Stefan & Wanda,
I believe my error must be slightly different. I am only seeing this on 2 NT
4.0 Servers running Client version 4.1.2.12. The actually error in the
dsmerror.log is:

        09/11/2002 03:26:02 DELTA: Error generating the delta file. 4539

On the other node the error is:

        09/10/2002 21:07:46 DELTA: Error generating the delta file. 4516

Both nodes complete their backups successfully and I find ".file" file in
the cache directory. As Wanda did I would blow the whole cache and let it
recreate it during the next BACKUP.  But then following backup the errors
reappear. Nothing in the NT event logs only entries to the DSMERROR.LOG
(Several of them).

-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Holzwarth [mailto:stefan.holzwarth AT ADAC DOT DE]
Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 3:58 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: AW: DELTA: Error generating the delta file


Deleting the ".file" does the job(in any case i think so). No need to clear
the entire cache. But it seems that the trigger for the misbehavior still
exists and the error occurs again after a view backups.
Regards
Stefan holzwarth

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Prather, Wanda [mailto:Wanda.Prather AT JHUAPL DOT EDU]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 11. September 2002 03:16
An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Betreff: Re: DELTA: Error generating the delta file


We see about 1 of these a month, out of 400 Win2K machines backing up daily
with ALL files subject to subfile backups.  It does kill the backup.
 
I had not figured out what triggers it, so I'm glad to know.
 
Can you get around the problem by deleting the .file?
We've been blowing away the whole cache subdirectory.  
That lets the next backup complete OK  (although it will not be a subfile
backup). 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Holzwarth
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Sent: 9/10/2002 3:41 AM
Subject: AW: DELTA: Error generating the delta file
 
We also see this error from time to time. 
With the error TSM leaves a ".file" in the cache directory, that causes
new
errors. I started a PMR at Tivoli.
Regards
Stefan holzwarth
 
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Von: Bruce Lowrie [mailto:b.e.lowrie AT DOWCORNING DOT COM]
Gesendet: Montag, 9. September 2002 22:32
An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Betreff: DELTA: Error generating the delta file
 
 
All,
Receiving this error  "DELTA: Error generating the delta file"
(reported to
the DMSERROR.LOG). Has anyone else seen this error? I cannot find any
documentation on this error.
Bruce E. Lowrie
Sr. Systems Analyst
Information Technology Services
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