Do you log the output of the "dsmc archive" command? If so, check the
output and dsmerror.log. I imagine that your problem is due to a missing
hyphen (-) in front of the "archmc" option. That is, you are using
"archmc=blah" when you need "-archmc=blah".

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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        Subject:        Archives not bound to correct MC ?


Hello fellow xSM'ers,

So, this weekend I ran 2 archives of some files we occasionally must
archive
for indefinite periods of time (basically forever).  I ran 2 archives and
the following is the command used for one of them:

archive <snip to remove list of files> -delete -description="Land Board
Meeting Minutes Books 5,6,7,8 & 9 Re-Archived 10/04/2003"
archmc=ARCHIVE-PERMANENT

Note the: archmc=ARCHIVE-PERMANENT yet the files were not bound to this MC
as can be seen by viewing the JPG linked below taken from the client's
GUI.
The same thing happened to the second archive which used the exact same
command except it referenced a separate list of files.  Yes, the MC does
exist, there were no errors reported in the archive process (client side
or
server) and the policy set is active.  Anyone have any thoughts on this?

http://gis.idl.state.id.us/archive.jpg

TSM Server: V5.1.7.0 on Win2k SP4
TSM Client: V5.1.6.9 on Win2k SP4

Chris Murphy
IT Network Analyst
Idaho Dept. of Lands
Office: (208) 334-0293
cmurphy AT idl.state.id DOT us