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RE: Running Postgresql with db on Netapp
by Blake, Delroy 19 Sep '03

19 Sep '03

What are the specs on your PC? Say you have an ATA 100 controller and a drive with 8MB ram you can probably get hit a 30MB/s transfer rate while if you are doing nfs over 100 BASET the best you can hope to do is 12MB/s. If you have a PCI 64/66 or PCI-X bus in You may hit transfer rates of over 50-60MB/S with GE in both filer and PC. When your PC needs to read and write data he just does it he does not have to create IP traffic every time. That means he has to do a little more work to transfer using jumbo frames will free up some of this overhead. Its an option to consider. You might also want to dd a 1 GB file over the network using different block size to see what performance you get. -----Original Message----- From: 'Aditya ' [mailto:aditya@grot.org] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 7:04 PM To: Maxwell Reid Cc: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com ' Subject: Re: Running Postgresql with db on Netapp On Mon, Sep 15, 2003 at 03:41:28PM -0700, Maxwell Reid wrote: > Is it possible to install a Gigabit adapter in the *BSD box and > filer? That alone will probably give you a good performance boost... > Switching to udp probably won't improve things, but using Gbe and > jumbo frames will do wonders. I'd consider that, however I'm having a hard time believing that a PC a *stinkeen* plain-ol-IDE drive is doing better than my filer. I can blame (in order of cost of upgrade): - a configuration mistake - mount options - filer options - network hardware - nfs - pc hardware - postgresql and I'm slowly working my way down that list...(grin) I suspect that folks running Oracle/Informix with a filer aren't seeing more than a 10% performance reduction, otherwise very few would opt to do it, so I suspect that it works, it works well and I must be missing something... Thanks, Adi

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RE: filer-mrtg (filer.mrtg.tar.gz)
by Hill, Aaron 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

At another organisation I used mrtg to monitor my snapshot levels and gauge how snapmirror was running. Combined with the network stats it was pretty damn good. I use DFM here, much easier to use and definitely makes managing large numbers of volumes/qtrees/filesystems easier. But then you gotta buy another license..... -----Original Message----- From: barrie_spence(a)agilent.com [mailto:barrie_spence@agilent.com] Sent: Wednesday, 17 September 2003 12:45 AM To: JasonT(a)plumtree.com; toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: RE: filer-mrtg (filer.mrtg.tar.gz) We graph CIFS and NFS server operation rates (using the least significant 32-bits of the SNMP counter) and connected CIFS shares. -----Original Message----- From: Jason Truong [mailto:JasonT@plumtree.com] Sent: 15 September 2003 23:32 To: Sto Rage !; Ziller, Frank; toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: RE: filer-mrtg (filer.mrtg.tar.gz) What are people monitoring on their NetApps with mrtg? Just curios cause I only use MRTG to graph the network traffic. I did think about using it for CPU/disk space but I currently use Nagios for that. I am sure others on this list will have good uses for MRTG on their NetApps....anyone care to share? Thanks, Jason T. -----Original Message----- From: Sto Rage ! [mailto:Net_Backer@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:09 PM To: Ziller, Frank; toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Re: filer-mrtg (filer.mrtg.tar.gz) Is there a benefit installing this version of MRTG package instead of using the newer standard mrtg and add your own configs to it? We have the standard build of MRTG (being used to monitor other network related stuff too) to which we added NetApp configs to pull data. What extra info (that's not available with snmp) does this application provide? I think this package is now outdated. Comments? -G ----- Original Message ----- From: Ziller, Frank <mailto:FZiller@IKON.com> To: toasters(a)mathworks.com <mailto:toasters@mathworks.com> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 12:28 PM Subject: filer-mrtg (filer.mrtg.tar.gz) Has anyone successfully installed the filer-mrtg application (downloaded off now.netapp.com) on Red Hat 7.3 or Red Hat 9. It looks like I am having some problems with either\both perl and mrtg parsing data collected in the mrtg-filer-stats.sh shell script. See below. [root@atl01-lnx-75 bin]# /opt/nasmrtg/bin/mrtg-filer-stats.sh 10.10.18.21 password + SERVER=10.10.18.21 + PORT=password + USER= + PASSWD= + MRTG_HOME=/opt/nasmrtg/mrtg-bin + MRTG_BIN=/opt/nasmrtg/mrtg-bin + FILER_STATS_HOME=/opt/nasmrtg + BASE_WORKDIR=/opt/nasmrtg/monitor + CONF=/opt/nasmrtg/conf/10.10.18.21.cfg + INDEX_FILE=/opt/nasmrtg/monitor/10.10.18.21/index.html + TITLE=Filer statistics for '10.10.18.21' + REGEX=10.10.18.21 + /opt/nasmrtg/bin/retrieve-filer.sh 10.10.18.21 + SERVER=10.10.18.21 + FILER_ASCII_PORT= + USERNAME= + PASSWD= + FILER_STATS_HOME=/opt/nasmrtg + PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/gnu/bin:/opt/nasmrtg/bin: + export PATH + DATA_FILE=/opt/nasmrtg/data/retrieve-filer-10.10.18.21.dat + GNU_EGREP= + RCMD=rsh + echo 'Name: 10.10.18.21' + retrieve-cpu.pl 10.10.18.21 + /opt/nasmrtg/mrtg-bin/mrtg /opt/nasmrtg/conf/10.10.18.21.cfg Array found where operator expected at (eval 177) line 1, at end of line * Problem with '1.3.6.1.4.1.789.1.2.2.2.0&1.3.6.1.4.1.789.1.2.2.3.0:public@10.10.18.21': syntax error at (eval 177) line 1, near "1.3.6.1.4.1.789.1.2.2.3.0:" + /opt/nasmrtg/mrtg-bin/indexmaker /opt/nasmrtg/conf/10.10.18.21.cfg 'Filer statistics for '\''10.10.18.21'\''' 10.10.18.21 + exit 0 [root@atl01-lnx-75 bin]# Thanks, Frank _________ Frank Ziller IKON Network Center IKON The Way Business Gets Communicated 5755 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Norcross, GA 30092 678.728.0601 fax: 678.547.2190 email: fziller(a)ikon.com <mailto:fziller@ikon.com> ************** IMPORTANT MESSAGE ************** This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information which may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please advise the sender by return email, do not use or disclose the contents, and delete the message and any attachments from your system. Unless specifically indicated, this email does not constitute formal advice or commitment by the sender or the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (ABN 48 123 123 124) or its subsidiaries. **************************************************

