We have a server that has been getting the following sporadic
dsmerror.log errors:

  12/19/09   14:07:02 ANS9020E Could not establish a session
                       with a TSM server or client agent.
                       The TSM return code is -50.
  12/19/09   14:07:02 ANS1017E Session rejected: TCP/IP
                       connection failure
  12/19/09   14:13:00 ANS9020E Could not establish a session
                       with a TSM server or client agent.
                       The TSM return code is -50.
  12/19/09   14:13:00 ANS1017E Session rejected: TCP/IP
                       connection failure

Normally, backups work just fine.  We just get this in spurts.
I'm thinking it's a DNS resolution problem in the ip lookup
for dsm.sys:"tcpserveraddress   tsm4.fenetwork.com".


q)  Is there some way to get the BA client to list the IP address
     it's trying to use?


The dsm.sys file:

servername            tsm4
   schedmode          prompted
   commmethod         TCPip
   tcpport            1800
   tcpserveraddress   tsm4.fenetwork.com
   schedlogretention  5
   errorlogretention  5
   tcpbuffsize        64
   tcpwindowsize      64
   txnbytelimit       25600
   nodename           hpgno16p
   passwordaccess     generate
   inclexcl           /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/inclexcl.sys
   schedlogname       /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmsched.log
   errorlogname       /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmerror.log



Thanks!

Rick

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