Ok, I'm not crazy!

I've recreated this by:
- used wizard to create another server instance using defaults
- created an archivepool volume
- defined a test client
- update recovery log space trigger to 1% (this is what I was initially
trying to test - probably not needed to recreate problem)
- switched to rollforward mode
- archived files to the server
- issue q log to view used pages, they continually reset like normal mode
- stop archive
- defined devclass for db backup
- run db backup
- archived files to server
- issue q log - now log continues to fill as it should in rollforward mode.

I then, stopped client archive, switched log back to normal then rollforward
then started client archive again.  Same results as earlier - log gets reset
as in normal mode.

So it seems the log was not switching to rollforward until a db backup was
run. (Note that no dbbackup trigger was defined.  When I defined one on my
first test then a DB backup was automatically triggered). Not sure if this
is working as designed.

Thanks,

Tim Rushforth
City of Winnipeg

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Raibeck [mailto:storman AT US.IBM DOT COM]
Sent: March 6, 2003 11:53 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Logmode RollForward on 5.1.6.2

Tim, I'm playing with this myself, and I don't see the problem you
describe.

Is it possible that a db backup is being run between the time you see the
usage climb and when it goes back down?

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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        Subject:        Logmode RollForward on 5.1.6.2



Is anyone running in logmode rollforward on 5.1.6.2?  I'm currently
testing
5.1.6.2 on W2K and this doesn't seem to be working.

Issue set logmode rollforward to set to rollforward mode (q status
confirms
that this is set).
Issue q log to see log utilization
Start a client archive that archives thousands of files.
Issue q log periodically.

The used pages go up then resets as if running in normal mode.


Thanks,

Tim Rushforth
City of Winnipeg