Sometime ago I started using Advfs on one of my alphas - no problem.
But the second machine I made setup on I started to get error messages
during full backups (Using DECnsr 3.1):
* siti.tekla.fi:/a/d/1 save: cannot open
/a/d/1/prod/xcity-3/vax_vms/obj/include/.nsr: Too many open files
* siti.tekla.fi:/a/d/1 save: cannot opendir "."
(/a/d/1/prod/xcity-3/vax_vms/obj/include/): Too many open files
* siti.tekla.fi:/a/d/1 save: cannot open
/a/d/1/prod/xcity-3/vax_vms/kit/.nsr: Too many open files
* siti.tekla.fi:/a/d/1 save: cannot opendir "."
(/a/d/1/prod/xcity-3/vax_vms/kit/): Too many open files
* siti.tekla.fi:/a/d/1 save: cannot open
/a/d/1/prod/xcity-3/nt_xdk/.nsr: Too many open files
* siti.tekla.fi:/a/d/1 save: cannot opendir "."
(/a/d/1/prod/xcity-3/nt_xdk/): Too many open files
* siti.tekla.fi:/a/d/1 save: cannot open
/a/d/1/prod/xforest-1/.nsr: Too many open files
* siti.tekla.fi:/a/d/1 save: cannot opendir "."
(/a/d/1/prod/xforest-1/): Too many open files
* siti.tekla.fi:/a/d/1 save: Could not open directory
/a/d/: Too many open files
* siti.tekla.fi:/a/d/1 save: save of connecting directories failed
siti.tekla.fi: /a/d/1 level=full, 1179 MB 01:22:53 23750 files
A manual backup fails with with somewhat different messages:
save: cannot opendir "." (/a/d/1/prod/xcity-3/vax_vms/obj/include/): Too many open files
/a/d/1/prod/xcity-3/vax_vms/obj/
save: cannot opendir "." (/a/d/1/prod/xcity-3/vax_vms/kit/): Too many open files
/a/d/1/prod/xcity-3/vax_vms/
save: cannot opendir "." (/a/d/1/prod/xcity-3/nt_xdk/): Too many open files
/a/d/1/prod/xcity-3/
save: cannot opendir "." (/a/d/1/prod/xforest-1/): Too many open files
Some more info: maxusers=128, so I don't think save hits a system limit,
rather a process limit (max open files = 64??). I seems backup stops
there, as a few newer directories cannot be found on the backup.
Server OS 3.2c, NSR 3.1
Client OS 3.2, NSR 3.1, Filesystem Advfs
I have *not* put in any Advfs patches, though I've heard about a few. I
haven't heard about anything like this, though.
Harald Lundberg <hl_at_tekla.fi>;Tekla Oy,Koronakatu 1,FIN-02210,ESPOO,FINLAND
tel +358-{0-8879449work,0-8039489fax,0-8026752,11-2418013res,50-5578303mob)
Received on Mon Jun 24 1996 - 11:54:13 NZST