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RE: filer-mrtg (filer.mrtg.tar.gz)
by barrie_spence＠agilent.com 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

We graph CIFS and NFS server operation rates (using the least significant 32-bits of the SNMP counter) and connected CIFS shares. -----Original Message----- From: Jason Truong [mailto:JasonT@plumtree.com] Sent: 15 September 2003 23:32 To: Sto Rage !; Ziller, Frank; toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: RE: filer-mrtg (filer.mrtg.tar.gz) What are people monitoring on their NetApps with mrtg? Just curios cause I only use MRTG to graph the network traffic. I did think about using it for CPU/disk space but I currently use Nagios for that. I am sure others on this list will have good uses for MRTG on their NetApps....anyone care to share? Thanks, Jason T. -----Original Message----- From: Sto Rage ! [mailto:Net_Backer@hotmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:09 PM To: Ziller, Frank; toasters(a)mathworks.com Subject: Re: filer-mrtg (filer.mrtg.tar.gz) Is there a benefit installing this version of MRTG package instead of using the newer standard mrtg and add your own configs to it? We have the standard build of MRTG (being used to monitor other network related stuff too) to which we added NetApp configs to pull data. What extra info (that's not available with snmp) does this application provide? I think this package is now outdated. Comments? -G ----- Original Message ----- From: Ziller, Frank <mailto:FZiller@IKON.com> To: toasters(a)mathworks.com <mailto:toasters@mathworks.com> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 12:28 PM Subject: filer-mrtg (filer.mrtg.tar.gz) Has anyone successfully installed the filer-mrtg application (downloaded off now.netapp.com) on Red Hat 7.3 or Red Hat 9. It looks like I am having some problems with either\both perl and mrtg parsing data collected in the mrtg-filer-stats.sh shell script. See below. [root@atl01-lnx-75 bin]# /opt/nasmrtg/bin/mrtg-filer-stats.sh 10.10.18.21 password + SERVER=10.10.18.21 + PORT=password + USER= + PASSWD= + MRTG_HOME=/opt/nasmrtg/mrtg-bin + MRTG_BIN=/opt/nasmrtg/mrtg-bin + FILER_STATS_HOME=/opt/nasmrtg + BASE_WORKDIR=/opt/nasmrtg/monitor + CONF=/opt/nasmrtg/conf/10.10.18.21.cfg + INDEX_FILE=/opt/nasmrtg/monitor/10.10.18.21/index.html + TITLE=Filer statistics for '10.10.18.21' + REGEX=10.10.18.21 + /opt/nasmrtg/bin/retrieve-filer.sh 10.10.18.21 + SERVER=10.10.18.21 + FILER_ASCII_PORT= + USERNAME= + PASSWD= + FILER_STATS_HOME=/opt/nasmrtg + PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/gnu/bin:/opt/nasmrtg/bin: + export PATH + DATA_FILE=/opt/nasmrtg/data/retrieve-filer-10.10.18.21.dat + GNU_EGREP= + RCMD=rsh + echo 'Name: 10.10.18.21' + retrieve-cpu.pl 10.10.18.21 + /opt/nasmrtg/mrtg-bin/mrtg /opt/nasmrtg/conf/10.10.18.21.cfg Array found where operator expected at (eval 177) line 1, at end of line * Problem with '1.3.6.1.4.1.789.1.2.2.2.0&1.3.6.1.4.1.789.1.2.2.3.0:public@10.10.18.21': syntax error at (eval 177) line 1, near "1.3.6.1.4.1.789.1.2.2.3.0:" + /opt/nasmrtg/mrtg-bin/indexmaker /opt/nasmrtg/conf/10.10.18.21.cfg 'Filer statistics for '\''10.10.18.21'\''' 10.10.18.21 + exit 0 [root@atl01-lnx-75 bin]# Thanks, Frank _________ Frank Ziller IKON Network Center IKON The Way Business Gets Communicated 5755 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Norcross, GA 30092 678.728.0601 fax: 678.547.2190 email: fziller(a)ikon.com <mailto:fziller@ikon.com>

