When I have this situation, I usually find a parameter that I overlooked
that permits the client-level-manual-etc and it is waiting for a tape
from the "default" pool.  The log usually has a message to this effect.

Patti Clark
Sr. Unix System Administrator - RHCT, GSEC
Office of Scientific and Technical Information


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> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:27 PM
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> Subject: [Networker] Backup stuck "Waiting to run"
> 
> I kicked off a special filesystem backup on an existing 
> client before lunch and all the filesystems are still in the 
> "Waiting to Run" section of details screen of the GUI.
> 
> I have available to tape drives and labeled tape.  There are 
> no alerts pending.  I even manually mounted a tape from the 
> appropriate pool.
> 
> Running the job manually the probe completes and a number of 
> build_ss_job tasks are launched.  It don't find any save 
> processes running on the remote client.
> 
> Can anyone offer suggestions on what to check or how to 
> troubleshoot further?
> 
> Thanks,
> Bob Gill
> Bose Corporation
> 
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