All that would do is prevent Windows boxes from hanging Unix systems.
The Windows boxes would still hang each other, and the occasional Unix
failure would still hang the group.

The problem is very inconsistent. A client will cause a savegroup to
hang one day that hadn't done that the previous day and won't do it the
next. When a client hangs a savegroup consistently, we can track it
down. And when we can't we do exactly what you suggest, with a special
savegroup.

Yes, patching and client reboots do sometimes help the situation. There
doesn't appear to be any correlation with filesystem size or number of
files. In most cases there is no data passing across the link.

Thanks for your comments,

Conrad



-----Original Message-----
From: John Stoffel [mailto:john.stoffel AT taec.toshiba DOT com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:18 AM
To: Legato NetWorker discussion; Macina, Conrad
Subject: Re: Problem with ending a savegroup


So why don't you split the Window's boxes out into their own
savegroup?  And if you have problematic ones, split them out into
their own savegroup as well.  It's not bad having multiple savegroups,
though I admit I'm biased and try to keep them limited in number.

I'd probably just break them into a Unix and Windows savegroup for now
and see how it goes.  If you have a consistent problem child windows
box, look into why it's different from other boxes.  Maybe it needs
some patches?  Or even just a reboot.  

Also, look for size of filesystem or number of files as a hint to
what's going on.  And have you snooped the various processes on the
server that are talking to the client?  Is there data passing across
the link at all?

John
    John Stoffel - Senior Staff Systems Administrator - System LSI Group
  Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. -
http://www.toshiba.com/taec
             john.stoffel AT taec.toshiba DOT com - 508-486-1087

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