ADSM-L

Re: All Inspected Files "Failing" Yet Backup Is Successful?

2005-03-21 11:00:33
Subject: Re: All Inspected Files "Failing" Yet Backup Is Successful?
From: Andrew Raibeck <storman AT US.IBM DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:00:10 -0700
> My confusion may be that I thought if a file fails, it is not actually
> backed up.  Is this the case with failed files?

Well, yes, if a file fails to back up, then it is not backed up. But this
is just stating the obvious.

Without more hard documentation, I cannot give you a more specific answer
as to why you are seeing what you are seeing (since I do not know what you
are seeing).

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-03-21
08:40:50:

> The backup will inspect X amount of files and fail with the same X
> amount of files (stating that zero files were backed up).  However the
> bytes transferred is about where we would expect it to be with a
> successful incremental.
>
> My confusion may be that I thought if a file fails, it is not actually
> backed up.  Is this the case with failed files?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Andrew Raibeck
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 9:29 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: All Inspected Files "Failing" Yet Backup Is Successful?
>
> Maybe I just have a high density, but I do not understand the question.
> It sure would help if you could provide actual TSM log data (or other
> documentation) that illustrates the problem, calling out the specific
> bits that you have in question.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>
> Andy Raibeck
> IBM Software Group
> Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew
> Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
>
> The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
> The command line is your friend.
> "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-03-21
> 08:20:33:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Has anyone seen backups complete with all files inspected also
> > failing, yet the expected amount of data is backed up into TSM?  We
> > also only see this on a few clients, not all.  Any ideas?
> >
> > TSM server version:    5.2.3.2
> > Server OS:       Windows 2003
> > TSM Client version:    5.2.3.4
> > Client OS:       Windows 2000 & 2003
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rob
> >