Also check for mounted tapes Q MOUNT. TSM will not dismount the tapes before it halts. Then when you start back up you have drives with tapes in them that TSM doesn't know about. On AIX with out 3494 library, I've changed the rc.adsmserv startup script to dismount any volume from each drive using the MTLIB command before TSM starts. This way I can be sure there are not tapes left mounted from TSM comming down before. I'm not sure how you would do it with other SCSI libraries..
Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gerald Wichmann Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 1:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Shutting down TSM on AIX Kill command is ok however keep in mind that you'll want to check what the TSM server is doing first before you do it. Make sure any backups/restores can be cancelled (and the appropriate people informed) as well as any other processes like migration and so forth. According to the TSM manual you should do: Disable sessions - prevents new clients from accessing TSM put permits existing sessions to continue Query sessions - check if any sessions are currently running Cancel session - cancel above sessions as appropriate Query process - check for any running processes Cancel process - cancel them as appropriate Then when the TSM server is quiet and you're ready to shut it down: Halt When you bring it back up use "enable sessions" to allow clients to access TSM again.. Are the above necessary? No not really.. doing a halt outright or sending a kill signal to the process is going to cause the TSM server to cancel everything anyways.. So if you know it's ok to do so then go for it. But I usually do a quick check and "quiet" the TSM server personally.. Regards, Gerald Wichmann Senior Systems Development Engineer Zantaz, Inc. 925.598.3099 (w) -----Original Message----- From: David E Ehresman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 7:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Shutting down TSM on AIX 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
