[SunHELP] Dump:setupwriter:fork error

[Nicholas Dronen]

See the fork(2) man page:

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ERRORS
     The fork() function will fail if:

     EAGAIN    The system-imposed limit on the  total  number  of
               processes  under  execution  by  a single user has
               been exceeded;  or  the  total  amount  of  system
               memory  available  is  temporarily insufficient to
               duplicate this process.

SunOS 5.7           Last change: 28 Dec 1996                    3

System Calls                                              fork(2)

     ENOMEM    There is not enough swap space.

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I'd watch memory utilization in another "window" using vmstat (or top)
after changing tapes.  It's pretty clear that you're running out of
virtual memory, but it might help you to see for yourself.

Regards,

Nick Dronen

On Mon, Feb 12, 2001 at 05:33:45PM -0000, Katsuyoshi Charles M. Civ PACAF AIS wrote:
> I have been attempting to do a level 0 dump on my RAID (approx 40 gigs)
> using an Ultra server with a DX 8mm tape drive.  I keep getting an error
> about half way through the dump after I have changed tapes.  The error I get
> is:
> 
> DUMP:setupwriter:fork error:not enough space
> 
> When I do the dump I my command line is ufsdump -0ucf /dev/rmt/0h
> filesystem.
> 
> Just as reference I am attempting to dump disks that are under Veritas RAID
> Manager control.
> 
> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Charles Katsuyoshi
> 
> 
>  <<Charles M. Katsuyoshi (E-mail).vcf>>