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RE: Running Postgresql with db on Netapp
by Maxwell Reid 16 Sep '03

16 Sep '03

Hi Aditya, Is it possible to install a Gigabit adapter in the *BSD box and filer? That alone will probably give you a good performance boost... Switching to udp probably won't improve things, but using Gbe and jumbo frames will do wonders. Regards, max -----Original Message----- From: Aditya To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Sent: 9/15/2003 2:57 PM Subject: Running Postgresql with db on Netapp Hi, We've been running Postgresql (7.2.x) on FreeBSD with the database files on a Netapp F85. The mounts are NFSv3/TCP with no special tuning on the filer or client. This is a single db server accessing the database on a rw mount so there are no traditional filesystem locking problems (AFAIK). We seem to have hit a performance wall (vs. a linux box with local IDE drive) and I've been reading the various whitepapers on the NetApp website about Oracle/Informix and filers and started to follow the recommendations: - checked that all interfaces on nfs client/switch/filer are 100baseTX-FD - turned minra on, which made the filer slightly more responsive but nothing spectacular - changed the mount options to include -w=32768,-r=32768 with no perceptible difference (also increased it to 65536 for both r and w with no change) - turned fsync off in Postgres (yes, I know it's risky, but I'm trying to figure out why this is so borked) - unlike solaris there is no "direct access" mode in FreeBSD to prevent the NFS client from caching which is 2x as wasteful since the db is also caching You can see the general performance stats (which are matched by "human perception" testing) for this filer ever since we turned on a heavy-duty application last Thursday: http://dev.zapatec.com/website/internal/stats/netapp/zilch.pr.zapatec.co m/ and the various tweaking described above hasn't made much of a difference as you can see from the graphs (5 minute averages). current sysstat snapshot is pretty consistent and looks like this: zilch> sysstat 1 CPU NFS CIFS HTTP Net kB/s Disk kB/s Tape kB/s Cache in out read write read write age 9% 1450 0 0 1324 3726 3392 0 0 0 0 8% 1744 0 0 1323 3863 3916 0 0 0 0 10% 1588 0 0 1539 3617 3048 0 0 0 0 9% 1940 0 0 2251 3149 3140 4 0 0 0 8% 1718 0 0 401 3750 3288 2816 0 0 0 10% 1440 0 0 2327 3253 3504 0 0 0 0 9% 1648 0 0 2052 3504 3308 0 0 0 0 10% 1425 0 0 1625 3459 3172 0 0 0 0 8% 1709 0 0 1925 3167 3184 0 0 0 0 Any suggestions or hints of what to try other than don't run a db over NFS if you want performance: http://www.sunmanagers.org/pipermail/summaries/2000-December/000072.html After all, I presume that Oracle and Informix using a filer are doing well enough that people stick with the filer? Thanks, Adi This electronic message, along with any attachments, is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any proprietary information or intellectual property contained in this transmission remains the sole and exclusive property of Marshall & Swift or Marshall & Swift/Boeckh. No right to use any products or services described in this transmission is valid without an executed and paid license agreement. If you received this in error, please reply to advise the sender and delete the material from any computer.

