Oh yeah...but unfortunately that's not the problem here...

I'll let you know if I ever find the "reason"

David

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David A. Chapa
NetBackup Consultant
DataStaff, Inc.
http://www.datastaff.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Robinson, Gina [mailto:Gina.Robinson AT trw DOT com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 5:18 PM
To: david AT datastaff DOT com
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] vmd/ltid daemon problems


Hi David,

Good News.....

After searching through some tech notes, I now know exactly why
the vmd daemon died.  It turns out that if any of the
/usr/openv/volmgr/debug
log file directories are deleted, the media manager daemons must be
restarted.
I deleted these directories yesterday afternoon because I felt we did not
need them and they were filling up /usr quickly.  When the log directory
is deleted and the logs switchover at midnight, the ltid daemon core dumps
and vmd dies because it is trying to write to a log file that no longer
exists.

See Veritas TechNote ID: 241019
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/241019.htm
for more information.

Hope this helps!

Gina Robinson
TRW Network Administration


-----Original Message-----
From: David A. Chapa [mailto:david AT datastaff DOT com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 10:47 AM
To: Robinson, Gina
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] vmd/ltid daemon problems


Gina:

I have a client who has experienced that very thing this past weekend.  They
have a Powderhorn Library running with ACS/LS.  From what I gather from the
client, it happened on a media server, and nothing is in the logs showing
any
daemon activity.

I'm trying to see if we can replicate now...not likely.

David Chapa

Quoting "Robinson, Gina" <Gina.Robinson AT trw DOT com>:

> We are running Netbackup 3.4.1 DataCenter, patched at 34_2 on a Solaris
2.6
> box. Last night our vmd and ltid daemons terminated without human
> intervention.  The logs do not show much data to be able to troubleshoot
this
> problem.  We are connected via scsi to two StorageTek 9710 robotic
> libraries.
>
> Has anyone out there ever had a similar occurence?  Any clues or
suggestions
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Gina G. Robinson
> TRW AANetwork Administration
> (310) 813-4202 - Office
> (310) 389-8550 - Pager
>
>
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