This error message points to how the database is configured. The HELP
ANR4588E info has some useful things to check. Review Chapter 3 of the
Installation Guide. There's a lot of interconnected things here.
Something may be changing them. Could be an ID/permissions issue. Is the
ID of the cron process that triggers the script the one you intended? It
could be an issue with the ID you use to run the maintenance script, an
issue that is circumvented when you log into dsmadmc and manually type a
BACKUP DB command. Just some random ideas.

Roger Deschner      University of Illinois at Chicago     rogerd AT uic DOT edu
======I have not lost my mind -- it is backed up on tape somewhere.=====


On Thu, 23 Jun 2016, Lee, Gary wrote:

>Tsm server 6.3.4 under redhat 6.7.
>
>About every third time our daily maintenance script runs, the db backup fails 
>with the message
>
>Anr4588e  a database configuration might be incorrect.
>
>However, as soon as I see this anywhere from a couple of minutes to an hour or 
>so later, I can run the same exact backup by hand and it works fine; only 
>giving the expected anr4976 message.
>
>Anyone out there have a clue?
>I'm stumped.
>