> Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:06:35 -0400 > From: Mike Tancsa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > At 12:00 PM 9/1/2008, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > >I have a 7-Stable system which has not been able to successfully dump(8) > >for about 2 months. Since it contains almost no important data that is > >subject to change, it's not too big a deal, but I worry that other > >systems might start showing the same problems. > > How does it actually fail ? Do the dump processes stall, or does it > error out ? Did you fsck the file system ? I have seen dump fail > when the file system is dirty. Also, I am not using snapshots. The > flags I use are > > /sbin/dump -C24 -${BACKUP_LEVEL}anuf - /zoo | /usr/bin/gzip | dd > of=/backup/zoo-level-${BACKUP_LEVEL}.gz
Mike, Thanks for the suggestion. I'm pretty sure I have done a full fsck, but not positive, so I will try one tomorrow. The system is in a location which is unmanned today due to the holiday, and a full fsck kind of needs either a human or remote console. I have tried both with and without snapshots, so those don't seem to be the problem. In any case, I'll know more tomorrow. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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