Please keep the list posted on the results of the core dump analysis. Here
at UNC, we are starting the transition to buta and ADSM to back up our AFS
cell this week. It's been good to see that there are a few other folks doing
this; I really appreciate the information you are sharing.

Regards,
Jan
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On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, H.G.Borrmann wrote:
On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, H.G.Borrmann wrote:

> Hello,
>
> >
> > I'm backing up our AFS installation via ADSM and buta (the
> > butc replacement).  During our normal monthly full today,
> > buta has coredumped.  The platform is AIX 4.2.1, ADSM server
> > v3.1.1.5, AFS 3.4a.  The January full ran fine.
> >
>
> I also encounter serious problems with buta. We run AFS 3.4a, AIX 4.3.1,
> buta 3.1.20.6 and the server level is 3.1.2.1. Buta is very instable and
> core dumps once a week. I had times when buta stopped several times a day.
> This happend when one of our tape robots had errors. Migration from the disk
> storage pools did not run properly. The storage pools filled up and many 
> client
> sessions hang around waiting for mount of offline media. I reported the
> problem with buta to IBM 3 weeks ago but did not get a response up today.
>
> H.G.Borrmann
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