Description of problem: I'm running RedHat 9 fully patched (2.4.20-31.9smp) with mostly default settings. In order to get consistent backups with dump(1), I take advantage of LVM snapshots (lvm-1.0.3-12). I have nightly backups to a remote tapedrive, and disk-to-disk backups a few times during the day. It works pretty well, usually. But then there's the occasional kernel crash. :( The first time this happened, the server (astro) was under fairly high load, as a result of a memory-intensive program causing the machine to swap. While that was going on, my 18:00 backups ran, and the LVM module gave an Oops, leaving the machine unusable. I chalked it up a rare event due to the extreme load the machine was experiencing (I think the load was above 10 at the time, and it was using a full gig of swap), and went on with life. But it just happened again, when nobody was on the server, during my 12:00 backups. Debugging kernel crashes is slightly beyond my skill level, but I wanted to report the problem. I can provide additional information if needed. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-smp-2.4.20-31.9 How reproducible: Sometimes Steps to Reproduce: 1. create/destroy LVM snapshot during heavy disk activity
Created attachment 101077 [details] syslog showing first oops
Created attachment 101078 [details] syslog showing second oops
RHL9 reached end of life last April.