Re: problem backing up a host with more than 171 disklist entries of root-tar

[Bernhard R. Erdmann]

Hi,

> This sounds like a classic case of running out of file descriptors --
> either on a per-process basis, or on a system-wide basis (more likely
> per-process, as you seem to be able to reproduce it at will with the
> same number of disklist entries on that "host").

probably not on a system-wide basis:
(on that host)
# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max 
4096
# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-nr 
1071    650     4096

Regards,
Bernie