I have found it helpful to issue a 'cancel req ###' if there is a request
pending
associated with trying to get rid of a process.

In my experience, if it is trying to mount a tape, the tape must be mounted
before the
process will die gracefully.

-----Original Message-----
From: Warren, Matthew (Retail) [mailto:Matthew.Warren AT POWERGEN.CO DOT UK]
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:38 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Cancel all processes


Would it fail, or just take a loong time to complete?

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Dan Foster
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 1:23 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Cancel all processes

Hot Diggety! MC Matt Cooper (2838) was rumored to have written:
> I am not aware of a cancel all processes.  However, you can write a
> script to do it.  It would be based on the fact that TSM will tell you
> all the processes that are running.    select process_num from
processes
> will give you the process_num  numbers that need to be canceled

One caveat, from the 5.1 help information:

: Some processes, such as reclamation, will generate mount requests in
: order to complete processing. If a process has a pending mount
request,
: the process may not respond to a CANCEL PROCESS command until the
mount
: request has been answered or cancelled by using either the REPLY or
: CANCEL REQUEST command, or by timing out.

: Use the QUERY REQUEST command to list open requests, or query the
: activity log to determine if a given process has a pending mount
: request.

So a simple q proc (or equivalent) + canc <proc num> operation may
usually work most of the time, but may fail at certain times if you
don't also check for this, too.

-Dan


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