> I had reported it was believed that not backing up the VMware disk files > of a live virtual machine solved the problem. Unfortunately I was wrong > and the problem persists. > > Now that more testing has been completed, I can officially say the problem > still exists. > > I recompiled the kernel, upgraded VMWare Workstation (to version 6), > Upgraded VMWare Tools, and rebuilt all the VMWare modules using the same > gcc that the kernel was built with, but none of that helped. I have the > exact same issue. > > Unfortunately the problem is not always present as the backups do complete > some of time. The only constant is that the hard crash only happens when > bacula is running. > > Although the VM is not configured with a USB device there might possibly > be some contention with the physical USB drive I back up to and the VM > instance. As the crash does not happen every time it is hard to determine > what exactly is going on. > > As no other programs really access the USB device, and the crash only > happens when bacula is running, I am just guessing the problem might be > with that combination. > > I know this is not really a priority on anyone's list, but I thought I > would keep everyone informed who might have been following this thread. >
For anyone who is following this thread I have an update. Unfortunately I am replying to my own post rather than the last poster who had suggested a modification. Anyway, I just wanted to report that I set the following value in /etc/sysctl.conf: vm.min_free_kbytes = 32768 Since doing this I have yet to have a crash of the system. Although the suggestion for making this change was not really indicative of the symptoms it has seemed to have a positive impact as the system has not crashed during bacula backups. I still do not really know the root of the problem and how running a VM impacts bacula backups and system stability but this setting appears to have helped the situation. I still find it strange that even without this setting I have zero crashes during a bacula backup as long as I do not have a VM running. If I experience a crash again I will update the thread, but for now the system has been quite stable. Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
