Shutdown and reboot both send a kill -15 to processes. TSM listens to this kill signal and shuts itself down. If you have tape activity going, it is best to stop as much of it as you can, since some threads won't shut down completely until I/O is completed.
bob On Thu, May 16, 2002 at 10:01:06AM -0400, David E Ehresman wrote: > What is the preferred method of shutting down the TSM server on a AIX > box when AIX is being rebooted? Is a kill command ok or is there a > kinder way to shutdown TSM without using dsmadmc? > > David