Thomas Denier <Thomas.Denier AT MAIL.TJU DOT EDU> wrote:

>We have been having problems with a Solaris client since we 'upgraded' its
>client code from 4.1.2.0 to 5.1.6.0. The 'query node' command reports the
>Solaris level as 5.8. The server is at 5.1.6.2 and runs under OS/390.
>
>The client error log is showing sequences of messages like the following:
>
>06/18/03   03:10:38 Return code 196 unknown
>06/18/03   03:10:38 Unknown system error
>Please check the TSM Error Log for any additional information

We encountered the same error when we installed the 5.1.6 Sun client.
I reported it to Tivoli/IBM support, and someone who reads this list
has found a workaround:

Add "exclude.fs /etc/mnttab" to your inclexcl file.

Apparently the new client can't deal with /etc/mnttab on Solaris.

Steve Bacher
Draper Laboratory
seb AT draper DOT com

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