Alternatively on Solaris you can tweak the tcp keepalive timer so that it
will send a packet before the timeout (see previous postings for details).

On Tue, 27 May 2003 22:21:09 +0100, Alan Archer <alan AT ARCHER.CLARA DOT NET>
wrote:

>Ken,
>
>I have seen behaviour simlar to this when backing up through a firewall
>(Nokia Firewall 1) The standard configuration of the firewall in my case
>dropped inactive sessions after 3600 seconds (1 Hour). Each Networker
backup
>session opens a new network session which then remains idle until the
backup
>session has completed. If this session is dropped ny the firewall mid-
backup
>you will see the syptoms that you have described - The resolution was to
>extend the time-out of inactive network sessions to allow the backup to
>complete.
>
>If you are experiencing the same problem as I did you may have noticed
>shorter backup sessions completed succesfully.
>
>Regards
>
>Alan
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Legato NetWorker discussion
>[mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU]On Behalf Of Ciolek, Ken
>Sent: 27 May 2003 21:43
>To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
>Subject: [Networker] FW: Backing up with a firewall.
>
>
>We have several clients that backup through a firewall and have the
>following problem.
>
>The backup will start and populate the index when it is done backing up.
The
>problem is the server never gets the final word the backup is complete and
>restarts the job and will do so until the job is killed manually.
>
>I have all the necessary ports open on the firewall.
>
>Anyone seen this type of behavior? Any ideas?
>
>Ken Ciolek
>SAN Storage Administrator
>Open Systems Support - Storage
>AIG Technologies
>(973)533-2094
>(973)277-1148 (Cell)
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>Ken.Ciolek AT aig DOT com
>
>
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