[...] > Twice, "dump" was started, and the amanda processes were left running > on the machine. "dump" is in an unkillable state: > > 14280 amanda 9 0 616 616 488 D 0.0 0.0 0:00 dump > 12581 amanda 9 0 616 616 488 D 0.0 0.0 0:00 dump > > Hints on how I might kill these without rebooting would be appreciated. [...]
I assume the hanging dumps are on the linux box playing amanda server. What version are you using? You should use the lastest & greatest. dump is waiting for I/O - in my opinion it's a dump issue, not an amanda issue. Try to run dump several times by hand, e.g. "dump 0af /dev/null /dev/md2".
