vepa_bar.exe possible memory leak

  • Document ID:KM03132759
  • Creation Date:29-Mar-2018
  • Modified Date:29-Mar-2018
    • Micro Focus Products:
      data protector 9.09

Summary

During a VEPA backup it is observed that the vepa_bar.exe process consumes all the available memory on the host.

Question


After updating to DP 9.09_116 - VEPA backups are failing with the errors listed below:

[Major] From: BSM@xxxxxxxxxx "Backup_Specification_Name" Time: 26/02/2018 07:10:09
[61:3003] Lost connection to Data Protector Inet named "noname"
on host yyyyyyyy.
Ipc subsystem reports: "IPC Read Error
System error: [10054] Connection reset by peer
"
[Normal] From: BSM@xxxxxxx "Backup_Specification_Name" Time: 26/02/2018 07:10:09
OB2BAR application on "yyyyyyyy" disconnected.

[Major] From: BSM@yyyyyy "Backup_Specification_Name" Time: 26/02/2018 07:10:19
[61:3003] Lost connection to OB2BAR Backup DA named "ERROR"
on host yyyyyyyy.
Ipc subsystem reports: "IPC Read Error
System error: [10054] Connection reset by peer
 

 

Answer

A defect was identified and logged under QCCR2A78342 and hotfix was provided to rectify the problem - DP0909_B116_QCCR2A78342_HF1_WIN.zip