We are currently leaning towards a corrupt file domain, however the file
system on this domain behaves fine when doing a vdump/vrestore from the
original/current domain to a new/different domain.
We are in production and staying away from Networker (for this file
domain) until something is solved.
Thanks,
Randy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Legato NetWorker discussion
[mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
> On Behalf Of Riaan Louwrens
> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 3:55 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Tru64 AdvFS File Domain Panic + NetWorker
>
> Hi Randy,
>
> I am not sure of Tru64 specifically, but "generally" speaking most
> operating
> systems have the issue when there are "millions and millions" of files
> that
> they have to handle.
>
> It has to do with walking the filesystem to get to whatever file you
have
> to
> backup. (Meaning it isnt necessarily a Legato issue). I know some O/S
do
> it
> better that others (I wont start a Mikkersoft badgering spree here)
but
> most
> of them have some "limit".
>
> I have found before on a Microsoft OS we had between 100K and 200K no
of
> files in a single directory structure and it "fell over" / took
forever /
> gave erros etc etc. On a similar spec Unix (solaris 8) machine the
limit
> was
> considerably higher ... but there still was a limit.
>
> Now as so many other people will tell you your spec machine, and setup
and
> configuration will certainly improve or degrade those figures... which
we
> all know, but I will think that generally speaking you will still hit
some
> limit where your O/S starts suffering with the number of files in a
single
> directory or in a saveset.
>
>
> Regards,
> Riaan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Randy Doering [mailto:rdoering AT COMCAST DOT NET]
> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 6:01 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Tru64 AdvFS File Domain Panic + NetWorker
>
>
> As a follow-up, I tried to start a full backup of this recovered file
> system this morning, and received another AdvFS panic. This time the
> networker s/w stayed around after the reboots :)
>
> There are millions and millions of files on the file system. Is there
> any know problem with Legato and a very large number of files in a
> saveset?
>
> Thanks,
> Randy
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Legato NetWorker discussion
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
> > On Behalf Of Randy Doering
> > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 6:54 PM
> > To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> > Subject: [Networker] Tru64 AdvFS File Domain Panic + NetWorker
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > We a Cluster of AlphaServer ES45 - Tru64 V5.1B + NetWorker
> 7.1-1.
> >
> > On Friday evening, I had a Full BU scheduled for a File
System,
> at
> > 8:00 PM, and it kicked off as it was supposed to. At 8:04:56, we had
> an
> > AdvFS Domain Panic. This was noticed Saturday morning, and I stopped
> the
> > Production application.
> >
> > I am working with HP to try and post-mortem figure out what
> could
> > have happened. The coinsidence of Networker kicking in and then
having
> the
> > file system crash, leads me to think of Networker being the cause of
> the
> > file system crash, or a victim.
> >
> > I was able to get the file system going again after rebooting
> the 2
> > nodes. But after the reboots, the NetWorker files in
> /usr/opt/networker
> > were all deleted. I had to "setld -d" the NGTO subsets, then
reinstall
> > with
> > the "setld -l ." command.
> >
> > Has anyone seen anything similar?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Randy
> >
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