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filer-mrtg (filer.mrtg.tar.gz)
by Ziller, Frank 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Has anyone successfully installed the filer-mrtg application (downloaded off now.netapp.com) on Red Hat 7.3 or Red Hat 9. It looks like I am having some problems with either\both perl and mrtg parsing data collected in the mrtg-filer-stats.sh shell script. See below. [root@atl01-lnx-75 bin]# /opt/nasmrtg/bin/mrtg-filer-stats.sh 10.10.18.21 password + SERVER=10.10.18.21 + PORT=password + USER= + PASSWD= + MRTG_HOME=/opt/nasmrtg/mrtg-bin + MRTG_BIN=/opt/nasmrtg/mrtg-bin + FILER_STATS_HOME=/opt/nasmrtg + BASE_WORKDIR=/opt/nasmrtg/monitor + CONF=/opt/nasmrtg/conf/10.10.18.21.cfg + INDEX_FILE=/opt/nasmrtg/monitor/10.10.18.21/index.html + TITLE=Filer statistics for '10.10.18.21' + REGEX=10.10.18.21 + /opt/nasmrtg/bin/retrieve-filer.sh 10.10.18.21 + SERVER=10.10.18.21 + FILER_ASCII_PORT= + USERNAME= + PASSWD= + FILER_STATS_HOME=/opt/nasmrtg + PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/gnu/bin:/opt/nasmrtg/bin: + export PATH + DATA_FILE=/opt/nasmrtg/data/retrieve-filer-10.10.18.21.dat + GNU_EGREP= + RCMD=rsh + echo 'Name: 10.10.18.21' + retrieve-cpu.pl 10.10.18.21 + /opt/nasmrtg/mrtg-bin/mrtg /opt/nasmrtg/conf/10.10.18.21.cfg Array found where operator expected at (eval 177) line 1, at end of line * Problem with '1.3.6.1.4.1.789.1.2.2.2.0&1.3.6.1.4.1.789.1.2.2.3.0:public@10.10.18.21': syntax error at (eval 177) line 1, near "1.3.6.1.4.1.789.1.2.2.3.0:" + /opt/nasmrtg/mrtg-bin/indexmaker /opt/nasmrtg/conf/10.10.18.21.cfg 'Filer statistics for '\''10.10.18.21'\''' 10.10.18.21 + exit 0 [root@atl01-lnx-75 bin]# Thanks, Frank _________ Frank Ziller IKON Network Center IKON The Way Business Gets Communicated 5755 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Norcross, GA 30092 678.728.0601 fax: 678.547.2190 email: fziller(a)ikon.com <mailto:fziller@ikon.com>

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Running Postgresql with db on Netapp
by Aditya 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi, We've been running Postgresql (7.2.x) on FreeBSD with the database files on a Netapp F85. The mounts are NFSv3/TCP with no special tuning on the filer or client. This is a single db server accessing the database on a rw mount so there are no traditional filesystem locking problems (AFAIK). We seem to have hit a performance wall (vs. a linux box with local IDE drive) and I've been reading the various whitepapers on the NetApp website about Oracle/Informix and filers and started to follow the recommendations: - checked that all interfaces on nfs client/switch/filer are 100baseTX-FD - turned minra on, which made the filer slightly more responsive but nothing spectacular - changed the mount options to include -w=32768,-r=32768 with no perceptible difference (also increased it to 65536 for both r and w with no change) - turned fsync off in Postgres (yes, I know it's risky, but I'm trying to figure out why this is so borked) - unlike solaris there is no "direct access" mode in FreeBSD to prevent the NFS client from caching which is 2x as wasteful since the db is also caching You can see the general performance stats (which are matched by "human perception" testing) for this filer ever since we turned on a heavy-duty application last Thursday: http://dev.zapatec.com/website/internal/stats/netapp/zilch.pr.zapatec.com/ and the various tweaking described above hasn't made much of a difference as you can see from the graphs (5 minute averages). current sysstat snapshot is pretty consistent and looks like this: zilch> sysstat 1 CPU NFS CIFS HTTP Net kB/s Disk kB/s Tape kB/s Cache in out read write read write age 9% 1450 0 0 1324 3726 3392 0 0 0 0 8% 1744 0 0 1323 3863 3916 0 0 0 0 10% 1588 0 0 1539 3617 3048 0 0 0 0 9% 1940 0 0 2251 3149 3140 4 0 0 0 8% 1718 0 0 401 3750 3288 2816 0 0 0 10% 1440 0 0 2327 3253 3504 0 0 0 0 9% 1648 0 0 2052 3504 3308 0 0 0 0 10% 1425 0 0 1625 3459 3172 0 0 0 0 8% 1709 0 0 1925 3167 3184 0 0 0 0 Any suggestions or hints of what to try other than don't run a db over NFS if you want performance: http://www.sunmanagers.org/pipermail/summaries/2000-December/000072.html After all, I presume that Oracle and Informix using a filer are doing well enough that people stick with the filer? Thanks, Adi

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NFS performances with Samba server ?
by Frank Bonnet 15 Sep '03

15 Sep '03

Hi Due to lack of Samba PDC support by Netapp filers I use a Samba server working with NFS on a Filer. That is Windows clients access to users's data thru the samba server. I need to boost a bit NFS access from samba server to Netapp filer, actually I use NFS over TCP and I wonder if using it over UDP will accelerate a bit ? Any infos / tricks welcome PS : the filer is plugged to the LAN over a Giga-ethernet link Thanks -- Frank Bonnet Responsable Reseau et Sytemes UNIX Groupe ESIEE Paris

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URGENT
by collinsodowa2＠katamail.com 13 Sep '03

13 Sep '03

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RE: volume disk space
by Alan McLachlan 12 Sep '03

