>From looking at the log below it looks like this backup failed because the
backup could not mount a tape. The server logs do show migrations and
reclamation running at this time. The disk pool itself is set to a size
limit of 8GB.



Could the reason be because, either the tape was in use during a reclamation
process or because all drives were in use at the time the backup ran? Is
there a way for me to see if all drives were in use at that time? It looks
like TSM tries 3 times and fails instead of bumping a process, is this a
correct assumption?



06/10/04   04:50:53 Normal File-->     2,358,534,824
/d1/backup/PSCONV/PSCONV_FULL_BACKUP_2004_06_09_020001.dmp.gz [Sent]

06/10/04   04:51:38 Normal File-->    12,157,222,912
/d1/backup/PSCONV/PSCONV_FULL_BACKUP_2004_06_10_020001.dmp  ** Unsuccessful
**

06/10/04   04:51:38 ANS1114I Waiting for mount of offline media.

06/10/04   04:52:46 Retry # 1  Normal File-->    12,157,222,912
/d1/backup/PSCONV/PSCONV_FULL_BACKUP_2004_06_10_020001.dmp  ** Unsuccessful
**

06/10/04   04:52:46 ANS1809W Session is lost; initializing session reopen
procedure.

06/10/04   04:53:01 ... successful

06/10/04   04:54:06 Retry # 2  Normal File-->    12,157,222,912
/d1/backup/PSCONV/PSCONV_FULL_BACKUP_2004_06_10_020001.dmp  ** Unsuccessful
**

06/10/04   04:54:06 ANS1809W Session is lost; initializing session reopen
procedure.

06/10/04   04:54:20 ... successful

06/10/04   04:55:05 Retry # 3  Normal File-->    12,157,222,912
/d1/backup/PSCONV/PSCONV_FULL_BACKUP_2004_06_10_020001.dmp  ** Unsuccessful
**

06/10/04   04:55:06 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS BEGIN

06/10/04   04:55:06 Total number of objects inspected:  186,319

06/10/04   04:55:06 Total number of objects backed up:      250

06/10/04   04:55:06 Total number of objects updated:          0

06/10/04   04:55:06 Total number of objects rebound:          0

06/10/04   04:55:06 Total number of objects deleted:          0

06/10/04   04:55:06 Total number of objects expired:         27

06/10/04   04:55:06 Total number of objects failed:           0

06/10/04   04:55:06 Total number of bytes transferred:     3.27 GB

06/10/04   04:55:06 Data transfer time:                  192.08 sec

06/10/04   04:55:06 Network data transfer rate:        17,881.32 KB/sec

06/10/04   04:55:06 Aggregate data transfer rate:      2,661.80 KB/sec

06/10/04   04:55:06 Objects compressed by:                  100%

06/10/04   04:55:06 Elapsed processing time:           00:21:30

06/10/04   04:55:06 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS END

06/10/04   04:55:06 ANS1312E Server media mount not possible



06/10/04   04:55:06 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT END PEOPLESOFT-LATE-M-F 06/10/04
04:30:00



As always, thanks for the help.

Geoff Gill
TSM Administrator
NT Systems Support Engineer
SAIC
E-Mail:   gillg AT saic DOT com
Phone:  (858) 826-4062
Pager:   (877) 854-0975