We occasionally see these messages in the server activity log: ANR0521W Transaction failed for session 911741 for node JOHNDOE (Mac) - object excluded by size in storage pool STGPOOL and all successor pools. (SESSION: 911741)
...but that's all the information I get. So I call up JOHNDOE on the telephone, and they are barely aware that they are backing up, much less that they have a problem, and get the usual response, "Huh?" A request for them to look in their own dsmerror.log file is met by a second "Huh?" What I need is more information. I need to know JOHNDOE's file name and domain that they are attempting to back up. I need to know how large the file is that they're trying to back up. That way, I can do something more creative, such as spoon feed them with an EXCLUDE statement. Often this is how I detect attempts to back up live databases, which is useless, so I could help them develop a better way to back up the database. But the problem is I get no information beyond the node name. This is a case where real data is not being backed up, so I have a duty to investigate. I suppose I could restore their dsmerror.log file and look in there, but that's way too much work for an already overburdened TSM admin. How can I get this information? Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==== "If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize ===== === that you don't know what you thought you knew!" -- George Ankner ===
