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Re: [ADSM-L] Open File Support and CIFS/DFS shares/mounts

2017-06-02 13:07:11
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Open File Support and CIFS/DFS shares/mounts
From: Zoltan Forray <zforray AT VCU DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 13:02:55 -0400
I grabbed a bad example.  How about this one - not a temp - happens to be a
QuickBooks file,  which is pretty important to backup...

6/2/2017 2:03:41 AM ANE4987E (Session: 277741, Node: ISILON-CE) Error
processing '\\rams.adp.vcu.edu\ce\Share\Public\VMP\VMP
Secure\FINANCIALS\Quickbooks\Virginia_One_to_One__The_Mentoring_Partnership
12.07.16.QBW': the object is in use by another process

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Tom Alverson <tom.alverson AT gmail DOT com>
wrote:

> For starters I would exclude all of the office temp files like ~*.xlsx as
> shown in your example.  These are just small temp files that have the name
> of the user who has opened the file in them.
>
> On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 8:49 AM, Zoltan Forray <zforray AT vcu DOT edu> wrote:
>
> > We have 3-Windows 2012R2 servers (current client is 7.1.3) that are used
> to
> > backup numerous (>50-each) DFS (were CIFS) mounts, each having their own
> > TSM NODE and schedule that includes Objects that point to the filesystem
> > (i.e. \\rams.adp.vcu.edu\SOM\TSM\GA\*).
> >
> > This is done so each mount/group/area/directory/department can
> administer
> > their own backups via the webclient and unique ports for each.
> >
> > One problem we have always struggled with is Open Files.  Invariably, we
> > constant get errors like:
> >
> > ANE4987E (Session: 278819, Node: ISILON-DWS) Error processing '\\
> > rams.adp.vcu.edu\dws\WilderSchool\Shared\Administrative\GVPA_FIN\GPA
> > Department\Center for Public Policy\CPP Fiscal Officer\Com
> > Logs\FY17\~$CURA_Com Log_FY17_2017.04.15.xlsx': *the object is in use by
> > another process*
> >
> > Since snapshotproviderfs doesn't work, how else can we handle open files
> > and getting backups, albeit fuzzy, of these files?
> >
> > --
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> > VMware Administrator
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>



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*Zoltan Forray*
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Xymon Monitor Administrator
VMware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
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