Hi,

doing various 
        DEL FILESP rzservx /dsk/rzservx.scsiy

( filespaces on a server: AIX 3.1.1.5,  produced by clients: HP 2.1.0.6 )

I'am told the following via

adsm> q actlog begint=11:00 s=filespace

Date/Time            Message                                                   
--------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
25.03.1999 11:16:01  ANR0984I Process 63 for DELETE FILESPACE started in
25.03.1999 11:16:01  ANR0984I Process 63 for DELETE FILESPACE started in
the   
                      BACKGROUND at 11:16:01.                                  
25.03.1999 11:16:01  ANR0800I DELETE FILESPACE: /dsk/rzserv1.scsi5 for
node    
                      RZSERV1 started as process 63.                           
25.03.1999 11:16:01  ANR0802I Delete Filespace /dsk/rzserv1.scsi5              
                      (backup/archive data) for node RZSERV1 started.          
25.03.1999 11:17:10  ANR0984I Process 64 for DELETE FILESPACE started in
the   
                      BACKGROUND at 11:17:10.                                  
25.03.1999 11:17:10  ANR0800I DELETE FILESPACE: /dsk/rzserv2.scsi5 for
node    
                      RZSERV2 started as process 64.                           
25.03.1999 11:17:10  ANR0802I Delete Filespace /dsk/rzserv2.scsi5              
                      (backup/archive data) for node RZSERV2 started.          
25.03.1999 12:17:09  ANR0984I Process 65 for DELETE FILESPACE started in
the   
                      BACKGROUND at 12:17:09.                                  
25.03.1999 12:17:09  ANR0800I DELETE FILESPACE: /dsk/rzserv3.scsi4 for
node    
                      RZSERV3 started as process 65.                           
25.03.1999 12:17:09  ANR0802I Delete Filespace /dsk/rzserv3.scsi4              
                      (backup/archive data) for node RZSERV3 started.          
25.03.1999 12:18:50  ANR0984I Process 66 for DELETE FILESPACE started in
the   
more...   (<ENTER> to continue, 'C' to cancel)  

                      BACKGROUND at 12:18:50.                                  
25.03.1999 12:18:50  ANR0800I DELETE FILESPACE: /dsk/rzserv3.scsi5s1 for
node  
                      RZSERV3 started as process 66.                           
25.03.1999 12:18:50  ANR0802I Delete Filespace /dsk/rzserv3.scsi5s1            
                      (backup/archive data) for node RZSERV3 started.          
25.03.1999 12:20:08  ANR0984I Process 67 for DELETE FILESPACE started in
the   
                      BACKGROUND at 12:20:08.                                  
25.03.1999 12:20:08  ANR0800I DELETE FILESPACE: /dsk/rzserv3.scsi5s2 for
node  
                      RZSERV3 started as process 67.                           
25.03.1999 12:20:08  ANR0802I Delete Filespace /dsk/rzserv3.scsi5s2            
                      (backup/archive data) for node RZSERV3 started.          
25.03.1999 12:49:18  ANR0826I DELETE FILESPACE /dsk/rzserv3.scsi4 for node     
                      RZSERV3 encountered a transaction failure.               
25.03.1999 12:49:18  ANR0827I DELETE FILESPACE /dsk/rzserv3.scsi4 will be      
                      retried for node RZSERV3.                                
25.03.1999 12:54:30  ANR0826I DELETE FILESPACE /dsk/rzserv3.scsi5s1 for
node   
                      RZSERV3 encountered a transaction failure.               
25.03.1999 12:54:30  ANR0827I DELETE FILESPACE /dsk/rzserv3.scsi5s1 will
be    
                      retried for node RZSERV3.                                
25.03.1999 12:59:16  ANR0859E Data storage object erasure failure, DELETE      
                      FILESPACE process aborted.                               
25.03.1999 12:59:22  ANR0987I Process 67 for DELETE FILESPACE running in
the   
more...   (<ENTER> to continue, 'C' to cancel)  

                      BACKGROUND processed 5904 items with a completion
state  
                      of FAILURE at 12:59:22.                                  
25.03.1999 13:09:39  ANR0826I DELETE FILESPACE /dsk/rzserv3.scsi4 for node     
                      RZSERV3 encountered a transaction failure.               
25.03.1999 13:09:39  ANR0827I DELETE FILESPACE /dsk/rzserv3.scsi4 will be      
                      retried for node RZSERV3.                                

adsm> q proc

 Process Process Description  Status                                           
  Number                      
-------- --------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
      63 DELETE FILESPACE     Deleting file space /dsk/rzserv1.scsi5            
 63 DELETE FILESPACE     Deleting file space /dsk/rzserv1.scsi5           
                               (backup/archive data) for node RZSERV1:
12992   
                               files deleted.
                                 
      64 DELETE FILESPACE     Deleting file space /dsk/rzserv2.scsi5           
                               (backup/archive data) for node RZSERV2:
14288   
                               files deleted.
                                 
      65 DELETE FILESPACE     Deleting file space /dsk/rzserv3.scsi4           
                               (backup/archive data) for node RZSERV3:
9696    
                               files deleted.
                                 
      66 DELETE FILESPACE     Deleting file space /dsk/rzserv3.scsi5s1         
                               (backup/archive data) for node RZSERV3:
12560   
                               files deleted.
                                 








Q1. What is the reason for the failure of process 67 ( rzserv3.scsi5s2 )? 
    The process should have deleted about 67445 files and not only 5904. 
Q2. What happened to the difference = 67445 - 5904 ? 
Q3. The filespace "/dsk/rzserv3.scsi5s2" is no longer visible via
    "q filesp rzserv3", but is it really gone, i.e. no zombies left in 
    ADSM's Database ?
Q4. Where is the startingpoint of the retry ( after the failing
    transaction or just from the very beginning ) ?

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