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Re: [ADSM-L] Millions of files failed... Wha?

2007-05-15 11:45:01
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Millions of files failed... Wha?
From: Andrew Raibeck <storman AT US.IBM DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 09:45:41 -0600
Hi Allen, this might be IC41440.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development
Level 3 Team Lead
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2007-05-15
08:19:56:

> I've a client on windows 5.3.0.0 (He's thinking about moving to
> 5.4.0.2) who's seeing, every day, reports like this:
>
>
>  Total number of objects inspected: 1,323,867(SESSION: 6278)
>  Total number of objects backed up:        0(SESSION: 6278)
>  Total number of objects updated:          1(SESSION: 6278)
>  Total number of objects rebound:          0(SESSION: 6278)
>  Total number of objects deleted:          0(SESSION: 6278)
>  Total number of objects expired:     25,022(SESSION: 6278)
>  Total number of objects failed:    1,323,867(SESSION: 6278)
>
>
> I would normally expect a scheduler log full to overflowing with 1.3M
> iterations of "Can't get file [x] for reason [y]".
>
> But the scheduler log is nearly empty: Just the normal expiration
> messages.
>
>
> So, a riddle: What is it that fails a million files, but makes no
> noise?
>
>
>
>
> - Allen S. Rout