* Michael S. Peek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 11:36:11AM -0400)
> Hello all,
> I've been using amanda for, well, years now, and I have never run accross this
> problem before. I have one brand new host that is taking *WAY* too long to
> back up. Here's the skinny:
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> The next thing I did was take a look at the dump program running on alnus.
> Solaris' ufsdump spawns about four children when it runs. Who knows what
> they're all doing, but I was intent on finding out. As it turns out, according
> to a process trace with truss, most of the time one child sits there and polls
> for more input, while the others sit sleeping. (Maybe that'll mean something
> to someone...?)
What amanda proceses are running ?
Just ufsdumps ?
Did truss only show the waiting for input /sleeping or was more happening ?
What is logged in your syslog ?
Currently listening to: the hum of my computer
Gerhard, <@jasongeo.com> == The Acoustic Motorbiker ==
--
__O Standing above the crowd, he had a voice so strong and loud
=`\<, we'll miss him
(=)/(=) Ranting and pointing his finger, At everything but his heart
we'll miss him