Well, of course it appears in the QUERY STATUS output. But that does not
change the fact that randomization has no bearing when SCHEDMODE PROMPTED
is being used, which is what Geoff says he is using. Randomization affects
POLLING schedulers only (see HELP QUERY STATUS and HELP SET RANDOMIZE)..

Now... having said that... my response to Geoff indicated that he should
verify that PROMPTED is indeed being used, and if not, then randomization
would certainly contribute to the symptom he is seeing.

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

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page:
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html

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 04/21/2006
00:45:17:

> Schedule Randomization.
> Q STAT and it's in the middle
>
> On 06.04.18 at 09:19 storman AT US.IBM DOT COM wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 09:19:56 -0600
> > From: Andrew Raibeck <storman AT US.IBM DOT COM>
> > Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: Schedule start delayed
> >
> > It would certainly help to see some more specifics. For example, the
> > dsmsched.log file for one of the clients in question that did not kick
off
> > when expected, just to verify that, for sure, it is using prompted
> > scheduling; and the activity log from the scheduled start time and on,
to
> > see what the server was doing, as well as other things like the client
> > dsm.opt file for the aforementioned client, and the client option set
> > definition for that client.
> >
> > Server-side randomization has no effect on prompted scheduling.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page:
> > http://www-306.ibm.
> com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html
> >
> > 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 2006-04-17
> > 22:13:06:
> >
> >> I'm trying to remember what it is about a backup schedule that, even
> > though
> >> scheduled for say 8PM, does not kick off right away, nodes show
pending
> > for
> >> some time. I've been comparing the 5.2 and 5.3 server settings but
can't
> >> find any obvious differences, yet the 5.2 server kicks off each
schedule
> >> right at the specific time whereas the 5.3 server I'm putting up does
> > not.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have a clopt set that has schedmode as prompted, which is the same
on
> > both
> >> servers and scheduling modes is set to any, same on both servers.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> What am I missing that I thought I'd taken care of? I'd actually
prefer
> > to
> >> have these guys start right away.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Geoff Gill
> >>
> >> TSM Administrator
> >>
> >> PeopleSoft Sr. Systems Administrator
> >>
> >> SAIC M/S-G1b
> >>
> >> (858)826-4062
> >>
> >> Email:  <mailto:geoffrey.l.gill AT saic DOT com> geoffrey.l.gill AT saic 
> >> DOT com
> >