99 times out of 100 it's a broken NFS mount. I've also never seen nfstimeout make any difference whatsoever.
On Thu, 6 Oct 2016, 17:19 Zoltan Forray, <zfor...@vcu.edu> wrote: > 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 >
