This is because the server is waiting on the client to respond to the last request for data. During this time the client is not sending data to the server.
-- Joshua S. Bassi Independent Consultant & IBM Server/Storage Sales Rep. IBM Certified - AIX/HACMP, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant- ADSM/TSM Cell (408)&(831) 332-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI) Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 8:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: WHy Idle wait keeps incrementing? Hi Happy new year to u all. Can u pl help me with this question. I have seen sometimes Idlewait time keeps incrementing in spite of client getting backed up. Thanks in advance. tsm: TSM>query session Sess Comm. Sess Wait Bytes Bytes Sess Platform Client Name Number Method State Time Sent Recvd Type ------ ------ ------ ------ ------- ------- ----- -------- -------------------- 2,763 Tcp/Ip IdleW 42.1 M 10.5 M 1.1 K Node WinNT Client1 2,764 Tcp/Ip RecvW 0 S 1.7 K 106.9 M Node WinNT Client1 Balanand