Hi,

Imre Csatlos wrote:

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

They are making a backup of the whole file system like 'dsmc i /bla'

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

We are certainly going to ask them to do a fsck,
but I also suspect that the * in the file names is causing this.

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

Yes, you're right. All the other files in the file system are
backed up so we do have a good backup of this file system.
We just want to get rid of those error messages.

Thanks for your reply.

Kind regards,

Alexander

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

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