AFAIK dsmstat is a process that uns alongside dsmc and holds dsmc's hand when it scan NFS mount point to make sure it doesnt 'hang' if the NFS mountpoit is broken. If the mountpoint is not responding my understanding was dsmstat manipulates the situation so dsmc can carry on.
I found this out from various sources when we had a problem with dsmstat appearing hung every morning on some clients. Apparently, tsm will stat _ALL_ available mountpoints regardless of DOMAIN options etc.. when the backup first starts up, filtering of what to backup then takes place (through the DOMAIN options etc..) Matt. -----Original Message----- From: Lisa Cabanas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 7:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: NFS MOUNTS FWIW, on AIX, even if you aren't backing up NFS mounts, if one of the mounts is hung, then your incremental is hosed and it terminates. I started noticing this behaviour in/around the 3.7 code level. lisa David Longo <David.Longo@HEALTH- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FIRST.ORG> cc: Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Subject: Re: NFS MOUNTS Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] U> 03/13/2002 04:26 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" TSM by default DOES NOT backup NFS mounts. You have to specifically tell it to with the DOMAIN statement in dsm.opt or dsm.sys, depending on your platform. What platform is this? Maybe there is a CLOPSET set on the server to back it up? David Longo >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/13/02 04:43PM >>> We ran into a problem with NFS mounts on one our clients. The NFS server went down and when the client tried to backup it just hung. My question is why does TSM back up NFS by default with no real way to turn it off. What can we do to not look at the NFS mounts. I have tried different exclude statements, but to no avail. Does anyone have any suggestions? TSM server 3.7.4 Client 3.7.2.15 Mark Adams Systems Programmer CSG Systems, Inc. "MMS <health-first.org>" made the following annotations on 03/13/02 17:39:49 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where the message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; and (2) the sender is authorized by the entity to give such views or opinions. ============================================================================ ==
