Re: Connection problems

HI,

  1. I strongly suggest putting 3.1.2.20 of the ADSM server on your
machine.  This can be pulled down from index.storsys.ibm.com.

  2. IF you are running IPX or Netbios I suggest you then install the
following fix:
                    This is located in /adsm/3466 and is called
fixnetb_ipx.tar
                    To install, you must first install 3.1.2.20.  Then you
can apply this fix on top by
      - create directory /tmp/fixtest
     - download in binary to netstore box to /tmp/fixtest
     - tar -xvf /fixnetb_ipx.tar
     - cdadsmserv
     - cp dsmserv.42 dsmserv.42.orig   (save original 3.1.2.20 executeable)
     - cp /tmp/fixtest/dsmserv/42 /usr/lpp/adsmserv/bin
     - chmod 777 dsmserv.42
     - stop and restart the server

  Regards,  Tricia Jiang






"Grendelman M. (Martijn)" <Martijn.Grendelman AT NL.FORTIS DOT COM> on 04/22/99
01:52:38 AM

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To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
cc:    (bcc: Tricia Jiang/Tucson/IBM)
Subject:  Connection problems





Hi,

We recently upgraded our 3466 to the latest EC level, 3.1.2.13, and since
yesterday we are having some strange trouble with the server.

It seems like the server is falling asleep all the time. After being able
to
connect and issue commands without problems for some time, the connection
seems to go dead for a couple of minutes. Then everything seems to be
normal
again (the connection isn't lost), but after a while the problem reoccurs.
At first I thought it was a network problem, but it's not, since I can
connect to the AIX-box without problems.

During the "sleeping" periods, no messages are sent to the console,
although
the server seems to remain active (processes keep on running normally).
When
it "wakes up" again, a bunch of messages appears at once. I don't really
have a clue about what server activity the problems seem to relate to. I
thought it might have something to do with some process waiting for a tape
to be mounted, but I have no proof for this.

Has anyone seen this behaviour before?

Thanx,
Martijn.