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Re: [Networker] backup of server failed

2003-01-08 13:10:23
Subject: Re: [Networker] backup of server failed
From: Gregory Demilde - System Support Engineer <Gregory.Demilde AT SUN DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 19:10:16 +0100
Well was it a client timeout or a device timeout?

Does it failed the first time because NSR was waiting for data from the client
or was it failing because it couldn't write the data?

Greg


| It was running.  The other three partitions on bootz backed up
| successfully, although two reported '1 retry attempted'.
|
| On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 lemons_terry AT emc DOT com wrote:
|
| > Hi Penny
| >
| > Remember that your NetWorker Server is also a NetWorker client; each of
| > these roles has its own program(s).  Make sure that the NetWorker *client*
| > program (nsrexecd) is running on your NetWorker server.
| >
| > tl
| >
| > -----Original Message-----
| > From: Penny Jaye Deeney
| > To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
| > Sent: 1/8/03 12:34 PM
| > Subject: [Networker] backup of server failed
| >
| > Networker 6.1.1 Power Edition, on a Compaq DS-20 running Tru64 4.0F
| > (Unix)
| >
| > In yesterday's notification, we saw the following:
| >
| > --- Unsuccessful Save Sets ---
| >
| > * bootz:/usr 5 retries attempted
| >
| > --- Successful Save Sets ---
| >
| > Successful Save Sets written to verified media noted with "V" in first
| > column.
| > * bootz:/ 1 retry attempted
| > V bootz: /                          level=full,    340 MB 00:08:37
| > 2214 files
| > V bootz: /tmp                       level=full,      2 KB 00:07:35
| > 2 files
| > * bootz:/nsr 1 retry attempted
| > V bootz: /nsr                       level=full,     26 MB 00:06:35
| > 321 files
| >
| >
| > The strange thing is that bootz IS our Networker server!  Stan and I do
| > not understand how the server cannot reach the client, when they are the
| > same machine.  I reran the backup half an hour after receiving the
| > notification, and it worked:
| >
| >
| > * bootz:/usr save: Warning - `/usr/var/adm/syslog/auth.log' size grew
| >  during save
| > * bootz:/usr save: Expected 71206785 bytes for
| > `/usr/var/adm/syslog/auth.log', got 71207050 bytes
| > V bootz: /usr                       level=full,   2974 MB 00:21:58
| > 40787 files
| >
| >
| > The cpu load on the system was not too high, or we would have been
| > notified about that by BigBrother software.  Any thoughts anyone?
| >
| > Penny
| > --
| > Penny Jaye Deeney - Computer Services - Temple University -
| > penny AT temple DOT edu
| >
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