This is interesting. I asked my previous question regarding the NT event
viewer because we have been
having issues with Mutex errors in the NT environment. We currently have a
ticket open with IBM, although
I have not heard a peep from them in about a month or so.

Question: Is the show threads command an AIX command or an ADSM command?

I would love to know if anyone else has had this happen. We usually only see
this at night when scheduled backups
are running and nothing else. On occasion we have seen it during the day.

We ran a DB audit which solved the problem for a few days on some of the
servers.


Thoughts??? I feel that there is a connection here!

CR
__________________________________________________
Cris Robinson
Sr. Technical Analyst
Enterprise Storage Management / TSM (ADSM)
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
603.431.8400.54837
mailto:cris.robinson AT libertymutual DOT com

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Survoy, Bernard J [SMTP:SurvoBJ AT NORTHAMERICA.STORTEK DOT COM]
        Sent:   Monday, January 03, 2000 1:29 PM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Re: ADSM Freezing

        When you get into the situation, issue a SHOW THREADS command and
check to
        see if you have a MUTEX deadlock situation.  Have seen this in the
past.

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Cook, Dwight E [mailto:cookde AT BP DOT COM]
        Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 1:12 PM
        To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject: Re: ADSM Freezing


        I've seen the "freeze" in .40 under AIX
        It is like it hits a deadlock situation but "show deadlock" returns
nothing
        "halt" does work under aix adsm at stopping the server

        Seems to happen when say expiration is running and a client comes in
to run
        a backup
        and/or expiration & a reclamation on a tape (probably expiration is
        processing a node's data who also has data on the tape being
reclaimed)

        Dwight

        BP-Amoco

        > ----------
        > From:         Alexandre Bicas Caldeira[SMTP:abicas AT SERVICE.COM DOT 
BR]
        > Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
        > Sent:         Monday, January 03, 2000 12:01 PM
        > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        > Subject:      ADSM Freezing
        >
        > Hi guys,
        >
        > Has anyone ever seen ADSM 3.1.2.40 freeze ?! It simply stops
working; it
        > accepts new sessions, but do not run any backup, restore or
anything
        > related
        > to the ADSM database (backupdb, del volh, del file...). The
service "ADSM
        > Server" cannot be stopped either...
        >
        > The only thing that is unusual in this installation is that
Windows NT is
        > running Service Pack 6. Usually I install ADSM with Service Pack
5....
        >
        > Thanks any help
        >
        > Alexandre Bicas Caldeira
        > ADSM Analyst
        > Service IT Solutions - SP
        >