fyi... you can upgrade that to Redhat version 8 and you'll see better performance.
-----Original Message----- From: Patrick Boutilier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 7:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Problems with TSM on Linux Server Mark, We run TSM server 5.1.6.5 on RedHat 7.2 with 2.4.9-31 kernel without any problems. Mark Farber wrote: > Hi TSM'rs > > Being a Linux bigot, I managed to convince a new client to opt for a Linux TSM > server over Windows. I am now starting to wish I had just gone for Windows. Unless > you can help I might have to. Here's the problem. > > Server Version 5.2.0.2 on Redhat 9 > Client Version 5.1.6.2 on Redhat 7.3 > > The TSM server has no tape library or drive but is totally file based (400GB using > software raid0) > > Client backups are done via the crontab using "/opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmc > incr" > > The server just hangs during a client backup operation.....nothing in the activity > report. Eventually the client times out but unfortunately the "dsmc incr" stays in > the process queue. The next day, cron dutifully fires off another backup and so it goes. Eventually after a call from a frustrated customer, I have to start the server manually and run the backup manually. (Seriously not good!!) > > Also, if a backup is running and you happen to do one too many "q act" requests, the > server hangs. > > By the way, only the TSM application hangs, not Linux itself. > > Has anyone experience with Linux TSM server and seen similar problems? > > Regards > Mark
