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Re: tdp for domino problem, which user ID for backup?

2003-04-02 10:23:11
Subject: Re: tdp for domino problem, which user ID for backup?
From: "Stapleton, Mark" <stapleto AT BERBEE DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 09:22:14 -0600
From: Jozef Zatko [mailto:zatko AT LOGIN DOT SK] 
> The problem was that, when I used TDP GUI or command 
> line for backup I always got couple of the following error 
> messages for various databases:
> 
> 04/02/2003 08:38:53 Backup of admin4.nsf failed.
> 04/02/2003 08:38:53 This database is currently being used by 
> someone else. In order to share a Notes database, all users 
> must use a Domino Server instead of a File Server.
> 
> I have done some tests and I found out one interesting thing. 
> Succesfull backup of some Domino databases (especialy system 
> databases like names.nsf, admin4.nsf and so on) depends on 
> user ID under which domdsmc or TDP for Domino GUI is running.
> 
> My environment is as follows:
> Domino 6.0 on Windows 2000 SP3 running as service under Local 
> system user TDP for Domino 5.1.5, TSM client 5.1.5.4 TSM 
> server 5.1.5.4 on AIX 5.1
> 
> When I used domdsmc or TDP GUI as user Administrator, I 
> always got error messages like the one above for some of 
> databases. Databases for which I got this error were not 
> always the same. Sometimes some of databases was backed up 
> succesfuly, sometimes not.
> 
> When I run domdsmc via TSM scheduler, which is running under 
> Local system user ID, all databases was backed up without errors.

Rule of thumb: when a scheduled backup of a TSM client fails, but a
manual backup using the same TSM (or TDP) interface succeeds (or vice
versa), it's a Windows permissions issue.

--
Mark Stapleton (mark.stapleton AT berbee DOT com) 

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