Re: OS/2 node backup problem

** Reply to note from "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>   
  Tue, 21 Jan 1997 00:00:40 -0500


> Date:    Tue, 21 Jan 1997 10:30:35 +1000
> From:    Julie Xu <CCJX AT MUSICA.MACARTHUR.UWS.EDU DOT AU>
> Subject: OS/2 node backup problem
>
> My two OS/2 clients backup have failed in these couple of days. The only
> things I have found is they run backup twice a day, that are scheduled
> and cron job using dsmc inc.
>
> My other OS/2 clients are backup normally. As I knew, we have no problem

..SNIP...
>
> client message:
> 01/21/1997 08:54:27  GetHostnameOrNumber(): gethostbyname(): errno = 0.
> 01/21/1997 08:54:27  TcpOpen: Could not resolve host name.

..SNIP...

This may sound like a silly question, but does your DSMC INC command
work correctly when run from the command line?  Can you PING the host
by name EXACTLY as the name is specified in DSM.OPT?  (By the way,
if your hostname/IP address maps are very unlikely to change, you
can put the IP address directly in DSM.OPT so things work even if
DNS is down.)  You may want to look at the timing of the jobs:  In
some environments, there may be scheduled DNS downtime as certain
maintenance functions happen...it's rare, but possible.

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