Once or twice a week my amanda backups are failing when a dumper exits on signal 6, SIGABRT:
Jun 5 23:27:38 scotch kernel: pid 82566 (dumper), uid 0: exited on signal 6 Jun 8 19:53:43 scotch kernel: pid 96672 (dumper), uid 0: exited on signal 6 In looking at the source there clearly are calls to abort() in several places. I'm assuming that there is an overflow problem with file descriptors, that 4294967295 isn't a valid FD? driver: event_register: Invalid file descriptor 4294967295 I'm running FreeBSD 6.3 with Amanda 2.5.1p3 from ports. There isn't much information in the log: INFO taper tape offsite-017 kb 0 fm 0 [OK] SUCCESS dumper snow /project/Snow 20080608 0 [sec 2958.318 kb 3252861 kps 1099.6 orig-kb 7477040] WARNING driver chunker4 pid 97080 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver chunker8 pid 96979 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver chunker7 pid 96977 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver chunker6 pid 96976 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver chunker5 pid 96973 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver chunker3 pid 96971 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver chunker2 pid 96970 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver chunker1 pid 96969 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver chunker0 pid 96968 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver dumper8 pid 96676 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver dumper7 pid 96675 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver dumper6 pid 96674 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver dumper5 pid 96673 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver dumper3 pid 96671 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver dumper2 pid 96670 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver dumper1 pid 96669 exited with signal 1 WARNING driver dumper0 pid 96668 exited with signal 1 There is a bit more info in the amdump log: chunker: pid 97080 executable chunker4 version 2.5.1p3 driver: result time 2994.072 from chunker4: PORT 50035 driver: event_register: Invalid file descriptor 4294967295 driver: send-cmd time 2994.118 to dumper0: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.118 to chunker0: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.118 to dumper1: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.118 to chunker1: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.118 to dumper2: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.118 to chunker2: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.118 to dumper3: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.119 to chunker3: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.119 to dumper5: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.119 to chunker5: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.119 to dumper6: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.119 to chunker6: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.119 to dumper7: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.119 to chunker7: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.119 to dumper8: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.119 to chunker8: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.119 to dumper9: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.119 to chunker9: QUIT driver: send-cmd time 2994.119 to taper: QUIT driver: dumper4 pid 96672 exited with signal 6 taper: DONE [idle wait: 2916.293 secs] taper: writing end marker. [offsite-017 OK kb 0 fm 0] driver: sending signal 1 to dumper0 pid 96668 driver: sending signal 1 to chunker0 pid 96968 driver: sending signal 1 to dumper1 pid 96669 driver: sending signal 1 to chunker1 pid 96969 driver: sending signal 1 to dumper2 pid 96670 driver: sending signal 1 to chunker2 pid 96970 driver: sending signal 1 to dumper3 pid 96671 driver: sending signal 1 to chunker3 pid 96971 driver: sending signal 1 to dumper5 pid 96673 driver: sending signal 1 to chunker5 pid 96973 driver: sending signal 1 to dumper6 pid 96674 driver: sending signal 1 to chunker6 pid 96976 driver: sending signal 1 to dumper7 pid 96675 driver: sending signal 1 to chunker7 pid 96977 driver: sending signal 1 to dumper8 pid 96676 driver: sending signal 1 to chunker8 pid 96979 driver: chunker4 pid 97080 exited with signal 1 driver: chunker8 pid 96979 exited with signal 1 driver: chunker7 pid 96977 exited with signal 1 driver: chunker6 pid 96976 exited with signal 1 driver: chunker5 pid 96973 exited with signal 1 driver: chunker3 pid 96971 exited with signal 1 driver: chunker2 pid 96970 exited with signal 1 driver: chunker1 pid 96969 exited with signal 1 driver: chunker0 pid 96968 exited with signal 1 driver: dumper8 pid 96676 exited with signal 1 driver: dumper7 pid 96675 exited with signal 1 driver: dumper6 pid 96674 exited with signal 1 driver: dumper5 pid 96673 exited with signal 1 driver: dumper3 pid 96671 exited with signal 1 driver: dumper2 pid 96670 exited with signal 1 driver: dumper1 pid 96669 exited with signal 1 driver: dumper0 pid 96668 exited with signal 1
