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[Veritas-bu] RE: Linux restore problems (Veritas-bu digest, Vol 1 #4220 )

2005-08-03 12:13:09
Subject: [Veritas-bu] RE: Linux restore problems (Veritas-bu digest, Vol 1 #4220 )
From: wtsmith AT maine DOT edu (Wayne T Smith)
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:13:09 -0400
Thanks for the reply, Mark.  (It was a good try!) ;-)

This is not the problem.  I tried restoring this file to /tmp, with the
same results.  The file is only 4megs, with plenty of space in the file
system.   cheers, wayne

Mark Hickey wrote, in part,  on 8/3/2005 5:31 AM:

> 
>Wayne,
>   Am I right in thinking that you are serving these files (the .ppt
>extention gives me this impression) via SAMBA to windows hosts?  You may be
>seeing a symptom of a problem downstream of your restore process; e.g.:
>filesystem is full or read-only, a version of the file is in use,  etc.  The
>socket write error often means that the landing spot for the file cannot be
>accessed.  Have you tried an alternate path restore of one of these files to
>see if the target destination is the issue?
>
>Mark
>
>--__--__--
>
>Message: 3
>Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 16:14:40 -0400
>From: Wayne T Smith <wtsmith AT maine DOT edu>
>To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>Subject: [Veritas-bu] Linux restore problems ...
>
>My Solaris NetBackup server is v5.1MP3 and I have a problem with some 
>Linux restores.  On a few machines a full restore results in some 
>(many!) files not being restored.  Some files are restored; others 
>aren't.  If I pick one of the "problem" files and restore just it, I get 
>a status code 5, with a "Socket write failed" error, 9-11 minutes into 
>the restore.  An example Admin Console log is listed below. Failures are 
>always 9-11 minutes into the restore, with the below example almost 
>exactly 10 minutes.
>
>A restore to another Linux machine (version & MP do not seem to matter) 
>results in the same error.  However, a restore to my backup server 
>succeeds!   For what it is worth, the data was backed up with NetBackup 
>v4.5MP5.
>
>I could use suggestions for how to debug this problem (socket write 
>failed is not very informative) and any suggestions on settings to 
>tweak, should that be the problem.
>
>(My master/media server has the following timeouts reported: Client 
>connect timeout: 900 seconds, Client read timeout: 1800 seconds, Media 
>server connect timeout: 60 seconds, Use OS dependent timeouts is 
>checked.  On the client, the Client read timeout is 300 seconds).
>
>Thanks and cheers, wayne
>
>
>ash:~$ less /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/user_ops/wsmith/logs/jbpUJAmua4gi.log
>Restore started 08/02/2005 14:45:49
>
>14:45:57 (248339.xxx) Restore job id 248339 will require 1 image.
>14:45:57 (248339.xxx) Media id NB0361 is needed for the restore.
>14:45:57 (248339.xxx) Media id NB0263 is needed for the restore.
>14:45:57 (248339.xxx) Media id NB0145 is needed for the restore.
>
>14:46:02 (248339.001) Restoring from image created Sat 30 Jul 2005 
>12:19:57 AM EDT
>14:46:10 (248339.001) INF - Waiting for mount of media id NB0263 on 
>server ash for reading.
>14:53:56 (248339.001) INF - Waiting for positioning of media id NB0263 
>on server ash for reading.
>14:54:31 (248339.001) INF - Beginning restore from server ash to client 
>cedar.unet.maine.edu.
>15:04:37 (248339.001) The following files/folders were not restored:
>15:04:38 (248339.001) UTF - 
>/usr/local/blackboard/content/vi/bb_bb60/courses/1/00230_K_042/groups/_9839_
>1/_276333_1/Presenta
>tion.ppt
>15:04:39 (248339.001) Status of restore from image created Sat 30 Jul 
>2005 12:19:57 AM EDT = socket write failed
>
>15:04:40 (248339.xxx) INF - Status = the restore failed to recover the 
>requested files.
>
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