Re: tdp for domino problem, which user ID for backup?
2003-04-02 10:23:11
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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