Bug 42461

Critical

GemStone/S 64 Bit

3.1.0.1, 3.1, 3.0.1, 3.0, 2.4.5.3, 2.4.5.2, 2.4.5.1, 2.4.5, 2.4.4.8, 2.4.4.7, 2.4.4.6, 2.4.4.5, 2.4.4.4, 2.4.4.3, 2.4.4.2, 2.4.4.1, 2.4.4, 2.4.3, 2.4.2.1, 2.4.2, 2.4.1, 2.4, 2.2.6, 2.2.5.4.2, 2.2.5.4.1, 2.2.5.3, 2.2.5.2, 2.2.5.1, 2.2.5, 2.2.x

All Platforms

3.2, 3.1.0.2, 2.4.6, 2.2.6.1

Reclaiming dead while backup is running can corrupt repository

There is a small risk that if reclaim GC Gems are reclaiming dead objects while a full backup is running, internal tables tracking the dead objects will become corrupted.  This can cause a wide range of various types of page and object level corruption, including page cache errors, object does not exist errors, and corrupted application data.

Workaround

If backups do not take a long time to run and you don't mind disabling shadowed page reclaim as well as dead reclaim:

1.  Run:  System stopAllReclaimGcSessions.
2.  Perform the backup.
3.  Run:  System startAllReclaimGcSessions.

If backups take a long time to run and you would like to keep shadowed page reclaim running:

1.  Run:  System stopAllReclaimGcSessions.
2.  As GcUser:  set UserGlobals at: #reclaimDeadEnabled to false.
3.  Run:  System startAllReclaimGcSessions.
4.  Perform the backup.
5.  Run:  System stopAllReclaimGcSessions.
6.  As GcUser:  set UserGlobals at: #reclaimDeadEnabled to true.
7.  Run:  System startAllReclaimGcSessions.


                

Last updated: 3/4/15