* Chris Hoogendyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20070228 13:33]: > > > Jean-Francois Malouin wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On a server irix-6.5.x (client is server) running 2.5.1p3 I get a lot of > > defunct processes when an amanda dump session fails, like running out of > > tapes > > or holdding disk. Right now there are 19 gtar processes running amok on that > > server: > > > > root 1335831 1336098 0 - - 0:00 <defunct> > > root 1336098 1 0 09:20:36 ? 127:56 gtar --create > > --file > > - --directory /data/mafalda/mafalda1/susanita/jen/anxiety_ > > > > I've attached the sendbackup and runtar debug files for the pid of the > > gtar above. Looks like signals between child and parents are not setup > > properly in amanda-2.5.1pX when running on irix... > > I get the same sort of thing with 2.5.1p3 on Solaris 9 using ufsdump > with ssh. > > I had assumed it was because ssh on Solaris 9 seems to have an issue > with terminating connections -- I get sshd kern.notice in > /var/adm/messages every time an ssh session disconnects. They've patched > it a couple of times, but can't seem to get it right. So I was just > ignoring the defunct amanda processes. They go away when the backup is > completed anyway.
Really? It's not the first time that this happens and the zombies seem to keep going even after the dump session ends (unsuccesfully) but that was with 2.5.1p1 with a few patches iirc. I'll see tomorrow morning... thanks! jf > > > --------------- > > Chris Hoogendyk > > - > O__ ---- Systems Administrator > c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments > (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center > ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --------------- > > Erdös 4 > -- <° ><
