It was as suspected, the NFS mount. Eventhough we tried dsmc -nfstimeout=10 it still hung/never comes back. Once the server owner unmounted the NFS, the problem cleared up.
On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 11:03 AM, Andrew Raibeck <stor...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > Hi Zoltan, > > Yes, it could be a stale NFS mount point. Take a look at the NFSTIMEOUT > client option which lets you set a non-indefinite value for waiting on NFS > mount points. > > Regards, > > Andy > > ____________________________________________________________ > ________________ > > Andrew Raibeck | IBM Spectrum Protect Level 3 | stor...@us.ibm.com > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager links: > Product support: > https://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/product/tivoli/ > tivoli_storage_manager > > Online documentation: > http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGSG7/ > landing/welcome_ssgsg7.html > > Product Wiki: > https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/Tivoli% > 20Storage%20Manager > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 2016-10-06 > 10:59:55: > > > From: Zoltan Forray <zfor...@vcu.edu> > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Date: 2016-10-06 11:01 > > Subject: dsmc won't start/hangs > > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > > > An odd situation popped up on a Linux client (7.1.3.1). > > > > This client had been backing up just fine and suddenly it stopped. > Nothing > > in dsmerror.log. > > > > What is strange is you cant get into dsmc. It simply hangs so hard you > > have to kill -9 it. > > > > The TSM server is still fully ping-able. Tried renaming dsm.sys/dsm.opt > so > > it could not find it and properly reports this but as soon as they are > > available/found, it hang? > > > > The only clue/oddity we see is an NFS mount that is also > > non-responsive/non-pingable and we are talking to the server owner about > > rebooting the box. Can this be causing the dsmc process to hang? > > > > Any thoughts on how to diagnose this? > > > > -- > > *Zoltan Forray* > > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > > Xymon Monitor Administrator > > VMware Administrator (in training) > > Virginia Commonwealth University > > UCC/Office of Technology Services > > www.ucc.vcu.edu > > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html > > > -- *Zoltan Forray* Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator Xymon Monitor Administrator VMware Administrator (in training) Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services www.ucc.vcu.edu zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html
