 1998 12:39 PM 
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:      Memory Usage on Novell Clients 
> >
> >         We are running ADSM client version 3, release 1, level 0.3 on
> our 
> > Novell servers.  We have noticed that the client will allocate a large
> > chunk
> > of memory during the backup process but will not free it up when the 
> > backup
> > is finished.  To free up this memory for cache buffer usage we have to 
> > unload and reload the client.
> >         Is the a problem with this version of the client or does it work
> 
> > this way in all versions?
> >         Thanks in advance for your input. 
> >
> > Jim Larson
> > Micron Technology, Inc.
> 
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