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Re: Warning: Netware 5.1 with Service Pack 3 backup failures

2001-10-09 11:46:42
Subject: Re: Warning: Netware 5.1 with Service Pack 3 backup failures
From: Patrick Boutilier <boutilpj AT STAFF.EDNET.NS DOT CA>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 12:43:58 -0300
Using the new NLMs from tsa5up7.exe fix this problem.

http://support.novell.com/servlet/tidfinder/2960255


Quoting "Frost, Dave" <dave.frost AT TELEVAULTIT DOT COM>:

> hi all,
>
> We have had several of the Netware 5.1 nodes that we back up upgraded
> to
> service pack 3.
>
> Since then, most of the nodes have given considerable trouble,
> especially
> those using a scheduled backup.  Even worse, those nodes doing a
> client
> initiated backup - either manual or via portal - have exhibited backup
> failures on many files which should have backed up.  The logs report
> "file
> not found" or "dataset not found", even though the file was indeed
> present
> all the time.
>
> Since the "file not found" failure is legitimate, you will not
> necessarily
> have spotted what is happening, unless you monitor the failure rate
> within
> apparantly successful backups.
>
> The documentation for the Netware client v4.2.1, ptf ip22371, which
> was
> released on Friday 28th September mentions that there is a problem with
> the
> clib incorporated into Service Pack 3:
>
> >    Novell NetWare Incident (Novell Internal):
> >
> >         Operating System(s) affected:
> >
> >              NetWare 5.1 with SP3
> >
> >         Description:
> >
> >              With SP3 for NetWare 5.1, Novell has made changes to
> CLIB
> >              dated 6/6/2001.
> >
> >              This version of CLIB can cause the following errors:
> >                 (TSA500.NLM 5.4.269) No data sets can be found.
> >
> >              This error is also known as SMS error FFFDFFF2 or
> >              File not found.  TSM will translate the error to:
> >                  ANS1228E Sending of Object 'FileName' failed
> >
> >              This error occurs when one thread logs out of the TSA,
> >              it can result in other connections to the TSA of the
> >              same thread group being logged out.
> >
> >         Circumvention:
> >
> >              Work around is to regress the CLIB.NLM to previous
> version.
> >              Please contact Novell for additional information and
> latest
> fix.
>
>
>
>   regards,
>
> -=Dave=-
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