Kemp, Larry wrote: > Les, > > Brilliant. Yes, the Windows 2003 Server contains; > > Symantec Antivirus > Version: 10.1.5.5000 > Scan Engine: 81.3.0.13 > Realtime Protection: Enabled > Exclusions: None > > Should I exclude the drive (S:\) on the Windows box in the AV; have you ran into this and did doing this solve it for you? > I haven't had this problem personally but have seen it mentioned as an issue on the backuppc list and other places. I'd try disabling the realtime on-access scan while you do a copy to see if that really is the problem, then decide what to do about it. I don't know if there is any way to tune the cifs timeouts to tolerate it or not. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com