[OpenAFS] More on bosserver failures / Suse 9x

Horst Birthelmer horst@riback.net
Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:31:15 +0200


On Mar 31, 2005, at 3:21 PM, Steve Devine wrote:

> Original Problem
> Suse 9.0 running OpenAfs 1.2.13
> Every  24~25 days the bosserver and volserver quits running and a 
> reboot is required.
> This even affects my db server which is not running any fileserver 
> processes.
>
> Latest tests:
> 1. Running one server Suse 9.0 with newer version of OpenAfs 1.3.78
> Still failed at 25 day mark.
> One difference is the volservers kept running.
>
> 2. Running one server Suse9.2 with with newer version of OpenAfs 1.3.78
> Still failed at 25 day mark.
> Volservers kept running.
>
> So far the only 'fix' for this is to "bos setrestart " them  for a set 
> time every week.
> I doesn't matter what the load is on these machines the bosserver 
> checks out somewhere around the 24th day and 22 ~24th hour.
>
>

Sounds a lot like 2 Giga-seconds ;-)


Horst