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Re: restore abending TSM server

2004-11-10 09:19:40
Subject: Re: restore abending TSM server
From: Timothy Hughes <Timothy.Hughes AT OIT.STATE.NJ DOT US>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:19:31 -0500
Thanks Neil!

Neil Schofield wrote:

> Timothy
>
> This sounds similar to a problem we had last month. We were trying to
> restore 2.7m files back to an NT client, but found that the restore failed
> after about 1.5m files and took down the server with it.
>
> In our case, the problem was APAR 39700. This describes certain situations
> in which the TSM client can crash the server. However the IBM support guys
> suggested it can apply to any scenario in which one session of a
> multi-session restore fails unexpectedly. The result of such a failure is
> to bring down the TSM server.
>
> By trial and error, we got around it by only running a single session and
> upgrading the client from 5.1.6 to 5.1.7. In fact, doing one or the other
> would probably have worked. The documentation for APAR 39700 also describes
> how to use a client trace flag to disable No Query Restores as a work
> around.
>
> This may not be the same as your situation, but thought I'd share it with
> you just in case.
>
> Regards
> Neil Schofield
> Yorkshire Water Serviced Ltd.
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