12 Sep '03

Marcus, WAFL "steals" 10%; this loss is inherent in the file system design. Think about how you lose up to 12% of your free space for the MFT on an NTFS volume; same thing on WAFL except it isn't allocated as a contiguous chunk like the MFT - rather the space is used dynamically to allow the filesystem to function properly. regards, Alan. -----Original Message----- From: Bui, Marcus [mailto:Marcus.Bui@aiminvestments.com] Sent: Friday, 12 September 2003 8:09 AM To: 'toasters(a)mathworks.com' Subject: volume disk space I created a volume on F880c, ONTAP 6.4.1, with CIFS as follows: 37 - 72GB disk Raid group size = 14 with 3 Raid groups No snapshot snapshot reserve = 0 But in Filerview the volume space shows 1.98TB and 'df -g' shows 2031GB. I thought the volume space should be 2.257TB (34 data disks x 66.385GB). Map to the volume from a Windows client and it shows 1.98TB. Why am I missing a lot of disk space? cheers, Marcus Bui **** ASI Solutions Disclaimer **** The material transmitted may contain confidential and/or privileged material and is intended only for the addressee. If you receive this in error, please notify the sender and destroy any copies of the material immediately. ASI will protect your Privacy according to the 10 Privacy Principles outlined under the new Privacy Act, Dec 2001. This email is also subject to copyright. Any use of or reliance upon this material by persons or entities other than the addressee is prohibited. E-mails may be interfered with, may contain computer viruses or other defects. Under no circumstances do we accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from your receipt of this message or any attachments. **** END OF MESSAGE ****

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volume disk space
by Bui, Marcus 11 Sep '03

11 Sep '03

I created a volume on F880c, ONTAP 6.4.1, with CIFS as follows: 37 - 72GB disk Raid group size = 14 with 3 Raid groups No snapshot snapshot reserve = 0 But in Filerview the volume space shows 1.98TB and 'df -g' shows 2031GB. I thought the volume space should be 2.257TB (34 data disks x 66.385GB). Map to the volume from a Windows client and it shows 1.98TB. Why am I missing a lot of disk space? cheers, Marcus Bui

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Bank order
by nicholas ngony 11 Sep '03

11 Sep '03

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BUSINESS PROPOSAL
by DAVID MUTASA 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

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highly confidentail
by pius chukwu 10 Sep '03

10 Sep '03

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Data ONTAP Simulator - New Version Released
by Meyer, Brad 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

We have posted a new version of the Data ONTAP Simulator for Linux on the NOW site. You can find it at http://now.netapp.com/NOW/cgi-bin/simulator. This new version has a much improved installation process that accommodates most versions of RH Linux, including version 9. Other features included in this release are: - Full documentation installation choice - Upgrading process from previous versions of the simulator - Session logging - Easier cluster installs - Easier disk creation - Ability to create disks on different "interfaces" to help with SyncMirror simulation - Improved documentation - Downloadable .ISO CDROM image file for direct CDROM burning This is a volunteer project within NetApp and no official support for the simulator is provided. However, if you have questions about the simulator you can send an email to xdl-simulator(a)netapp.com and we'll do our best effort to answer your questions. You can also post questions and view answers at the Data ONTAP Simulator Forum on the NOW site at: http://forums.netapp.com/showcategory.asp?cid=172. Please check out the new version of the Data ONTAP Simulator for Linux and let us know what you think. Thanks, Brad Meyer

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Anti-virus question
by mike.sphar＠Remedy.COM 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

I'm wondering if anyone else is having the same minor issues I'm having with the anti-virus solution. The problem I'm encountering, is that much of the time when I get a virus alert that the netapp and Trend have prevented a virus infection, I can't find any way to tell what the source of the infection was. From Trend's perspective, all the viruses are found on the scan server, so all my alerts from Trend look like this: Warning! Virus activity has been detected. { Machine: [MTVESS8TAV02] Product: [ServerProtect for Windows NT] Virus: [PE_ELKERN.D] From: [srvprotect] To: [srvprotect] Action Result: [Clean Success] Virus Found Time [2003/09/09 10:09:05] } Mtvess8tav02 is one of my netapp virus scan servers. I've found that sometimes, in the Netapp's message log, I'll find messages identifying the source of the infection like this: Fri Aug 15 01:24:14 PDT [rpc_0:warning]: CIFS: Virus scanner 10.40.231.71 completed a scan on modified file foo for client 10.40.36.37 (BENDER) as user ntbuild but returned the following status: [0x3e8] and status message: Virus Found! Unfortunately, I don't always get messages in the Netapp's log. I had a batch of Elkern infection notices today, for example, but there's nothing in the Netapp's log to indicate the possible source of the infection. Primarily, I'm most concerned with the AV software catching infected files on my server, but secondarily it would be helpful if it gave me some clues as to who the infection source is. I know right now I have an Elkern-infected machine out there, but no clue as yet who it is. Has anyone else found solutions to this issue? Some settings I'm not aware of, perhaps? -- Mike Sphar - Sr Systems Administrator - Remedy, a BMC Software Company

