Article Number: 502645Article Version: 3 Article Type: Break Fix
NetWorker 9.1
Scheduled clones do not complete (hang) with 4 symptoms, or combinations of these 4 symptoms:
— Devices being cloned from have the Message “reading, idle” and devices being
written to have the Message “writing, idle” when viewed in the NMC ->
Monitoring -> Devices pane.
There may be a number in front of the message “reading, idle” or “writing, idle“, for example “3 writing, idle“. The number represents the number of nsrmmd Process identifiers (pids) that are active for the device.
The command nsrmm -Cv -f <device_name> will return the pid numbers. Example,
Data Domain disk <Volume_name> mounted on <Device_name>, pool <Pool_name>, write enabled, active nsrmmd PIDs on server: 9185, 14351
an example of query a remote storage node’s device from the NetWorker server would return
nsrmm -Cv -f rd=<Remote_host_name>:<device>
Data Domain disk <Volume_name> mounted on rd=<Remote_host_name>:<device>, pool <Pool_name>, write enabled, active nsrmmd PIDs on storage node: 7881, 14685, 4936
— The Alert pane may prompt a “Waiting for 1 writable volume(s) to backup
pool ‘<Pool_name>’ disk(s) or tape(s) on
<NetWorker_storage_node>” in for the pool that the clone is configured to write
to
While the Log pane will report
Suggest manually labeling a new writable volume for pool ‘<Disk_Pool>’
Though the all devices labeled for the pool display “writing, idle”.
— The Policies pane notes the clone is running, in the Show details and message logs the
clone is reporting
07/27/2017 02:17:34 PM Unable to setup direct save with server <NetWorker_sarver>: busy.
07/27/2017 02:17:34 PM NSR server <NetWorker_server>: busy
07/27/2017 02:17:34 PM waiting 30 seconds then retrying
— From the NetWorker server, the command
while true ; do netstat -an | grep tcp | wc -l ; done
returns a ton of ports in use. The number fluctuates while the clone is running.
Stopping the clone in the NMC -> Monitoring frees the TCP ports.
Windows PowerShell equivalant
From an Administrator DOS command prompt enter PowerShell:
PS C:> while ($true -eq $true) {netstat -an | FIND /C `”TCP`”; sleep 5}
SPI: RPS clone from DD to AFTD hangs due to too many connections in use (connection leak)
Install the latest Cumulative Fixes package for NetWorker 9.1.1.
You can download the latest Cumulative fixes packages for NetWorker from the following location:
ftp://ftp.legato.com/pub/NetWorker/Cumulative_Hotfixes/9.1