Samba running wild
Did some work (creating a .CSV file from files retrieved from a site using wget (latest version found on the web:
$ wget "-V"
GNU Wget 1.13.4a built on VMS Alpha V8.3.
+digest -https +ipv6 -iri +large-file -nls -ntlm +opie -ssl
Copied the file to my Samba share, had to change my samba password, did so and retrieved the files. Wrong format, so started FTP (WS_FTP v. 12), logged in, tried to change directory, and than found the alpha hang. Was logged in and could do a SHO SYS, found quite a number of processes SMBD*, all of them – and some others – in RWMPB mode: ModifiedPagewriteBusy.
Now the (DECWindows) session hung as well.
Shutdown my PC, but that didn’t help.
Reboot?
Tried another approach first: Started up the other system that normally joins the cluster: Daphne. It booted into the cluster. Did a MC SYSMAN, SET ENVIRONMENT/CLUSTER and DO SHO SYS. Hang in Daphme as well. SHO DEV didn’t work either. So I rebooted Daphne, after the system was restarted I did SHO PROCES/CLUSTER and found the processes in the RWMPB state. Killed the first SMBD* process on the screen: and the second; After that, all these processes went away and the DEcWindows sessions resumed processing.
What caused SMBD to go wild, I don’t know. Checked the logfile and there is quite a lot of information – loosing connection and broken pipes included – at the end.