When you sent your original email you said your jobs were frequently
being killed with error 50 so it sounded like they would fail with error
50 while the server was running. Is it just one or two or do a whole
collection of jobs seem to die together during the backup window? Or do
you just come into the office and notice the jobs have died with error
50?

If it's a collection - next time you observe the error occurring run
/usr/sbin/swap -l or /usr/sbin/swap -s and check how much free swap
space you have.
Alternatively setup a cron job to run the swap and date command every
minute or so and output it to a txt file so you can track what is
happening.

You should also run an all log entry report during covering the timeline
of the error and look for any "fork" errors

If you think the system could be getting rebooted during the backup
window you can check by:

Run the uptime command and check how long you system has been up for
You can also just hit "w" and enter.
Or you can also check the /var/adm/messages file
Check if a reboot could have occurred during your backup window

Good luck :-)


-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Marianne
Van Den Berg
Sent: 06 April 2010 09:36
To: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Error 50 for all backups

Your master server was probably rebooted. Check System logs.

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of NBU
Sent: 02 April 2010 01:55 PM
To: VERITAS-BU AT MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN DOT EDU
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Error 50 for all backups


where i have to check this on my master or media.

Robot is configured on master and tape drives on media.

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