While backing up one of two NetWare 4.11 servers on the network we get
error messages in the log file like this:

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The item was not found.

^ ^ ^ ^ ^
The item was not found.

^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Unable to attach to CLARCOR1.NetWare File System/CLARCOR1/BE!!SYS:.
The item was not found.

^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Unable to attach to CLARCOR1.NetWare File System/CLARCOR1/BE!!SYS:.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
The item was not found.

^ ^ ^ ^ ^
The item was not found.

^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Unable to attach to CLARCOR1.NetWare File System/CLARCOR1/PAYROLL:.
The item was not found.

^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Unable to attach to CLARCOR1.NetWare File System/CLARCOR1/PAYROLL:.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
OFO: Started for device: "CLARCOR1.NetWare File System/CLARCOR1/QUEUES:"

Performing Agent Accelerated backup



The server in question (CLARCOR1) has these volumes:
QUEUES:
SYS:
VOL1:

The NetWare Server does have the NetWare Agent and OFO installed. The
backup of the SYS: volume does complete (it shows up later in the log
file as a successful backup). The PAYROLL volume is a volume this this
server used to have. We have removed and re-added the server to the
backup job. While selecting volumes to be backed up we have made sure
that we are selecting the correct volumes (BE!!SYS and PAYROLL are not
available selections). This problem has been happening for at least a
few weeks. Backups of individual volumes have been fine.

Another problem has just started happening this week (01/18/2000 and
01/19/2000). It appears the server is ABENDing after finishing the SYS:
volume and before starting VOL1: The ABEND.LOG shows:

************************************************** *******

Server CLARCOR1 halted Tuesday, January 18, 2000 2:09:29 am
Abend 1: Server-4.11a: Invalid semaphore number passed to kernel.

Registers:
CS = 0008 DS = 0010 ES = 0010 FS = 0010 GS = 0010 SS = 0010
EAX = 00000F9F EBX = FFFFFFFF ECX = 65657246 EDX = 0001F3E3
ESI = FB0C42C0 EDI = 089464D0 EBP = 00000001 ESP = 08929F84
EIP = 00000000 FLAGS = 00000016


Running process: SERVINST.NLM 2 Process
Created by: SERVINST.NLM
Stack pointer: 8929F74
Stack limit: 8926010
Scheduling priority: 0
Wait state: 00


Each ABEND had occurred at the same time of day and with the same error
messages.

Any ideas? Please let me know if there is any more information that
would be helpful.

Thanks,

Robert Sanderson