Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!RELAY!BITNET From: bitnet@RELAY.PROTEON.COM Newsgroups: bit.listserv.novell Subject: Error sending on network Message-ID: <9002022043.AA18473@monk.proteon.com> Date: 2 Feb 90 11:48:00 GMT Sender: Novell LAN Interest Group Reply-To: Novell LAN Interest Group Organization: Proteon, Inc., Westborough, MA 01581 [(508)898-2800] Lines: 40 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway Posted-Date: Fri, 02 Feb 90 15:39 EST X-Vers: CCMail to SMTP translator by Alan Marshall vers 2.24 8/30/89 X-*To: #nvllst@relay.proteon.com X-*To: #nvllst@relay.proteon.com X-To: novell@suvm.acs.syr.edu, acmeng@relay.proteon.com >While copying a file (I tried both COPY and NCOPY) from >my local drive to a network drive, I got 'NETWORK ERROR >ON SERVER ADMIN: ERROR SENDING ON NETWORK. ABORT OR RETRY?' >Retry doesn't do anything and abort logs me out. > >I am running SFT 2.15 (A) on an IBM token ring network (using >4 Mbps). >(I can successfully copy from the network drive to a local drive.) SUBJECT :NETWORK ERROR WHEN USING NCOPY DATE : 9/9/89 GENERAL INFORMATION : "NETWORK ERROR ON SERVER ??, ABORT RETRY" PROBLEM : error received at all workstations on a network when multiple ncopies of large files are performed. (files we used were 10 and 15meg files). The problem occurs when the number of ncopies is equal to the number of service processes available on the network. The server appears to go down to users because there are no processes available to provide positive acknowledgments until one of the ncopies is completed. Be assured that the file server is still up. SOLUTION : Be patient and the server will eventually finish and you can retry at the w.s. and everything is fine. OR limit the number of simultaneous ncopies. COMMENTS (Optional) :This would occur for any job that was being serviced by a process and took several minutes to complete. Thanks Corey <>