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In <4sg5hu$m44@news3.digex.net>, reverski@access4.digex.net (Erick Reverski) writes:
>Don Smith (dsmith@mindspring.com) wrote:
>: If I ask for a tape backup in the night, then the next morning the
>: server will lock up sometime in the early morning, around 9 am or so.
>: If I power it down (which is the only way to talk to it), and leave it
>: off for 10 to 15 minutes, it will come back up and stay up for days,
>: until I run another tape backup. If I don't leave it off for more than
>: a minute, it will go down again. Has been known to go down as many as
>: 8 times, or as few as one.
>: 
>
>I run Backup Exec 7.01b on a Compaq ProLiant 1500 Pentium133 server
>running NW41.  The server has locked up three times since going into
>production March 2nd.  After the first two times I removed the
>NET-PROT.NLM for virus protection, but it locked a third time.  EVERY TIME
>has been while running the Backup Exec client nlm (BE.NLM) on the server!
>I've sent files to tech support and talked with them also.  To date there
>has been no real answer as to what may be wrong.  My NW41 is up to date,
>the latest patches and such from Novell and BackupExec installed, plenty
>of memory, hardware is fine, etc.  I am now running without the BE.NLM
>(using the client from a workstation).  So far all is well.
>
>My suggestion is to check software and be sure you have the latest patches
>for both NW41, BackupExec, and your Adaptec PCI SCSI controller
>(&drivers).  BackupExec has a program called "Baxter" which allows you to
>perform a dump if the server locks up.  This NLM creates a text file which
>they can read to see how to find the offending NLM or process.  This last
>lockup it didn't help as we lost the keyboard also, but typically you
>still have keyboard functionality so you can enter the Netware debugger.
>
>==========================================
>Erick Reverski (CNE)
>reverski@access.digex.net
>http://www.access.digex.net/~reverski/


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I doubt seriously if it's a problem with BkupExec 7.01b.  I've been running 7.01b
since it came out (loaded all the time) and have yet to have a lockup or crash
on the server.  I back up the server and my workstations (OS/2 Client) religiously.

I also run all the latest Netware OS patches.
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George Fliger
PC Repair of Florida
gfliger@acun.com
http://www.acun.com/~gfliger