Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 22:10:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/66270: dump causes machine freeze Message-ID: <200405050510.i455AGj9093678@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/66270; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Dane Foster <dene@slush.ca> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/66270: dump causes machine freeze Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 22:04:44 -0700 Dane Foster wrote: >>Number: 66270 >>Category: misc >>Synopsis: dump causes machine freeze >>Confidential: no >>Severity: serious >>Priority: medium >>Responsible: freebsd-bugs >>State: open >>Quarter: >>Keywords: >>Date-Required: >>Class: sw-bug >>Submitter-Id: current-users >>Arrival-Date: Tue May 04 18:30:20 PDT 2004 >>Closed-Date: >>Last-Modified: >>Originator: Dane Foster >>Release: 5.2.1 >>Organization: >>Environment: > > FreeBSD homer.connect.com.fj 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Tue May 4 22:38:11 FJT 2004 root@homer.connect.com.fj:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/IBM i386 > > >>Description: > > > dump (called via amanda) with snapshots on a large, volatile filesystem causes the machine to freeze. no errors reported This PR contains even less information that your non-PR email, but what you're describing sounds like intended behaviour. Specifically, creating a snapshot causes all other filesystem access to pause until the creation is complete, which can take a long time on large or active filesystems. Can you please confirm that if you wait long enough the operation completes? Kris
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