Mac OS 10.4.x built in overnight processes

I know there are several applications that will run Tigers built in overnight maintenance processes: macjanitor, oynx, etc.. on command (meaning that those of us that turn our macs off at night can run them manually without going into terminal).
At one point, I thought that I read that one of the minor updates to 10.4.x fixed this by running them at startup if they had not been done for a certain period of time. Then I have also read where this "fix" didn't really fix the issue.
Anyone have any info on this? Why wouldn't Apple just make a preference that could be accessed just like the others in system prefs?

A simple solution for automating the process is to install one of several third-party utilities:
Macaroni
Anacron
PseudoAnacron
You'll find them at www.versiontracker.com or www.macupdate.com.
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Thanks for your help, I have incidents open now with Apple and Novell, I
hope one of them can provide something for us. We tried applying 6.5 SP4 to
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"Jeffrey D Sessler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I tried two 2GB files. No problems at all but I'm in a 100% end-to-end
>Gigabit environment. My server storage is also a very-fast SAN.
>
> Best,
> Jeff
>
>
> "Jacob Shorr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Jeffrey,
>>
>> Have you tried the exact same test, dragging say two 500MB files in
>> seperate
>> copy operations? I hear what you're saying about the 10/100 link, but we
>> don't run gigabit to the desktops, and we're not going to anytime soon.
>> Even if that could resolve the issue we need something kind of other fix
>> for
>> our infrastructure. I will look into any errors on the switch.
>>
>> "Jeffrey D Sessler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> Well, considering that I'm not seeing the issue on my 10.4.2 machines
>>> against my 6.5Sp3 servers, I'm not sure what you should do at this
>>> point.
>>> Since you say that the 10.3 machines don't have an issue, it makes it
>> sound
>>> to me like this is an Apple issue.
>>>
>>> The logs point at a communication issue... Is there anyway to get that
>>> Mac
>>> on to a Gigabit connection to see if you can duplicate it?
>>>
>>> The other option is to wait for 10.4.3 to be released and see if the
>> problem
>>> goes away.
>>>
>>> Again, on only a 10/100 link, one copy of a large file _will_ saturate
>>> the
>>> link.Perhaps 10.4.2 has an issue with this?
>>>
>>> Also, when you're doing the copy, what to the error counters in the
>> switches
>>> say?
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> "Jacob Shorr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>> > There are definately no mis-matches. This has been checked and
>> re-checked
>>> > a
>>> > dozen times. It's only on 10.4......we can replicate it on every 10.4
>>> > machine, and we cannot replicate it on any machine that is 10.3. What
>>> > should I do to go about getting this fixed, should I be contacting
>>> > Apple
>>> > or
>>> > Novell? The speed is always good until it actually decides to drop
>>> > and
>>> > cut
>>> > off.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > "Jeffrey D Sessler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> > news:7jj%[email protected]...
>>> >> Looks like communication between the Mac and the Netware server is
>>> > dropping.
>>> >> AFP in 10.3 and 10.4 support auto-reconnection but I'm sure that it
>> will
>>> >> fail the copy process.
>>> >>
>>> >> I'd first check to make sure that there are not any mis-matches on
>>> >> the
>>> >> switch e.g. the Mac is set to Auto (as it should be) but someone has
>> set
>>> > the
>>> >> switch to a forced mode. Both should be auto. A duplex miss-match
>>> >> could
>>> >> cause the Mac not to see the heart beat back from the Novell server.
>>> >>
>>> >> Like I said, if the workstation is only on 10/100, a single copy
>> process
>>> > on
>>> >> a G5 Mac will saturate that link. Adding more concurrent copies will
>> only
>>> >> result in everything slowing down and taking longer, or you'll get
>>> >> the
>>> >> dropped connections.
>>> >>
>>> >> Best,
>>> >> Jeff
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> "Jacob Shorr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> >> news:Ybc%[email protected]...
