[Dirvish] Backup dies with out a trace

[Roberto Mello]

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 8:31 AM, Michael Kindermann
<michael.kindermann at handy-games.com> wrote:
>
>  There are no messages in the logfiles, realy no hint. The logfile simply
>  stops and start with the reboot. We also tried different hardware. I
>  asume there is no hardware related problem. The distribution is  debian
>  (sarge, keeps on with sid and at least lenny). The machine only does

Just to be clear, are you saying the problem also happens on Debian
Sid and Lenny? Have you tried etch?

>  The machine backup on iscsi-devices. Are there some known problems with
>  this kind of devices? (open-iscsi)

What kernel? Have you searched the web for problems with iscsi? I
don't have iscsi devices so I can't report anything.

What does the kernel oops messages say?

>  The machine backup from cifs-mounts, a 1 TB filesystems. My feeling is
>  that rsync has a problem with this, but only sometimes.

I've had many problems with SMB/CIFS file shares. Are you using smbfs
or cifs (as in cifs.ko kernel module) to mount the cifs shares?
There's a big difference between the two.

Roberto