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Windows server 2008 memory leak
I have a system in place disk based backups ofseveral computer to a file server using NTBackup and scheduled tasks. It's been working fine for several years now. I replaced the file server with a new server running windows 2008. I have NTbackup running the backup and then verifying it. The backup runs fine but as soon as the verify starts the 2008 syserve starts using all the systems memory. I set up a test backup of about 6 gigabytes and monitored memory usage on the 2008 server using task manager. As soon as the verify starts the memory usage climb from about 1 GB to 7 GB (I have 12 GB in the system) then as soon as ithe virify finishes it drops back to 1 GB. It looks like 2008 is writing the whole backup file to system memory.
I have tried this on two seperate 2008 system and they both did the same thing. I also went back and checked it on the 2003 server and there was no increase in memory usage.
I have tried this on two seperate 2008 system and they both did the same thing. I also went back and checked it on the 2003 server and there was no increase in memory usage.
Darius Ghassem
Windows 2008 doesn have a NTBackup.
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Windows 2008 is the file server. A folder is share on it and Windows XP workstations run NTBackup and save the backup file on that shared folder.
Is the 2008 32 or 64 bit? Sorry about that I guess my brain wasn't reading it that way. There shouldn't be that much of a jump in memory during this process.
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I forgot to mention that it is the 64 bit edition.
Are you running Hyper-V at all? If you go to the properties of your Network Connection then click configure go to Advanced then look of TCP Checksum, IP Checksum, & TCP Offload and see if these are enabled. I would disable them to see if this fixes the issue.
One more thing what AV are you running?
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I did a plain install of Windows server 2008 standard edition 64 bit so I don't think I'm running any Hyper-V.
I am teaming two network connection. I finally found the tcp offload option but never could find the other two. That didn't seem to help any.
Also I am running Symantec AV 10.2. I stopped all the symantec services and disabled autoprotect but that had no effect.
I am teaming two network connection. I finally found the tcp offload option but never could find the other two. That didn't seem to help any.
Also I am running Symantec AV 10.2. I stopped all the symantec services and disabled autoprotect but that had no effect.
There is a memory leak in any verison below 10.5.2. Did you do a restart after making the change?
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Are you sure that's not 10.1.5?
As far as I know 10.1.7 is the latest version of SAV for 2003 and XP and 10.2 for Vista nd 2008. After that the went to Symantec endpoint protection.
In any case, I completely uninstalled SAV, restarted and tested it again. It didn't make any change on the memory usage.
As far as I know 10.1.7 is the latest version of SAV for 2003 and XP and 10.2 for Vista nd 2008. After that the went to Symantec endpoint protection.
In any case, I completely uninstalled SAV, restarted and tested it again. It didn't make any change on the memory usage.
You know that is right sorry. I ran a test of excatly what you are doing with one PC though and I'm getting a jump in memory to on 2008 64-bit server. I know during verifying it will use a little more memory.
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Did you see A big increase in memory like I am?
Basically when I was running the full backups it would use all the memory ond then go to the page file. Some of the backups then crashed. I think it was probably because the server was running so slow it would become non-responsive.
Basically when I was running the full backups it would use all the memory ond then go to the page file. Some of the backups then crashed. I think it was probably because the server was running so slow it would become non-responsive.
I did see a big increase in memory usuage but I only ran one. I think you might need to think about purchasing a network storage container like 500 GB WD My Book that has a NIC card in it. They usually run $200 dollars. I would also consider stagering the ntbackups so they won't overload the server.
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The backups are staggered and it wouldn't be a problem if the memory usage didn't slow down the server. Like I said initially, I've had this running for some time on a slower 2003 server without any problems. The motherboard on it started acting up or I would still be using it. I may resort to installing 2003 on the new server.
My current backup are almost a terabyte and I need to expand that plus I need to be able to acces them with Backup Exec so I can make tape backups to take off site.
I think it's a bug in server 2008.
Thanks for your help,
Paul
My current backup are almost a terabyte and I need to expand that plus I need to be able to acces them with Backup Exec so I can make tape backups to take off site.
I think it's a bug in server 2008.
Thanks for your help,
Paul
It might be a bug but instead of installing the 2003 you can create a VM in 2008 Hyper-V. I have built multiple VMs which really help lower overall cost and gives you flexibility.
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