We have been struggling with a problem involving intermittent 100% CPU Utilization
on NetWare 6 SP3 servers installed with Backup Exec v9.0 for NetWare updated
as follows:

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Thread analysis shows JAVA to be the culpret, although I'm not clear why
BE is using JAVA, as the Windows client is not installed.
JAVA is however being legimitately used, and is required, by the GroupWise
Web Access agent.
We have now been able to identify what triggers the event, which seems to
be when an error is generated by Backup Exec (Usually a bad media or no tape
in the drive error)
Once the backup job completes with an error, and it is is written to the
backup log, the server seems to jump to 100% CPU Utilization grinding it
to a vitual halt.
This condition prevails indefinitely and is only resolvable with the console
command JAVA -EXIT
After this the CPU returns to normal within a few seconds.
Of course this stops TOMCAT running and therefore prevents future GroupWise
Web Access.
Restarting TOMCAT33 brings the server back to normal, until the next BE error
when the CPU jumps to 100% Utilization again.
We now have this problem with four different servers, all running NetWare
6 SP3 with the above version of Backup Exec.
Anyone got any ideas ?
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