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PRIVATE
by PIUS COMO 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Dear Friend & Partner, Few days leading to the exit of Ex-President Charles Taylor from the office,I was ordered out of Liberia into South in order to Confidentially seek for a Business Partner with immense investment potentials and experience with whom an enhanced business relationship will be built transparently and trustworthily. I am Mr.Pius k. Como,I was the Chief Protocol staff attached to the Presidency untill Mr.Charle Taylor stepped down to allow peace return to (our Father Land)Liberia after months of fierce fighting between Government troops and the Guinean backed L.U.R.D rebels. You maybe aware that The United States (Government,Individuals and Corporate groups)is the most predominant investor in the Liberia economy base on ties of colonial affillation and bilateral economy threaties/agreement. Following the establishment of firestones Rubber Plantation in the early 1981,there was massive investment of latex and Rubber production which boosted our economy before the regime of Mr.Samuel Doe crept in and made ruin of the economy,however in 1999 Mr.Charle Taylor sold a three quater of the Rubber plantation lease to firestone Rubber industry. His Excellency has recommend that US$30 Million an accumulated sum of money from the Rubber Plantation sold and fund from over drafted vouchers meant for the purchase and maintenance of Military wares/equipments at various Military Barracks and Depots across the country be transferred to a foreign account. However the fund which was initially refered to B.B.V.A Bank in Europe as contract payment to a foreign contractors whose names appeared on priority list for over due payment of contract sum long completed ,following the directives from the World Bank,Paris Club and the International Monetary Fund on our demand for soft loan,that we must first pay all debt owned foreign contactors,before we can be given loan has now been lodged at a Finance Company in Europe as disguise against some politicians here in the liberia with anti-Government Policies and ideologies considering the turbulent crisis that has engulfed our Country. Sequel to my telephone discusion with His Excellency Mr.Charles Taylor who is now in Calabar - Nigeria following pressure from the international community clamouring for his resignation as The President of The Federal Republic of Liberia,has ordered that 35% of the total sum be offered to you as commission for helping to transfer the money to your account and the remaining 65% shall be reclaimed and transferred to Swiss Bank directly for personal use.We have decided not to transferred the money to Swiss Bank directly for personal reasons.On my telephone conversation with him,he accepted that base on mutual agreement the total sum (US$30 Million)may be invested in your establishment.For More details,Please contact me on (pkpius(a)netscape.net) Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and my regards to your family. Yours faithfully, P.K COMO.

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PLEASE HELP
by MUMUNI ABACHA 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Sir, AS-SALAAM ALAIKUN (PEACE BE WITH YOU) This is a Save Our Souls (S.O.S) message from a concerned family member to you. If you have followed the news in recent times, you would have read about the US$69.5million- my late uncle's money, that was confiscated by the Government. Just the same last week, the Central Bank withdrew the banking license of Savanna bank where my late husband's friend Chief Senator Jim Nwobodo was holding the family's share and interest on trust. This atrocity against our family was not the first since the death of my uncle and the perpetrators are bent on suffocating the lives out of us. But Allah in His infinite goodness will not permit them, so long people like you still exist in this planate earth. And so, my family is right now going through the worst humiliation and it will be suicidal on our part to allow these rampaging wolves to close on everything the family had laboured for in the name of vendetta against the late General who was my uncle. They have put quite a lot of us in prison and we are retsrained from going anywhere outside the country Therefore the need for my S.O.S to you, it is very urgent and because of how you were recommended. I want to quite believe that you must have a compassionate soul as well as a listening ear. The truth of the matter now is that my uncle has an offshore deposit of US$45million excluding interest with a Security outfit in the UK, which was made with the name of his small daughter Miss Amina Abach. We want this money to be moved out fast before the government would begin to beam their search light in the deposits in UK. Now, they are concentrating on the foreign country accounts. I know you will not be happy to see a whole family suffer, therefore I want you to assist me move this fund to a safe place by changing all deposit documents to your name. I have instructed my lawyer to prepare necessary change of Beneficiary instruments to enable you have access to the deposit. Please let me hear from you immediately through this medium. Best regards, MUMUNI ABACHA.

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Problems with locking
by Jose Celestino 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Hi, I'm having a locking problem in a linux client, kernel 2.4.18 with a NetApps filer, F760, NetApp Release 6.1.2R3: Sat Apr 6 02:23:00 PST 2002. In fstab I have: filer.nfs:/vol/home /netapp nfs rw,bg,lock,intr,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,retry=5,retrans=130,timeo=14 in the server, dmesg: lockd: cannot monitor 192.168.1.104 lockd: cannot monitor 192.168.1.104 lockd: cannot monitor 192.168.1.104 in the server, rpcinfo: homes1:/etc/init.d# rpcinfo -p program vers proto port 100000 2 tcp 111 portmapper 100000 2 udp 111 portmapper 100021 1 udp 32768 nlockmgr 100021 3 udp 32768 nlockmgr 100024 1 udp 809 status 100024 1 tcp 811 status What can be causing the lockd: cannot monitor? TIA. -- Jose Celestino | http://xpto.org/~japc/files/japc-pgpkey.asc ---------------------------------------------------------------- "Lately, the only thing keeping me from becoming a serial killer is my distaste for manual labor." -- Dilbert

