Eric,

I agree that it should not take more than 1 hour to preformat
a 500MB database. I would suggest placing a call with
IBM Service. They can look at the trace and figure out what
is going on.

Thanks,

Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 04/29/2005
04:09:13 AM:

> Hi Dell!
> No, it's not Lanfree.
> Is formatting a 500 Mb. database something that should take more than an
> hour???
> Kindest regards,
> Eric van Loon
> KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Del Hoobler [mailto:hoobler AT US.IBM DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 17:04
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: TDP for SQL restore seems to hang
>
>
> Eric,
>
> These are the exact symptoms that happen when the SQL Server hasn't
> completed the format. Is this LANFREE my chance? If so, you need to
> change the COMMTIMEOUT on the Storage Agent as well. If not,
> I recommend bumping up the COMMTIMEOUT value to something even
> higher to see if it resolves the problem. If not, a Data Protection
> for SQL trace will help the IBM Service team determine where
> the problem is... but... I really think this is the problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Del
>
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>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 04/28/2005
> 10:46:47 AM:
>
> > Hi Mark and David!
> > Thank you very much for your reply!
> > The database they are trying to restore is about 500 Mb., so
formatting
> > should easily be done in one hour...
> > Kindest regards,
> > Eric van Loon
> > KLM Royal Dutch Airlines