I looked into everything I could, and didn't find anything useful.

Dsmcad is no longer managing the scheduler, and that seems to make the
problem go away.

This one goes on my list of known issues that I hope to resolve and
document in the future.

Thanks, [RC] 

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Richard Sims
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 12:42 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Client hangs when TSM Client Acceptor starts TSM
Client Scheduler.

Things I would first check:

That client and server are syncing to a time standard, for overall
sanity.
Check for any errors in dsmerror.log.
On the server side, do 'Query SEssion F=D' and see what's going on with
that node, and inspect the Activity Log for issues regarding the
session.  Backups are relatively low priority, so long waits for tape
drives are possible.
In Windows, look for any questionable Event Log entries, and see if the
dsmc scheduler process is using any CPU, if the server indicates it
healthy.

    Richard Sims


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