sub fork_backup
{
    my $lpar = shift;
    if ( ( scalar keys %children ) < $max_children )
    {
        my $pid = fork;
        if ( $pid )
        {
            #   this is parent process
            $children{$pid} = $lpar;
             print "Child Backup [$pid][".$children{$pid}."] started at ".localtime()."\n";
            $processing_time{$pid} = time();
        }
        else
        {
            if ( not defined $pid )
            {
                die "\n\nWoah: Failed to fork a child!\n";
            }
            #   this is child process
            #  This is where the meat goes!
            my $backup_command;
            if ( ($lpar_oslevel{$lpar}) eq "5.3")
              { $backup_command = "ls -al /;sleep 20"; }  #Put the real sysback command in here later (for 5.3)
            else
              { $backup_command = "ls -al /;sleep 30"; }  #Put the real sysback command in here later (for all other)
            # Fire off the backup command, whew!
            $child_output{$lpar}=`ssh -q $lpar "$backup_command"`;
            #   exit child process
            exit 0;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        #   too much child labor! queue for later under complete_backup
        unshift(@queue,$lpar);
    }
}