Hi All, I know this is a long shot, but I thought I would ask. We've been using a backup script which uses rsync for months now on a Xen server without issue. A few weeks ago we had some work done on the server which included upgrading the kernel. We are now running 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5xen and now the server reboots every night in the middle of the rsync process. I've added enough debug information to the script to know that the reboot occurs during the actual rsync and not during the surrounding archiving and reporting routines. Has anyone seen anything like this before? I've been poking at this for a while but am out of ideas now and am looking for any advice on how to proceed. Obviously, we're going to try another kernel shortly, but in the meantime.... Thanks, Jon
On Fri 17 Jul 2009, Jon Watson wrote:> > I know this is a long shot, but I thought I would ask.I think that if anything causes a kernel reboot, then that's more interesting for the kernel people than for the people concerned with whatever causes the reboot... Paul
On Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:07:15 -0300, Jon Watson wrote:> We've been using a backup script which uses rsync for months now on a > Xen server without issue. A few weeks ago we had some work done on the > server which included upgrading the kernel. We are now running > 2.6.18-128.1.10.el5xen and now the server reboots every night in the > middle of the rsync process.I've a server at 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5xen x86_64. No problems using rsync for backup nightly. Same for another server running 32 bit 2.6.18-92.1.13.el5xen. Checking, I see that 2.6.18-128.2.1.el5 is available. Have you tried upgrading to that? Are you using 32 or 64 bit? Rsync isn't likely the issue, but perhaps volume of net or disk traffic being moved is. Have you tried limiting the bandwidth (either bwlimit or tc) to see if this makes a difference? - Andrew