Henry PAN

Sr.SA/DBA 635 S.Forest St. #202 Glendale,CO 80246 henrypan AT canada DOT com (303) 394-4107 (H) >From: Andrew Raibeck

>Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"

>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU

>Subject: Re: ANS1512E Scheduled event 'OVERNIGHT' failed after ANS4018E "file name too long"

>Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:30:30 -0500

>

>Regarding the long file name issue, you should refer to APAR IC27346. This

>APAR has a fairly detailed explanation of the problem and should answer

>most of your questions on this subject. If you have access to looking up

>IBM APARs, you can go that route. Otherwise try looking in the ADSM-L

>archives at http://www.adsm.org. Use search criteria of:

>

> +ic27346 +raibeck +useunicodefilenames

>

>That should give you a relatively small number of hits; one of them should

>be a post of mine that includes the APAR text. Of course, you can do less

>refined searches if you want to see more postings that discuss this issue.

>

>Regards,

>

>Andy

>

>Andy Raibeck

>IBM Software Group

>Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development

>Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS

>Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

>

>The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.

>The command line is your friend.

>"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.

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>

>"Tomes, Paul"

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>01/30/2002 07:20

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> Subject: ANS1512E Scheduled event 'OVERNIGHT' failed after ANS4018E "file name

>too long"

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>

>We run TSM V4.1 server under OS390 V2.9. A Windows NT4 client is doing a

>scheduled backup of the C, D and E drives. The C drive backup completes

>ok

>but the D drive backup fails with ANS1228E "Sending of object

>xxx........................ failed" and ANS4018E "Error processing

>xxx.......................... : file name too long".

>

>This is followed by a backup of a further directory and two files. Then

>message ANS4018E "Error procesing D drive : file name too long" is given.

>

>A large number of files on the D drive are not backed up and nothing on

>the

>E drive is backed up.

>

>I have an issue open with the IBM Support Centre but they say the backup

>should not have aborted.

>

>I have the following questions:

>

>1. Has anyone else experienced this problem?

>

>2. The TSM V4.1 Windows Client manual states "The maximum number of

>characters for a file name is 256. The maximum number of characters for a

>path name is 260 characters." Does anyone know what the Windows NT 4

>limit

>is for these values?

>

>3. It looks like in the short term we will have to get our customers to

>shorten their path names. However, if Windows can create file names and

>path names greater than the above limits, can someone in IBM / TIVOLI

>comment on why the TSM client limits are less than the Windows limits and

>is

>there any intention of increasing these limits?

>

>Thanks.

>

>Paul William Tomes

>IS / TSG

>UISL

>Bounemouth, England

>

>Tel: 01202-407568

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