Andrew,
I'll get back to you with the specific details on Monday, I'd already
left for the weekend when I replied to your msg.
I did actually contact IBM, our account manager in the end, to pass on
what I'd found. That was about 6 months ago.
Anyway, I'll email on Monday with details.
Iain



-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Andrew Raibeck
Sent: 25 February 2005 21:17
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] WinPE Image backup problem

One more thing:

A colleague suggested that you obtain the Process Explorer utility from
the Sysinternals site (www.sysinternals.com). You can use it to see what
might be keeping a handle open on the C: drive.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-02-25
11:50:33:

> Kyle, the procedure should work. The authors of the document work in
TSM
> development and test, and have actually tested them before
publication.
>
> It would help to see, in excruciating detail, exactly what you are
doing,
> include actual copy & paste from the console (*complete*, everything)
of
> what you are doing with TSM, along with any error log info that might
be
> written.
>
> Make sure that the C: drive is not being used by anything else (i.e.
that
> you are not CD'd into it from an OS prompt, for example).
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>
> Andy Raibeck
> IBM Software Group
> Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
> Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
> Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
>
> The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
> The command line is your friend.
> "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-02-25
> 11:19:25:
>
> > Well I tried using the offline and online method with Windows 2000.
> > I get "can't lock volume" for the backup with offline.  I also get
> > "can't lock volume" for the offline restore after a good backup.  Is
> > that what you got Luc?
> >
> > Kyle
> >
> > TSM_User <tsm_user AT YAHOO DOT COM> wrote:
> > Luc, I will try the online image but the thing I wanted to do was
> > create an offline image of a Win2K3 server.
> >
> > Oh great one! (Andy R.), can you find out if the doc is wrong in the
> > fact that you can't use it to create an offline backup via WinPE. If
> > you can't then you can't I just want to know if I should do more
> > research to try and get this to work.
> >
> > Kyle
> >
> > Luc Beaudoin wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have a all opened with IBM for an issue with WINPE.
> >
> > But my problem is not the backup image part .. it's the restore
image...
> >
> > For the backup they told me to use the ONLINE image backup procedure
in
> > the document.
> >
> > Just follow thew procedure for the ONLINE BACKUP and it should work
....
> > Let me know if you are able to make the RESTORE IMAGE works ..
> >
> > If U have any questions , call me or e-mail me ....
> >
> > Luc Beaudoin
> > Network Administrator/TSM/SAN
> > Hopital General Juif S.M.B.D.
> > Tel: (514) 340-8222 ext:8254
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > TSM_User
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
> > 2005-02-24 08:51 PM
> > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager"
> >
> >
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > cc:
> > Subject: WinPE Image backup problem
> >
> >
> > I have my test lab all setup to run through the steps in the "Tivoli
> > Storage Manager Recovery Techniques Using Windows Preinstallation
> > Environment (Windows PE)" guide. I'm using the TSM V5.3 client and
my
> > WinPE CD is WinXP SP2.
> >
> > I issue the command "dsmc.exe backup image c: -imagetype=static
> > -asrmode=yes".
> > Communication with the TSM works and I enter the ID and password.
Then
> > the backup fails with error message ANS1287E Volume could not be
locked.
> I
> > received no other errors. I get objects inspected 1 objects backed
up
0.
> >
> > I made sure to run diskpart to verify that there was a C: and that
it
> was
> > the correct volume I want to backup and it was.
> >
> > Just to see what would happen I ran "dsmc.exe i c:" and it looks
like
it
> > is running that backup OK.
> >
> > Has anyone else tried the WinPE Image backup and gotten it to work?
Has
> > anyone run into this problem?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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