Hi Len, This too was something we considered. The "locked file action" in the media server client settings is set to "skip".
We enabled debug level system logging and got nothing of use from aix. On a side note - I got 1 random successful full backup today. I immediately ran another full, and got the same old error. I have also tried writing directly to tape - same error. -- Jim Canon Sr. Data Protection Analyst Global Technology Services - AHS Mylan 781 Chestnut Ridge Road Morgantown, WV 26505 jim.ca...@mylan.com Phone: 800.826.9526 ext. 6236 Direct: 304.554.6236 Fax: 304.285.6404 Mobile: 304.224.6815 From: "Len Boyle" <len.bo...@sas.com> To: "jim.ca...@mylan.com" <jim.ca...@mylan.com>, "veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu" <veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu> Date: 05/06/2011 04:31 PM Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 media server backup issue Sent by: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Jim, You might want to look at locks. Are there any message that help in the aix system logs. Trying checking your client settings for waiting for locked or in use files for the aix media server. I do not know if this is the problem, just a thought. len -----Original Message----- From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [ mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of jim.ca...@mylan.com Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 9:16 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] NetBackup 7.1 media server backup issue Hi All, We're having a strange problem when the media server (AIX 6.1) is backing up itself. This problem only occurs when the media server attempts to back up itself. The media server can back up other clients just fine. Other media servers can back up this media server just fine. Here is the general output of the backup: 05/05/2011 09:37:01 - begin writing 05/05/2011 09:52:16 - Error bpbrm (pid=7405600) socket read failed: errno = 119 - System call timed out 05/05/2011 09:52:18 - Error bptm (pid=8912950) media manager terminated by parent process 05/05/2011 09:52:27 - Info bpbkar (pid=9437276) done. status: 13: file read failed This isn't necessarily helpful, so I've enabled verbose logging level 5 on both bpbkar and bpbrm. I'm not seeing any red flags. I have tried disabling shared memory, reducing the buffers to bare minimums, excluding what I thought were problem files, but it seems we are chasing a ghost. It is as if bpbkar stops sending data. The backup runs for a while, stops on a random file, and sits there until the job times out. Any ideas? -- Jim Canon Sr. Data Protection Analyst Global Technology Services - AHS Mylan 781 Chestnut Ridge Road Morgantown, WV 26505 jim.ca...@mylan.com Phone: 800.826.9526 ext. 6236 Direct: 304.554.6236 Fax: 304.285.6404 Mobile: 304.224.6815 ============================================================================== CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may contain legally privileged, proprietary and/or confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution, duplication or other use of this message and/or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message and its attachments. Thank you. ============================================================================== _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ============================================================================== CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it may contain legally privileged, proprietary and/or confidential information intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution, duplication or other use of this message and/or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message and its attachments. Thank you. ============================================================================== _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu