Mark,

Us too....

We run a TSM server 5.1 on RedHat 7.2 with 2.4.9-31 kernel without any problems.

Sal


> We run TSM server 5.1.6.5 on RedHat 7.2 with 2.4.9-31 kernel without any
> problems.
>
>
> Mark Farber wrote:
> > Hi TSM'rs
> >
> > Being a Linux bigot, I managed to convince a new client to opt for a Linux 
> > TSM server over Windows. I am now starting
> to wish I had just gone for Windows. Unless you can help I might have to. 
> Here's the problem.
> >
> > Server Version 5.2.0.2 on Redhat 9
> > Client Version 5.1.6.2 on Redhat 7.3
> >
> > The TSM server has no tape library or drive but is totally file based 
> > (400GB using software raid0)
> >
> > Client backups are done via the crontab using 
> > "/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmc incr"
> >
> > The server just hangs during a client backup operation.....nothing in the 
> > activity report. Eventually the client times
> out but unfortunately the "dsmc incr" stays in the process queue. The next 
> day, cron dutifully fires off another backup
> and so it goes. Eventually after a call from a frustrated customer, I have to 
> start the server manually and run the
> backup manually. (Seriously not good!!)
> >
> > Also, if a backup is running and you happen to do one too many "q act" 
> > requests, the server hangs.
> >
> > By the way, only the TSM application hangs, not Linux itself.
> >
> > Has anyone experience with Linux TSM server and seen similar problems?
> >
> > Regards
> > Mark
>
>