Re: ADSM - Netware 'Exclude' Problem

Hi all,
        My thanks to those of you that responded to my request.

Our problem turned out to be simple to resolve, in hindsight.  Whenever a
volume is removed from a Netware server, the ADSM client must be "bounced".
ie. unloaded and reloaded again.  This will ensure that the ADSM client
recognises that a volume is no longer available.  We have amended our
procedures accordingly.

Hope this helps someone else.  Once again my thanks to those of you that
endeavoured to assist me in resolving our problem.

Gary Johnson
Operations Analyst  (Emergency Planning)
IT Operations
CLEAR Communications Ltd
cnr Taharoto & Northcote Roads, Takapuna,
Auckland, 1309, New Zealand.
floorzone: 2101
 phone:  (64-9)  912-4200
     DDI:  (64-9)  912-4984
      fax:  (64-9)  912-4454
 email:  gary.johnson AT clear.co DOT nz

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Johnson
> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 11:47 AM
> To:   ADSM  list (E-mail)
> Subject:      ADSM - Netware 'Exclude' Problem
>
> Hi there,
>       I hope someone can help me with this query.  We have a number of
> Netware servers with ADSM clients, and an ADSM server that runs on an
> OS/390 MVS Mainframe. Recently we have changed the client DSM.OPT files so
> that the value
> DOMAIN  =  ALL  LOCAL
> is used instead of specifying each individual volume to be handled by
> using
> DOMAIN  DATA:  SYS:  SYS1:
>
> However, recently we removed a volume (SYS1) from a Netware server, and
> now the client backup is failing as it can't find the volume.  ADSM
> doesn't seem to recognise that the volume involved (SYS1) is no longer a
> local volume.
>
> Other than deleting the filespace data for this volume, is there some way
> of having an exclude in the DSM.OPT file to stop ADSM from attempting to
> back up the volume.
>
> Volumes will be moved from server to server and come and go as we move
> closer to cluster technology for NetWare.  It's a pain having to
> specifically specify volumes to be backed up. I would prefer to be able to
> backup everything, and exclude what I don't want.
>
> I would rather not have to go back to specifying the individual volumes to
> be handled (eg.  DOMAIN  DATA:  SYS: ), so I hope someone out there can
> assist me.
>
> Thanks,
> Gary Johnson
> Operations Analyst  (Emergency Planning)
> IT Operations
> CLEAR Communications Ltd
> 12th floor,  49 Symonds Street, Auckland, 1001, New Zealand
> phone:  (64-9)  912-4200
>    DDI:  (64-9)  912-4984
>     fax:  (64-9)  912-4454
>  email:  gjohnso AT clear.co DOT nz
>