It is possible to run TSM as a non-root userid, in which case you wouldn't need root privs to kill it. However, I still find there are times when it is necessary to reboot AIX to clear an I/O problem.
At 10:41 AM 2/8/2002 -0800, Cheryl Miller wrote: >We just converted to TSM 4.2.1.9 from NetBackup. We are finding that our >group needs to be able to stop the TSM daemons and start the start up >script, instead of always having the system admin. do this. Right now I am >told that there is no work around for root privileges being needed to kill >the TSM daemons. I'm wondering how other shops get around this problem? When >our TSM server crashes, all of the clients that are getting backed up are >getting hung schedulers and need to be bounced to resume working. The fact >that root privileges are needed to bounce the daemons is adding on days to >our resolution, since we have to open a problem ticket with the system >admin. group and wait for them to bounce the daemons. We have ids on most of >the unix servers and could do it, if the permissions allowed. > >Any ideas?? Do any of you have a work around for this problem? Tivoli had me >open an enhancement request. > >....Cheryl > >Cheryl Miller >Wells Fargo Bank >Distributed Storage Management (DSM) >916-774-2073
