The problem seems to be solved. There was a service 'IBM Automatic Server Reboot' that
caused the reboots. It is a known problem at IBM and the problem is fixed in a more
recent version of the service. It has been installed and the server didn't reboot
since then.
Thanks for the guided help you have been given
Kurt
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>Thanx;
>but it's funny - the last version I could find on Adaptecs website says v.
>7.0.360.100 (from file information).
>
>Rgds
>Geirr G. Halvorsen
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Boyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 18. september 2002 15:24
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: TSM 5.1.1 Win2000 server reboot
>
>
>From the Drivers Detail screen:
>
>ADPU160M.SYS
>
>Provider: Adaptec
>Version: d4.2 (4.10.4002)
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
>Halvorsen Geirr Gulbrand
>Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 9:11 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: TSM 5.1.1 Win2000 server reboot
>
>
>Hi Bill,
>I would very much like to know version data for the Adpatec driver you are
>using.
>
>Rgds
>Geirr G. Halvorsen
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Bill Boyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 18. september 2002 15:03
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: TSM 5.1.1 Win2000 server reboot
>
>
>Adaptec has an updated driver on their site that works great. The default
>driver delivered with Win2k has problems with LTO tape. I haven't seen
>reboot problems, but severe throughput issues to where I would only get
>1-2GB/hour throughput on the tape drives. Updating to the Adaptec drivers
>(even though the Tivoli support pages say to use the IBM drivers) has gotten
>me to 1+GB/Minute throughput.
>
>Bill Boyer
>DSS, Inc.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
>Halvorsen Geirr Gulbrand
>Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2002 4:37 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: TSM 5.1.1 Win2000 server reboot
>
>
>Hi Kurt,
>I have had a similar problem (maybe the same) with TSM v. 4.2.2 on an IBM
>x342, with adaptec 39160 SCSI controller, and LTO library IBM 3584.
>In my case it rebooted 1-2 times pr. day. I bugged me alot, but seemingly it
>was a problem with the SCSI Controller Driver on w2k.
>To fix this I made a database backup of TSM, and installed w2k from scratch,
>then installed the correct driver for the adapter-card (found on
>ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/Win2000/adaptec_lun.zip),
>reinstalled TSM, and restored the TSM database. I haven't had the problems
>after that. Now, I don't think reinstalling OS should be necessary, but I
>believe the problem is something related to registry settings for device
>adpu160m (the adaptec controller), and when updating this driver, some
>settings still are in registry or some files exist that are not replaced
>when updating the driver.
>Another problem is that because the server goes down unexpectedly, TSM is
>likely to have a corrupted database, and when you get the server to run OK,
>you should do an AUDITDB on your tsm. (Oh my, this is slow...)
>The other option is to drop your database, and just do the full backup all
>over again.
>
>Hope this helps...
>
>Rgds.
>Geirr G. Halvorsen
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kurt Beyers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 17. september 2002 22:56
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: TSM 5.1.1 Win2000 server reboot
>
>
>Hi,
>
>I've just installed TSM 5.1.1 on a Windows 2000 Advanced Server (SP2)
>
>The hardware of the TSM server is:
>
>IBM Netfinity X232 8668 (Pentium 4, 1133 MHz)
>512 MB RAM
>IBM ServeRAID-4LX Ultra 160 controller (SCSI controller of internal disks)
>IBM LTO library connected via an Adaptec SCSI controller.
>
>During the setup of TSM and the full backup of a number of clients, the
>server has rebooted 6 times. There is no Dr. Watson or what so ever. In the
>TSM activity log there are also no errors written. You just retrieve the
>latest commands before the shutdown and afterwards the normal startup
>messages of TSM.
>
>Only in the event log, there is an event stating 'An unexpected system
>shutdown has occured'. No other errors or warnings in the event log.
>
>Has anybody else experienced a similar situation and how did you solve it?
>
>Any input is more then welcome. Thanks,
>
>Kurt
>
