Hi,

Is yout client backing up the whole file system or just specific files?
Like 'dsmc inc "/bla/bla/my*files.txt`

Also you can try umount and fsck for those file system, but I suspect the
problem is somewhere in the
backup file specifications.

If all the other files are backed up apart from those "missing" files, then
the backup is successfull afterall. :)

Regards,
        Imre Csatlos

-----Original Message-----
From: Alexander Verkooyen [mailto:alexander AT SARA DOT NL]
Sent: 2002. december 19. 15:11
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Client tries to backup non-existing files


Hi all,

I have a rather bizarre problem.

One of our customers tries to backup a
file system on a Solaris 5.8 system
using a 4.1.2.0 TSM client.

Our server is 4.2.3.1 on AIX 4.3.3.0

Every night the backup fails because
the client is unable to backup hundreds
of files. The log file is filled with
messages like these:

12/19/02   04:43:43 ANS1228E Sending of object '/bla/bla/file' failed

Every night the client complains about the same files.

And now for the bizarre part: According to our
customer these files have been removed from
the client some time ago. They are no longer present
on the disks of the system. And yet the client
tries to backup them (and because they are not there
any more it fails).

I found one strange thing about these ghost files:
Their names contain an *

For example: my*file.txt

Has anybody seen this before? I can't find anything in
the FAQ or the archives about a similar problem.

Regards,

Alexander
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Alexander Verkooijen        (alexander AT sara DOT nl)
Senior Systems Programmer
SARA High Performance Computing