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CPU F840 running at 100%
by Husri Hassan 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Hi, Suddenly today we experienced an F840 Release 6.4.1 reach to 100% CPU. sysstat and nfsstat as below. I did not found any strange messages at messafes file and so i'm asking for suggestions as to what might cause this? CPU Total Net kB/s Disk kB/s Tape kB/s Cache Cache CP CP Disk ops/s in out read write read write age hit time ty util 81% 21930 3670 5771 2160 0 0 0 5 98% 0% - 17% 82% 21638 3787 5437 2303 0 0 0 5 98% 0% - 24% 87% 20048 3595 5461 4297 24 0 0 5 97% 0% - 33% 98% 18889 8074 6608 4279 0 0 0 5 96% 0% - 36% 100% 12231 5436 5145 10736 8966 0 0 5 98% 87% T 81% 100% 12757 2939 5221 7398 12753 0 0 5 97% 100% : 62% 100% 15581 2908 6134 8371 11210 0 0 5 98% 100% : 55% 99% 16334 3852 6159 9978 11354 0 0 5 97% 100% : 73% 98% 16531 4879 6147 4920 2636 0 0 5 98% 30% : 41% 92% 16899 4730 7942 5414 0 0 0 5 96% 0% - 36% nfsstat 1 getattr lookup readlink read write create remove readdir{plus} 23504186 1843276855 8220 190228214 56034807 31510854 39800409 44459762 146 5545 0 703 90 54 73 76 179 5805 0 505 84 69 129 52 239 5926 0 400 73 55 233 86 221 5472 0 587 93 48 64 48 185 5953 0 431 388 58 87 37 181 6168 0 540 159 54 56 70 174 6005 0 457 71 51 58 43 201 6010 0 288 186 41 72 105 165 4700 0 524 56 34 63 66 102 3950 0 375 88 31 45 45 121 3914 0 312 1027 36 47 84 173 5151 0 508 484 48 54 101 -husri

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AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE
by MRS ROBERTA HOGAN. 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

LUCKY DE LOTTO, 41132, NL-1007 DB AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS. FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT. REF: MCL/FLW/12-A782881207 ATTN: AWARD WINNER. AWARD NOTIFICATION: FINAL NOTICE We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,8TH September 2003, of winners of the LUCKY DE LOTTO/ INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on 31st August, 2003. You / your company, attached to ticket number 013-2316-2002-477, with serial number A025-09 drew the lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-42, and consequently won in category C. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,500,000.00 in cash credited to file REF NO. REF: MCL/FLW/12-A782881207. This is from total prize money of US$22,500,000.00 shared among the fifteen international winners in the category C. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America, Asia, Europe, USA and North America as part our International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security House and insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program. We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion International lotto. To begin your claim, please contact your claims officer immediately: JAMES McCoy FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER, MASTER CONSULT, TEL/FAX:+316 41794880, TEL:+871 762 922295 FAX: +871 762 922296 EMAIL: info_masterconsult2000(a)yahoo.co.uk For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember that you must contact your claims officer not later than one week from the receipt of this mail. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences to Mr. James McCoy, either by fax or email, should have this email sent along with it and also, your email address to which this email is sent, should be clearly and boldly written in your response. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference number in every one of your correspondences with your officer. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims officer as soon as possible. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program. Sincerely, MRS ROBERTA HOGAN. THE DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS, LUCKY DE LOTTO.

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GOOD DAY.
by WILLIAMS EGOBIA 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

BARRISTER WILLIAMS & CHAMBERS (Legal Practitioners/Notary Public) House 10 Ademola Estate Ikoyi, Lagos - Nigeria ATTN: It is my humble pleasure to write you this letter irrespective of the fact that you do not know me. However, I am in search of a reliable and trustworthy person that can handle a confidential financial transaction. I am BARRISTER WILLIAMS EGOBIA, a family lawyer to our former military ruler, General Sani Abacha who died suddenly in power some years ago. Since his untimely demise, the family has suffered a lot of harassment from the regimes that succeeded him. The regime and even the present civilian government are made up of Abacha's enemies. Recently the wife was banned from traveling outside Kano state their home state as a kind of house arrest and the eldest son MR MOHAMMED ABACHA has just been released from detention. Although, a lot of money has been recovered from Mrs. Abacha since the death of her husband by the present government, there's still a huge sum of money in hard currency that we have been able to move out of the country for safe keeping to the tune of US$80 million. The US$80million is already in NETHERLANDS and if you are interested, we will prepare you as the BENEFICIARY of the total fund, and you will share 25% of the total fund after clearance from the security company. NOTE: there is no risk involved in this project because I am involved as Abacha's confidant. Therefore contact me please you should keep this transaction a top secret and we are prepared to do more business with you pending your approach towards this project. I await your urgent response. yours faithfully BARISTER WILLIAMS . E Alternative email/williams14(a)hknetmail.com

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Your urgent response please.
by Mrs, Jewel H,Taylor. 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

