I have only 2 Linux boxes and haven't seen this behavior, but when we see it
on Windows or AIX, it is often something in the filesystem, rather than
something in the TSM client.

I would try a grep or a find file that will ripple through the whole
filesystem that is NOT backing up, to see if you can read it OK with other
software.  Also check for hardware errors (whatever corresponds to errpt on
Linux, I don't know).

And I would try doing the backup with the GUI, to see how far you get.  If
it hangs up, start over and backup one subdirectory at a time, to see if you
can find where it's hanging up.

If it were a Windows box, I would do a diskscan, or something else that
checks for errors in the filesystem.  Etc.




-----Original Message-----
From: Jacque Mergens [mailto:jmergens AT EMAGEON DOT COM]
Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 8:25 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Client locks up during backup


I have a site that is running
TSM 4.2.1 AIX server OS 5100-02
4.2.1 Linux client Kernel 2.4.17

This client has been running fine and now locks up between
filesystems.  It reports that it has successfully backed up
a filesystem and then times out at the server end (300 seconds)
terminates the backup.  On the client side I still see the
scheduler process running yet nothing happens.

I can't upgrade this site immediately but need to get these
backups running.

Any help would be appreciated.

Jacque