From: Gill, Geoffrey L. [mailto:GEOFFREY.L.GILL AT SAIC DOT COM] 
> I am watching a computer sit idle waiting for the TSM server 
> to do something
> with the restore session open. After selecting files and 
> clicking restore it
> has been 15 minutes and nothing has happened. I know it needs 
> to mount a
> tape yet I see no drives in reserved status. Nor does a q 
> sess f=d show a
> media access status. All the TSM server is doing was expiration.

You didn't mention how many files your TSM client contains, but if it a
file and/or print server, as NetWare boxes often are, the TSM server
does a directory scan prior to any action taking place. If there are a
lot of files, and if the machine is busy as f/p servers often are during
the production day, the scan takes a while. (I've seen upwards of 30
minutes with no discernable actions taken.)

> Once migration kicked off it looks like it finally decided to 
> kick in. Not sure if that was just coincidence or what.

Yes, it was.

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