From, Dr Jewel. H Taylor. Dear.Sir/Madam I am Mrs Jewel.Howard Taylor wife to the, Liberian president Charles Ghankay Taylor. I am contacting you with the hope that you will be Of great assistance to me, I currently have within my reach the sum of 30 Million U.S dollars cash, which I intend to use for investment purposes. This money came as a result of a contract deal between my husband and a Russian firm in our country's multi-billion dollar, Diamonds sales mid last Year for some undisclosed goods supply to the Government of Liberia. For some Reasons the supply was called off. On June 6, 2003," The Special Court For Sierra Leone published the Indictment and Warrant of Arrest of my husband President, Charles Taylor of Liberia for War Crimes and Crimes against humanity. In the Indictment my Husband Charles Taylor was charged with:"...engage[in] in notorious or otherwise Widespread, and systematic attacks against the civilian population of Sierra Leone and that " At all times relevant to this Indictment, that my husband Charles Ghankay Taylor supported And encouraged all actions of the RUF and AFRC/RUF alliance and acted in concert with Foday Saybana Sankph and other leaders of the RUF AAFRC/RUF" The warrant of Arrest appealed to all national authorities,International and INTERPOL to take all necessary actions to have President Charles Taylor arrested and turned over to the Special Court For Sierra Leone. The warrant also appealed to all nations to:"...identify and locate assets owned by the accused [Charles Taylor] located within the territory of any state and adopt provisional measures to freeze such assets without prejudice to the rights of third parties..." The publication of the indictment and warrant of arrest triggered panic and sent shock waves throughout Liberia, while Taylor was in Ghana to attend peace talks between rebel groups and his Government. In the wake of this political earthquake, President Taylor abandoned the peace talks and.Immediately departed for Liberia without being arrested by the Ghanaian Government. In view of all this I acted very fast to withdraw this money from one of Our finance houses before it was burgled. I have deposited the money in two Security compannies here in Ghana,and Nigeria were we are currently staying on exile, (with a coded name) as family treasure in Two trunks with the help of very loyal officials of my husband. No record is known about this fund by the government house, because there is no documentation showing that we received such funds. "Due to the current situation of things in my country today and the Attacks on my husband's government by various government's And the rebels, we are closely monitored and I cannot talk to you now or make use of this money hence". I seek your help in receiving these funds and pay into your account on trust for the family's safety. Bearing in mind that you may and will assist me, In my quest to invest part of these funds Abroad for the family's Up keep now. While I arrange my families relocation to meet you as soon as we are through with the transfer. l have decided to part with 20% to you, my personal adviser, BARR ADDO MICHAEL. has been mandated to handle this entire matter with you. Therefore feel free to contact him at {addomike(a)msn.com} for more clarification and further discussions. Please be guided, as all correspondence should be directed to my lawyer. Sincerely, Dr. Jewel Howard-Taylor

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hope to hear from you
by maria william 09 Sep '03

09 Sep '03

Dear Good Friend. I am Mrs maria William from Solomon Islands near Australia. I am married to Mr.William Lobi from Kuwait who worked with Kuwait Embassy in Nigeria for nine years before he died in the year 2001. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $8.5 Million with a Bank in Nigeria. Presently this money is still in the custody of the Bank Nigeria. Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Eight months due to cancer problem. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a church,organization or good person that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want a church,organization or good person that will use this fund for orphanages, widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavor that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that"Blessed is the hand that giveth". l took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians not even good at all because they are the one that killed my husband in other to have all my late husband prperties and I don't want my husband's efforts to be used by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord.Exodus 14 VS 14 says that "the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace". I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank in Nigeria. I will also issue you an authority letter that will prove you the present beneficiary of this fund. I want you and the church or the organization to always pray for me because the lord is my shephard. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life. Contact me on the this email address and any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another church,organization or good person for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein. Hoping to receive your response immedaitely. Thanks and Remain blessed in the Lord. l remain yours sister in Christ. Mrs maria William. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- The Think Different Store http://www.thinkdifferentstore.com/ For All Your Mac Gear --------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Slow CIFS read performance
by Victor Olsen 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

Did you check out the NIC settings on the filer, switch and client? Try setting them all to 100 Full Duplex. Regards, Victor -----Original Message----- From: Barry Lustig To: toasters(a)mathworks.com Sent: 9/8/2003 9:18 PM Subject: Slow CIFS read performance I have a friend running 6.3.1R1 and is seeing awful CIFS read performance. He can write a large file in 10 or so seconds from XP to the filer, but reads can take 5 minutes. The fs structure is 40 or so directories with thousands of files in each directory. If he creates a new directory with just a couple of files, the performance problem disappears. Does this ring a bell for anyone? Thanks, barry

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Slow CIFS read performance
by Barry Lustig 08 Sep '03

08 Sep '03

I have a friend running 6.3.1R1 and is seeing awful CIFS read performance. He can write a large file in 10 or so seconds from XP to the filer, but reads can take 5 minutes. The fs structure is 40 or so directories with thousands of files in each directory. If he creates a new directory with just a couple of files, the performance problem disappears. Does this ring a bell for anyone? Thanks, barry

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