Another possibility, maybe the rpm is corrupt.  I don't know how
you got it but if it was via ftp and binary transfer wasn't used, that
could explain why it's complaining about the magic number.  If the
commands Frank gave you didn't do the trick, I would download the client
again.

Michael French
Savvis Communications
IDS01 Santa Clara, CA
(408)450-7812 -- desk
(408)239-9913 -- mobile
 


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Hubble, Frank
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 12:42 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: rpm, Linux & TSM


my linux guru had me do:
rpm -e TIVsm-API  to remove any prev installation
rpm -Uvh TIVsm-API.s390  to install new

-----Original Message-----
From: Mandeville, Janet A [mailto:Jane.Mandeville AT VANDERBILT DOT EDU]
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 2:22 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: rpm, Linux & TSM


I hope somebody here can point me in the right direction to figure out
what is going on. I am trying to install a 5.2 client on a Linux machine
(Linux390 SuSE); when I enter

rpm -i TIVsm-API.s390.rpm

I get

TIVsm-BA                    rpm: rpmio.c:177: fdGetFp: Assertion `fd &&
fd->magic == 0xbeefdead' failed.

TSM Support tell me this is an rpm issue. I just don't know where to go
to try to figure out what the problem is; I'm a complete novice with
rpm. Can anyone give me a clue?

Thanks,

Jane M