Gilbert,

  Some questions:
  1) What does the session status show on the MVS server when viewed via
the admin client.  IDLEWAIT, MEDIAWAIT etc.

2) If IDLEWAIT, is there a tape dismount anywhere near the time that the
idlewait began.  Where exactly this dismount message occurs depends on the
volume retention parms on the device class you are using.  You can find
this dismount on the MVS system logs.  This is a valid question only for
the volumes used in the restore.  If you do not know these, try a show
volumeusage before the restore.  (A show volumeusage for large restores is
part of our internal procedures.  This command does not seem to work once
the restore is in progress.)

Let us know,
Dan T.
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> From: Standen, Gilbert <StandeGL AT MARITZ DOT COM>
> From: Standen, Gilbert <StandeGL AT MARITZ DOT COM>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: ADSM RESTORE OPS
> Date: Friday, September 19, 1997 5:18 PM
>
> Greetings!  "ADSM restore intermittent hangs" (also known as "The
> Lawnmower man hits a pothole now and then")  We use MVS ADSM with
> Interlink for MVS TCP/IP
> to SUN Solaris 2.5.1 over FDDI network and use the ADSM to back up
> several ORACLE databases running on the SUN servers.  We have an
> intermittent glitch and would greatly appreciate anything you could
> share with us.
> Backup works with 100% reliability, but restores sometimes inexplicably
> "hang".  We see only
> ANR0480W in the ADSM error log. Vendor technical support for various
> products in the data
> path have so far not solved this problem. We have been working on this
> problem for three months.
> Any responses very welcome !
>
> Gil Standen
> Maritz Corporation
> St. Louis, Missouri
> standegl AT maritz DOT com
> (314)-827-1016
> (314)-827-3146 (fax)