We had the same problem here with a Linux client....the solution was to include these two lines on dsm.opt:
SKIPACL yes SKIPACLUPdatecheck yes On Feb 5, 2008 8:49 AM, Rainer Schöpf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello TSMers! > > After upgrading the TSM Linux client on one of our fileservers (x68_64) > from 5.3.5 to 5.4.1, the next incremental started to backup all files > again. I traced this to a change in the handling of filesystem ACLs by the > TSM client. > > The filesystem in question is xfs. > > For the time being, I went back to 5.3.5 (server is 5.4.1.0 on W2K3). I > can live with that for a while. > > I traced the problem with strace and client -TRACEFLags=service. This > shows that the 5.4 does not use the libacl interface, but accesses the > extended attributes directly with the getxattr system call. And indeed, > the TSM client trace shows this: > > 04.02.2008 12:48:39.468 : unxfilio.cpp (1571): fioCmpAttribs: > Attribute comparison of two directories > Attribute Old New > --------- --- --- > File mode 16893 16893 > uid 501 501 > gid 100 100 > ACL size 424 0 > ACL checksum 3721320641 0 > Xattr size 0 494 > Xattr checksum 0 3013615671 > 04.02.2008 12:48:39.468 : fileio.cpp (4627): fioCmpAttribs(): old > attrib's data from build (IBM TSM 5.4.1.2) > 04.02.2008 12:48:39.468 : unxfilio.cpp (1825): -->Attribs > different: returning ATTRIBS_BACKUP > > It is interesting that in Technote swg21249081 libacl is mentioned as a > potential problem to look for, but not getxattr. I made sure that libacl > is present, but the strace output shows that it isn't used. > > This is very annoying. It means that the TSM client will probably force a > backup of every file with an ACL when I upgrade from 5.3 to 5.4. > > Is this change documented somewhere? Is there a way to go back to either > using libacl with the 5.4 client, or get the same ACL size/checksum from > the Attributes comparison? > > Rainer Schöpf > > -------------------------------------------------------- > ProteoSys AG > Carl-Zeiss-Straße 51 > 55129 Mainz > > Dr. Rainer Schöpf > Leiter Software/Softwareentwicklung > > Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone: +49-(0)6131-50192-41 > Fax: +49-(0)6131-50192-11 > WWW: http://www.proteosys.com/ > -------------------------------------------------------- > ProteoSys AG - Carl-Zeiss-Str. 51 - D-55129 Mainz > Amtsgericht Mainz HRB 7508 - USt.-Id Nr.: DE213940570 > Vorstand: Helmut Matthies (Vorsitzender), Prof. Dr. André Schrattenholz > Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Dr. Werner Zöllner > -- __________________________________ Leandro Mazur