This was already discussed in the list. Look for the thread "Windows client
behavior change at 4.2.1.0" and answer of Andrew Raibeck from 9.10.2001.
But it is possible that Andy and this Bob are just having different
PERSONAL opinions. We still do not have answer from any Tivoli official, do
we?

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant





"Subash, Chandra" <CSSubash AT TELETECHINTL DOT COM> on 18.10.2001 07:41:31
Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
cc:

Subject:        FW: v4.2.1 TSM Clients

i HAVE GOT THIS EMAIL FROM ONE OF MY FRIENDS. GUYS WHAT DO YOU THINK IS IT
TRUE ?

Hi Guys

According to Tivoli Support they have made an alteration to way client
v4.2.1 reports Result code 4 to the server. Earlier version clients would
allow for a certain number of files to fail during the backup and still
report to the server that the Schedule was successful. However version
4.2.1
has been altered so that a result code of failed will be reported to the
server even if 1 file fails during a backup.
ntcmachine had been failing on some WINNT system files which I have added
exceptions for under direction of Tivoli support and now backups of this
machine seem to be successful.
Bob from Tivoli suggested that if we are worried about seeing failed result
codes on the daily report that there may be a way to generate a report
listing statistics of how many files or how much data had been backed up
from each machine to provide a more accurate picture as to whether the
backups were successful.