From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 8 11:15:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B013106568E for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:15:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Received: from parrot.aev.net (parrot.aev.net [212.31.247.179]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE0258FC14 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 11:15:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Received: from soth.ventu (adsl-ull-34-20.51-151.net24.it [151.51.20.34]) (authenticated bits=128) by parrot.aev.net (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m78BEtMP098651 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=FAIL) for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 13:15:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Received: from alamar.ventu (alamar.ventu [10.1.2.18]) by soth.ventu (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m78BG0gf046734 for ; Fri, 8 Aug 2008 13:16:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ml@netfence.it) Message-ID: <489C2AB0.1000401@netfence.it> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:14:56 +0200 From: Andrea Venturoli User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (X11/20080727) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.64 on 212.31.247.179 Subject: dump locks again X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:15:06 -0000 Hello. I googled around for this but found only very old threads (from 2005 or so). I'm taking dumps of a new box I build, which runs 7.0/amd64 on 8 cores with harware RAID-5 (ciss driver). This is an example of the command I issue: dump -0 -a -f usr.dump -L -h 0 -u /usr Almost always, the dump process will work up to Pass IV (regular files), but then stuck there. # ps ax|grep dump 11400 p1 I+ 0:00.97 /sbin/dump -0 -a -f usr.dump -L -h 0 -u /usr (dump) 11405 p1 I+ 0:00.18 dump: /dev/da0s1e: pass 4: 4.28% done, finished in 0:03 at Fri Aug 8 10:35:34 2008 (dump) 11406 p1 I+ 0:00.24 /sbin/dump -0 -a -f usr.dump -L -h 0 -u /usr (dump) 11407 p1 I+ 0:00.24 /sbin/dump -0 -a -f usr.dump -L -h 0 -u /usr (dump) 11408 p1 I+ 0:00.23 /sbin/dump -0 -a -f usr.dump -L -h 0 -u /usr (dump) top shows 11400 in wait state, 11406-11408 in pause state and 11405 in sbwait state. Any hint is appreciated. bye & Thanks av.