Actually this is a normal message for any new node that goes to do an
archive.

If it is an old node, the time to run depends on the amount of archived data
- this can take hours and consume lots of log space (if in rollforward
mode).

If it is a new node it runs in about 0 seconds!

I've had various issues with the convert archive and have a PMR open which
I've suggested that this convert should happen automatically for new nodes
(or at least have an option).

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Sims [mailto:rbs AT BU DOT EDU]
Sent: June 20, 2003 1:06 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Archive Question

>On trying to run an archive on a win2000 using the backup/archive client I
>get the following message on clicking the archive button (before file
>selection).
>
>ANS5148W The server needs to do a one-time conversion of your archive data
>         before you can continue. This operation may take a long time, and
>         cannot be cancelled once it has started. Are you willing to wait
>         for the conversion to complete?
>
>The server version is:- Tivoli Storage Manager  Version 5, Release 1, Level
>1.0
>
>Does this mean that this will kick of a conversion for all of the archive
>data on the tsm server or just for this node. What do the group recommend?

Will - It seems like you have a very old client which has recently upgraded
       its client software and is now getting active again.
TSM message descriptions are disappointingly vague and undefinitive in too
many cases.  The client session would apparently be inciting what the server
administrator might do by planned schedule: a CONVert Archive command, which
operates on a node's data.

The http://www-1.ibm.com/support/techdocs/atsmastr.nsf/WebIndex/WP100254
paper which Stanfield Alejandro recently mentioned gives a good perspective
on the archives conundrum.

  Richard Sims, BU