mkdir /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpbkar on the client, add VERBOSE = 5
to the bp.conf and watch the logs, also you can make a lot of logging
directories on the server as well and tail them when the problematic
client is backing up/etc.


On 5/9/06, Aaron Mills <aaron.mills AT returnpath DOT net> wrote:
>
>
> I had a backup timeout yesterday. bpbrm timed out after the configured
> interval (3 hours), but when I check to see what happened to the client
> process, bpbkar is still running (client/server on the same box) - it just
> hasn't done anything since three hours before the job timed out. The bpbkar
> log doesn't show anything useful. The process hums along and then just stops
> logging all of the sudden. This always seems to happen on the same job,
> though - never any others.
>
> Any ideas on where else I should look here?
>
>         -Aaron
>
> Aaron Mills
> System Administrator
> Return Path, Inc.
> 303.642.4111
> aaron.mills AT returnpath DOT net
> http://www.returnpath.biz
>