I have a server that is doing this same exact thing today.  My only fix so
far is to restart the TSM for VE services and hope for the best.

TSM/VE version 7140
Platform Windows 2008R2
TSM Storage server 6.3.5.1

On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 4:45 AM, Srikanth Kola23 <srkola23 AT in.ibm DOT com>
wrote:

> Hi Team,
>
> I am facing tsm/ve backups hung  over some couple of weeks which is
> requiring manual intervention to reboot the datamover server then only I am
> able to get the backup sessions running fine.
>
> share your experience and fixes if any you come across for this issue
>
> tsm/ve version 7140
> platform windows 2012
> tsm server version  7.1.4.100
>
> I do not find any errors in error log for the hungs when we had traces
> enabled so disabled them then the error log saying as below
> error.VE_POK11DM3.log
> ========================
> 03/26/2016 22:29:37 ANS1717E A VMware vStorage web service task failed.
> 03/26/2016 23:07:17 ANS0361I DIAG: The VDDK Utility Thread may be hung
> processing another request.
> 03/26/2016 23:07:17 ANS0361I DIAG: Waiting up to another 3600000
> milliseconds to process a request to VddkFullVMCloseVMDKs for vm
> 'pokcsmeta01'.
> 03/26/2016 23:07:24 ANS0361I DIAG: The VDDK Utility Thread may be hung
> processing another request.
> 03/26/2016 23:07:24 ANS0361I DIAG: Waiting up to another 3600000
> milliseconds to process a request to VddkFullVMOpenCloseSingleVMDK for vm
> 'POKCBSAPAP62'.
> 03/26/2016 23:27:58 ANS0361I DIAG: The VDDK Utility Thread may be hung
> processing another request.
> 03/26/2016 23:27:58 ANS0361I DIAG: Waiting up to another 3600000
> milliseconds to process a request to VddkFullVMCloseVMDKs for vm
> 'pokcsmetvm01'.
> 03/26/2016 23:28:20 ANS0361I DIAG: The VDDK Utility Thread may be hung
> processing another request.
> 03/26/2016 23:28:20 ANS0361I DIAG: Waiting up to another 3600000
> milliseconds to process a request to VddkFullVMOpenCloseSingleVMDK for vm
> 'pokcdmetvm01'.
> 03/26/2016 23:28:25 ANS0361I DIAG: The VDDK Utility Thread may be hung
> processing another request.
> 03/26/2016 23:28:25 ANS0361I DIAG: Waiting up to another 3600000
> milliseconds to process a request to VddkFullVMOpenCloseSingleVMDK for vm
> 'POKCDSAPAP31'.
> 03/26/2016 23:29:37 ANS0361I DIAG: The VDDK Utility Thread may be hung
> processing another request.
> 03/26/2016 23:29:37 ANS0361I DIAG: Waiting up to another 3600000
> milliseconds to process a request to VddkFullVMCloseVMDKs for vm
> 'pokctcvs01'.
> 03/27/2016 00:07:17 ANS0361I DIAG: The VDDK Utility Thread may be hung
> processing another request.
>
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> *Srikanth kola*
> Backup & Recovery
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