AIX 5.3
TSM 5.3.1.2
This weekend one of my three TSM servers had the DSMSERV process hang.
The machine was accessible, the DSMSERV process still existed. It was
still accepting connections but not talking to them. In turn our cross
server backups and volume reconciliation hung from the the other 2 TSM
servers. One server ended up crashing due to a full recovery log. The
other was near that same point. Looks like the root cause was a full
recovery log on the hung server. 
 
I monitor to see if DSMSERV exists, I monitor for backup and archive
failures. I use operational reporting to give me additional information
for clients. I even monitor to make sure the client scheduler is running
and communicating.   
 
Does anybody have a method in place or an idea to monitor if the TSM
server is actually capable of communication ?
 
 

Duane Ochs

Information Systems - Enterprise Computing

 

Quad/Graphics Inc.

 

Sussex, Wisconsin

414-566-2375 phone

414-566-4010 pin# 2375 beeper 

Duane.Ochs AT qg DOT com

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