>I am having a strange problem here, I'm backing up one of my servers
>and in the middle of the dump (actually near 35%) the client crashes.
It's almost impossible for Amanda to have done this. Amanda, and
everything it runs for you (e.g. GNU tar), are strictly user level
programs. They cannot cause a machine to crash if the machine is
healthy otherwise.
However, they can put enough of a load on a system that marginal hardware
(or software) fails. That's what your situation sounds like to me.
I'd start with making sure cables are securely fastened and any bus
termination is properly set up. Then I'd start checking controllers
and memory, possibly swapping things around. Sometimes just reseating
components makes them feel loved so they stop screwing up. Sometimes it
makes the problem move so you can deduce which part is broken. Sometimes
it causes them to completely fail, which they would have done eventually
(at the worst possible time :-) anyway.
>There seems to have a kernel problem with the client since when i came
>back it was in debugger mode.
That might also indicate a hardware problem.
>But I did not have the time to check it because a lot of people were
>waiting after the server to be up....
We've all been in that situation :-).
John R. Jackson, Technical Software Specialist, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
