Dear members,
the resolution posted by Gunther Feuereisen (gunther_at_ibm.net)
was pointing to a recent post on this list by somone experiencing
the same problem on 4.0Dpkit#4. I have to admit that it never
reached my mailbox, though I get mails every day. So, sorry for
bothering you with stuff already covered. Maybe I should have check
with the archives first. Anyway, this problem is present AND in
patchkit #2 for 4.0e of DU.
The concensus is that Digital was trying to fix some things with
this patch, and caused at least (as far as I'm aware of) this one
with the clonefset.
The original post regarding this issue on 4.0Dpkit#4 follows:
>Hi Managers,
>
>If you running 4.0D, and has AdvFS as filesystem and uses AdvFS clonefset
to
>clone the fileset for backup or for other purposes, then you may want to
>stay away from Path Kit 4.
>
>Just over the weekend I backed out of Patch Kit 4 on one of my AlphaServer
>8400. The Patch Kit was installed on Compaq's recommendation to fix another
>problem. Patch Kit 4 may have fixed one problem, but introduced some
serious
>problems with AdvFS.
>
>To produce this problem on 4.0D with Patch Kit 4, clone a fileset and do df
>and note the "Used" and "Capacity" field all 0 (zero). I could have lived
>with 0, but one of my regular backup which used to take 1 hour and 40
>minutes, start taking 3 hours and 52 minutes. The backup which used to take
>2 DLT tapes start taking 1 tape and ran for 7 hours and 47 minutes (3:38
>normal elapsed time) --with no data missing --go figure!
>
>It was one tough work to convince the support center that there is a bug. I
>suggested them to install patch kit 4 on their system and page me on
>Saturday with the results --I got page and I was not surprised with the
>result --they had the same problem. Support center did not check the backup
>time, which I think is a bigger problem and more visible to my users. Their
>reason was that they cloned a fileset of 100 MB, and I was talking in GB of
>fileset.
>
>My solution was to put back Patch Kit 3 and the combination with firmware
>5.4 is the best I could come up with.
>
>As far as I know, this problem has not been escalated to engineering,
>because I have to provide a long list of things.. WHO HAS TIME ! Less than
>100 days to y2k and clock is ticking for y2k freeeeeze period! Even Disney
>Magic won't work here!
>
>Ronny Eliahu
>The Walt Disney Company
>Disney Studios, Burbank CA
>
Thank you very much.
PS. So far, no response from CompaQ support...
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Alexander Sakellaris
Sr. Systems Administrator
Operations Department / IT Division
Network/Systems & Support Sector
COSMOTE Mobile Telecomms S.A
Athens / Greece
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Received on Wed Sep 29 1999 - 12:18:28 NZST