Re: Novell error

Hi Robert,
The " isFileNameValid: Invalid file name favicon.ico" message is logged if
you run the TSM Client Web GUI from the Mozilla browser. If you use IE you
do not see this message.
Basically the browser is looking for this favorites icon to associate with
TSM our client URL. The browser makes this request via the Client Acceptor
Daemon (CAD) which acts like a mini Web browser. However the CAD does not
recognize icon file types and hence the message. This is a harmless
message and does not affect the functioning of the product. We will fix it
in one of our upcoming releases.
Regards,
-Seema
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Seema Gururaj
TSM Client development
IBM San Jose


Date:    Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:59:38 +0200
From:    Robert Ouzen <rouzen AT UNIV.HAIFA.AC DOT IL>
Subject: Re: Novell error

Me again

The error :

12/12/2005 14:51:56 Error -50 sending ht request
12/12/2005 14:51:56 Error writing to http socket.

I got when I tried to connect my Tsm client via Web , automatically when =
pressing the backup or restore button got this error message !!!!!!!!!!

Regards

Robert=20

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
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Richard Sims
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 6:27 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Novell error

On Dec 11, 2005, at 8:50 AM, Robert Ouzen wrote:

> Hi to all
>
> Today I found a very strange error in a Netware server 6.05 with Tsm=20
> client version 5.3.0
>
> The backup is abort with this error message on my dsmerror.log
>
> 12/11/2005 15:13:09 ANS1074W *** User Abort ***
>
> 12/11/2005 15:13:59 isFileNameValid: Invalid file name favicon.ico
> - file type not allowed.
> 12/11/2005 15:13:59 Error -50 sending ht request
> 12/11/2005 15:13:59 Error writing to http socket.
>
> It's the first ime I saw this kinf of error , any ideas where to=20
> search ????????

More information about the environmental context of the condition would =
help, but I believe it is the case that you are running the Web Client =
(which is actually a specialized Web server which performs TSM client =
functions on behalf of a remote browser session).

To address the latter error set first: Modern Web browsers may ask the =
Web server for the Favorites Icon (favicon) that the site may have, =
which the browser will display alongside the URL in the address bar, and =
potentially store in Favorites if the page is bookmarked.
But not all Web servers will either support or respond to a favicon =
request - particularly limited Web servers such at the TSM client. It is =
merely logging that. Such an entry appears when a Web browser is =
entering into session, prior to any user authentication associated with =
the session. The timing you see reflects the Web browser reattempting =
session initiation, possibly after having been cut off by the event =
reflected by the ANS message. The second error set is thus of no =
significance. Refer to your dsmwebcl.log to identify the session origin.

The ANS1074W message is the thing to pursue. It's not one of our =
favorites, in that it tells us nothing which helps identify the problem. =
Look in the TSM server log for that time period. Often, the message is =
involved with mount point issues. I'd be interested to hear what you =
find in there.

     Richard Sims       http://people.bu.edu/rbs

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Date:    Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:18:32 -0500
From:    Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: Novell error

On Dec 12, 2005, at 7:59 AM, Robert Ouzen wrote:

> Me again
>
> The error :
>
> 12/12/2005 14:51:56 Error -50 sending ht request
> 12/12/2005 14:51:56 Error writing to http socket.
>
> I got when I tried to connect my Tsm client via Web , automatically
> when pressing the backup or restore button got this error
> message !!!!!!!!!!

Robert - Recent client README files have contained this info:

- Web Client JRE 1.4 issue

   When using the Web Client with JRE 1.4 and above, these error
message will
   be logged in the dsmerror.log on the machine where the TSM Client
Acceptor
   resides when push buttons on the applet are pressed:
       Error -50 sending ht request
       Error writing to http socket
                 ANS1005E TCP/IP read error on socket = X, errno = Y,
reason :
          'Connection reset by peer' or 'Connection aborted by host
machine'
                 ANS1006E TCP/IP write error on socket = X, errno =
Y, reason :
          'Connection reset by peer' or 'Connection aborted by host
machine'
   This could potentially fill up your dsmerror.log with these
messages.  In
   order to prevent these messages from appearing in the error log,
please
   disable caching in the JRE.  This can be done through the "Java
Plug-in
   Control Panel" under the "Cache" tab.  Once this has been
disabled, these
   error message should no longer appear.  If you are using JRE
1.3.1_XX, this
   will not be a problem.  If you are experiencing hangs with the web
client
   using JRE 1.4 and above, disabling caching on the Java Plug-in
will usually
   resolve this issue as well.

There may be other causes, but this is a documented one.

This is yet another reason that so many of us avoid using the Web
Client.

  Richard Sims

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