>>> >> > Take a look at the last entries in the system log right after it
>>> > happened,
>>> >> > let me know if it means anything to you. Thanks.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Sep 29 13:26:10 yapostolides kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_mount:
>>> >> > /Volumes/FP04SYS11, pid 210
>>> >> > Sep 29 13:31:13 yapostolides kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_Reconnect:
>> doing
>>> >> > reconnect on /Volumes/FP04SYS11
>>> >> > Sep 29 13:31:13 yapostolides kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_Reconnect:
>>> > connect
>>> >> > to
>>> >> > the server /Volumes/FP04SYS11
>>> >> > Sep 29 13:31:13 yapostolides kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_Reconnect:
>>> > Opening
>>> >> > session /Volumes/FP04SYS11
>>> >> > Sep 29 13:31:13 yapostolides kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_Reconnect:
>>> > Logging
>>> >> > in
>>> >> > with uam 2 /Volumes/FP04SYS11
>>> >> > Sep 29 13:31:13 yapostolides kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_Reconnect:
>>> >> > Restoring
>>> >> > session /Volumes/FP04SYS11
>>> >> > Sep 29 13:31:13 yapostolides kernel[0]: AFP_VFS
>>> >> > afpfs_MountAFPVolume:
>>> >> > GetVolParms failed 0x16
>>> >> > Sep 29 13:31:13 yapostolides kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_Reconnect:
>>> >> > afpfs_MountAFPVolume failed 22 /Volumes/FP04SYS11
>>> >> > Sep 29 13:31:13 yapostolides KernelEventAgent[43]: tid 00000000
>>> >> > received
>>> >> > VQ_DEAD event (32)
>>> >> > Sep 29 13:31:13 yapostolides kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_Reconnect:
>>> > posting
>>> >> > to
>>> >> > KEA to unmount /Volumes/FP04SYS11
>>> >> > Sep 29 13:31:13 yapostolides KernelEventAgent[43]: tid 00000000
>>> >> > type
>>> >> > 'afpfs', mounted on '/Volumes/FP04SYS11', from
>>> >> > 'afp_0TQCV10QsPgy0TShVK000000-4340.2c000006', dead
>>> >> > Sep 29 13:31:13 yapostolides KernelEventAgent[43]: tid 00000000
>>> >> > found
>> 1
>>> >> > filesystem(s) with problem(s)
>>> >> > Sep 29 13:31:13 yapostolides kernel[0]: AFP_VFS afpfs_unmount:
>>> >> > /Volumes/FP04SYS11, flags 524288, pid 43
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > "Jeffrey D Sessler" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> >> > news:GH%[email protected]...
>>> >> >> We move large files all the time under SP3 with no issues however,
>>> > there
>>> >> > are
>>> >> >> several finder/copy/afp issues in Tiger that are do to be fixed in
>>> >> >> 10.4.3.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Also, if you have any type of network issue such as duplex
>> mis-matches
>>> > or
>>> >> >> are running say, only a 10/100 network, a single Mac can not only
>>> >> >> transfer
>>> >> >> more than 10MB/sec (filling the network pipe) or generate so many
>>> >> > collisions
>>> >> >> (duplex mis-match) that you could drop communication to the
>>> >> >> server.
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> What type of server (speed, disks, raid level, NIC speed) and what
>>> >> >> type
>>> >> >> of
>>> >> >> network (switched gigabit, switched 10/100, shared 10/100, etc.)
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> How long does it take to copy that single 1GB file to the server?
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Does a single copy process always work?
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Jeff
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> "Jacob Shorr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> >> >> news:[email protected]...
>>> >> >> > The servers are 6.5 SP3 running NFAP, the MAC OSX is 10.4.2
>> updated.
>>> >> > The
>>> >> >> > volume the macs are using is part of a cluster. The users mount
>> the
>>> >> >> > volumes
>>> >> >> > on their macs and everying is for the most part fine. If they
>> grab
>>> >> >> > a
>>> >> >> > bunch
>>> >> >> > of files and copy them from desktop to server it's fine as long
>>> >> >> > as
>>> > it's
>>> >> >> > only
>>> >> >> > a single copy process. The users are part of the hi-res
>> department
>>> > and
>>> >> >> > the
>>> >> >> > files can be 1GB or larger. If they drag one or more large
>>> >> >> > files,
>>> > and
>>> >> >> > then
>>> >> >> > while that's copying they drag some more files, so both copy
>>> > processes
>>> >> > are
>>> >> >> > running at once....quite often the volume will dismount from the
>>> >> >> > desktop
>>> >> >> > and
>>> >> >> > you will get unable to copy because some resource is
>>> >> >> > unavailable.
>>> >> >> > Sometimes
>>> >> >> > the finder crashes, sometimes not. Often the files that were
>>> > partially
>>> >> >> > copied get locked and the users needs to reboot their Mac in
>>> >> >> > order
>>> >> >> > to
>>> >> >> > delete
>>> >> >> > them. I'm getting pretty desperate hear, anyone have an idea
>> what's
>>> >> > going
>>> >> >> > on. I don't know if this is a Tiger thing or a large file thing
>> or
>>> >> >> > a
>>> >> >> > multiple copy stream thing, a netware thing or a mac
>>> >> >> > thing.....we
>>> > have
>>> >> >> > hundreds of other users running OSX 10.3 and earlier who are not
>>> >> > reporting
>>> >> >> > this problem, but they also don't copy files that size. Someone
>>> > please
>>> >> >> > tell
>>> >> >> > me they have seen this before....thanks very much. Oh, before
>> going
>>> > to
>>> >> >> > 6.5
>>> >> >> > and NFAP the servers were 5.1 with Prosoft server and they never
>> had
>>> >> >> > the
>>> >> >> > problem.
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> > Jake
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >> >
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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