Try running a 'allproc' trace on the client and only backup /tmp. Does this
highlight any issues?

Good luck

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Longo [SMTP:David.Longo AT HEALTH-FIRST DOT ORG]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 3:25 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: backup of /tmp on AIX 4.3.2, TSM client 4.1.1
>
> The client we do this on is AIX 4.3.3 with TSM 3.7.0.0.  Server (separate)
> is AIX 4.3.3. with TSM 3.7.4.0.   Some people have reported different
> results, some had it work with /tmp "after" ALL-LOCAL.  Anyway, check that
> your incl/excl file doesn't exclude /tmp or that any Client Option Set
> doesn't exclude.
>
> It's possible the way this works may be version dependant.  Any Tivoli
> folks have specifics?
>
> What does your dsmsched.log show on client for the backup?  Does it even
> try /tmp?
>
> >>> Talafous AT TIMKEN DOT COM 01/17/01 10:07AM >>>
> David Longo wrote:
> >We solved this one here.  In your dsm.opt file on client if you hgave a
> DOMAIN statement modify it and if not >(DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL is default) then
> add it.
> >
> >DOMAIN /tmp ALL-LOCAL
> >
> >This backs up /tmp and all-local.  NOTE: If you put /tmp after all-local
> it
> won't work.
> >
>
> Thanks for the suggestion, but it did not work for us. We are using TSM
> 4.1.1 on the AIX client. Our server is TSM 3.7.2 on AIX 4.3.2. (Not the
> same
> AIX machine!)
>
> What version of client and *SM server are you using. I am wondering which
> piece of TSM is excluding /tmp over our objections. Client or Server?
>
> It's getting to the point that we are growing so weary of this that we
> will
> have to move the data. This installation was done many moons ago.
>
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