[CLUE-Tech] Releasing resources

[Keith Hellman]

I have had the same problem with hung tape processes and kill -KILL has
worked for me.  There may be residual lock files in /var/lock.

--- "Todd A. Gibson" <tgibson at augustcouncil.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> In my never-ending battle to get the tape backup software "Amanda" to
> successfully back up all of my machines, I am occasionally ending up
> with a defunct process that is keeping my tape device busy and therefore
> inaccessable.
> 
> Does anybody have any strategies for releasing that resource short of
> rebooting the machine?
> 
> Thanks,
> -TAG
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Keith E. Hellman
kehellman at yahoo.com

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