In that case,

Would it be very hard as a TSM feature, to enable the ability to add
more backupstgp processes to a running stgp backup on the fly, or cancel
a process and have it's workload distributed to ther backup stgp
processes, in order to free up tape drives for other uses during a busy
day, but without causing an error?

..and should those backup stgp process give a state of 'Failure' when,
if they hand there workload over to other processes to finish, they
havent really failed?


Matt.


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Stapleton, Mark
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 11:57 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Quick backup stgp question

Yes.

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Berbee Information Networks
Office 262.521.5627  

>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
>Behalf Of Warren, Matthew (Retail)
>Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2004 5:32 AM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Quick backup stgp question
>
>Hallo,
>
>Just confirming behaviour I think I'm seeing;
>
>We just had a backup storagepool process pre-empted. At the 
>end of the backup process, some of the threads report 
>'FAILURE', and hence our job script reports a failure.
>
>Running the backup stgp by hand immediatley afterwards, it 
>finishes with 0 objects backed up, and reports success..
>
>So, am I right in assuming when a backup stgp process is 
>pre-empted, it's workload is move onto the other backup stgp 
>threads, so they will catch what would have been missed?
>
>
>Matt.
>
>
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