David, You have not said what type of client it is, but as a general rule of thumb, I would :-
1) Check the client error and schedule logs, and if this does not give the explanation 2) Run a detailed query filespace for the node in question, to see which filespace backup did not complete, and using that information, run an sql query against that filespace eg. SELECT HL_NAME,LL_NAME,BACKUP_DATE FROM BACKUPS - WHERE NODE_NAME = 'TEST2' - AND FILESPACE_NAME = 'TEST2\DATA:' - AND BACKUP_DATE>'2002-07-29 22:00' Substitute your node and filespace names and the start date/time of your stuck filespace backup, and write the output to a file. You will then be able to analyse the output. If you have large timestamp gaps between the backups, you probably have overlarge directories, or possibly large file resends If you just have huge numbers of backups with consistent timestamp gaps, then TSM is doing the best it can and you need to look at beefing up your backup infrastructure, David E Ehresman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 07/30/2002 07:38:17 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: John Naylor/HAV/SSE) Subject: Backup stalled I had a large backup running last night writing directly to tape. In the morning the process to backup onsite tapes to the offsite copy started. That process was waiting on the tape being written by the client backup. But the client backup was stalled, i.e. it was no longer sending data to the tsm server and a q sessions showed the backup in a RecvW state. Any ideas on how to diagnose what caused the stall condition or how to fix it? David ********************************************************************** The information in this E-Mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It may not represent the views of Scottish and Southern Energy plc. It is intended solely for the addressees. Access to this E-Mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any unauthorised recipient should advise the sender immediately of the error in transmission. Scottish Hydro-Electric, Southern Electric, SWALEC and S+S are trading names of the Scottish and Southern Energy Group. **********************************************************************
