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All,

I've been chasing this problem for quite awhile and was wondering if
anyone has seen it before. I've set up a number of these and never
had the problem before. Also, I've ruled out the application part of it
by hacking out just what I need. Here is the problem.

I have a pair of 4 CPU L2000 servers - one active and one standby.
In order to get a copy of the database from the active, the standby
issues a remote shell command to unload the table. This works just
fine.

The problem is with the rcp. The standby server is doing an rcp
to get the file from the active machine. For small files, everything
works just fine. The problem is with the large files I have, meaning
those that are 25 MB or greater.

What I've found is that the file transfer itself works just fine, as
I can get 25 MB across in about a minute or two. However, for the
larger files, the rcp process doesn't return to the parent shell.
The rcp is invoked and the file comes across. But when the transfer
is complete, it is as though the rcp doesn't terminate. After about
two hours (I assume an rcp timeout), activity picks up and the parent
process continues.

There was nothing in the sniffer trace to show anything unusual.
I set up another pair of nearly identically equipped servers in the
same timeframe with the same configuration and they don't show the same
problem.

If anyone has seen a similar problem, I'd be grateful for
any insights you might have.

Thanks and best regards,

Jim