Hi Trever, It just happened again on another Linux media server & looks like it's a "D" (uninterruptible sleep) : # ps axfu | grep 7892 root 17369 0.0 0.0 5024 640 pts/2 S+ 20:39 0:00 \_ grep 7892 root 7892 0.0 0.1 6316 2808 ? Ds Sep12 0:13 /opt/omni/lbin/vbda -bmaname HP:Ultrium 4-SCSI_3 -type 2 -start 1315817521 -level 0 -access 1 0 -protection 2 2332800 -load 1.000000 -name hostname.ss.de [/] -ma hostname.ss.de 22000 -id 1315817438 -volume / -profile -trees / -no_lock -hlink -no_touch -no_encode -no_expand_sparse -no_nwuncompress -no_compress -no_preview -profile -report 0 -on_busy 2 -no_nthlink -archattr -share_info -objname 02 hostname.ss.de:/ // hostname.ss.de [/] -no_aligned root 15604 0.0 0.0 5480 560 ? D 15:05 0:00 lsof -a -p 7892 root 15636 0.0 0.0 5400 560 ? D 15:10 0:00 lsof -a -p 7892 # lsof -a -p 7892 < above command just pauses/hangs there; it's been over 2 hrs already > # strace -p7892 Process 7892 attached - interrupt to quit < it pauses there & Ctrl-C did not yield any response > (have to do 'pkill -9 strace' to exit it) # kill -9 7892 (& it's still there as shown below: ) # ps axfu |grep bma | grep omni |grep 7892 root 7892 0.0 0.1 6316 2808 ? Ds Sep12 0:13 /opt/omni/lbin/vbda -bmaname HP:Ultrium 4-SCSI_3 -type 2 -start 1315817521 -level 0 -access 1 0 -protection 2 2332800 -load 1.000000 -name hostname.ss.de [/] -ma hostname.ss.de 22000 -id 1315817438 -volume / -profile -trees / -no_lock -hlink -no_touch -no_encode -no_expand_sparse -no_nwuncompress -no_compress -no_preview -profile -report 0 -on_busy 2 -no_nthlink -archattr -share_info -objname 02 hostname.ss.de:/ // hostname.ss.de [/] -no_aligned There's several 'Closed-wait' sessions which had been there for hours: I also login to the remote server cellmgsvr (Win 2003 server) & issue "netstat -ano" to search for pid of those sessions' pids (eg 3215, 3453, 2578) but none were there : # lsof -i :5555 COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME vbda 1235 root 0u IPv4 1824346 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:4033 (ESTABLISHED) vbda 1235 root 1u IPv4 1824346 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:4033 (ESTABLISHED) vbda 3998 root 0u IPv4 1942430 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:3366 (ESTABLISHED) vbda 3998 root 1u IPv4 1942430 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:3366 (ESTABLISHED) vbda 4757 root 0u IPv4 1832833 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:2798 (ESTABLISHED) vbda 4757 root 1u IPv4 1832833 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:2798 (ESTABLISHED) vbda 7892 root 0u IPv4 1950188 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:2356 (ESTABLISHED) vbda 7892 root 1u IPv4 1950188 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:2356 (ESTABLISHED) vbda 9475 root 0u IPv4 1955789 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:3215 (CLOSE_WAIT) vbda 9475 root 1u IPv4 1955789 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:3215 (CLOSE_WAIT) vbda 10177 root 0u IPv4 1956998 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:3453 (CLOSE_WAIT) vbda 10177 root 1u IPv4 1956998 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:3453 (CLOSE_WAIT) fsbrda 14948 root 0u IPv4 1969734 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:2578 (CLOSE_WAIT) fsbrda 14948 root 1u IPv4 1969734 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:2578 (CLOSE_WAIT) xinetd 15500 root 5u IPv4 1971072 TCP *:omni (LISTEN) # # # lsof -i :2356 COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE NODE NAME vbda 7892 root 0u IPv4 1950188 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:2356 (ESTABLISHED) vbda 7892 root 1u IPv4 1950188 TCP hostname.ss.de:omni->cellsvmgr.ss.de:2356 (ESTABLISHED) -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list