I believe that this has been resolved by setting: SNAPSHOTFSIDLEWAIT 1 SNAPSHOTFSIDLERETRIES 99
John can confirm if I've misstated something. The problem was that the volume was sufficiently busy such that the LVSA did not view the volume as "idle" per the SNAPSHOTFSIDLEWAIT setting (my original suggestion of "10" didn't help -- don't know what I was thinking) and the default SNAPSHOTFSIDLERETRIES setting. By reducing the amount of time needed to view the volume as "idle", the problem went away. It is also possible that the problem could have been fixed by leaving SNAPSHOTFSIDLEWAIT alone, but increasing SNAPSHOTFSIDLERETRIES to 99 (the maximum value). There are no "right" and "wrong" values for these settings, so some experimentation may be required to determine which settings work best in any given environment or system. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. John Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/17/2003 08:51 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Open file support with 5.2.0 Andrew: Thank you for the response, I have tried this as well as the other cache option settings and I always get the same results. Here is the error I get 07/17/2003 10:33:45 ANS1376E Unable to perform operation using a point-in-time copy of the filesystem. The backup/archive operation will continue without snapshot support. 07/17/2003 10:34:03 ANS1327E The snapshot operation for '\\andp-3253\d\Outlook\*' failed. Error code: 668. 07/17/2003 10:34:03 ANS1375E The snapshot operation failed. 07/17/2003 10:35:21 ANS1376E Unable to perform operation using a point-in-time copy of the filesystem. The backup/archive operation will continue without snapshot support. 07/17/2003 10:37:01 ANS1327E The snapshot operation for '\\member_server_2\gcook\outlook\test\Outlook.pst' failed. Error code: 668. 07/17/2003 10:37:02 ANS1375E The snapshot operation failed. Any Idea's, I dont see these error messages in the latest online documents for the 5.2.0 client either. Thank You John Stephens STORServer, Inc ******************************************************************** OFS support has nothing to do with specific file types, .pst or otherwise. Try increasing the SNAPSHOTFSIDLEWAIT setting. For example: snapshotfsidlewait 10 Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. John Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/17/2003 05:51 Please respond to jws To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Open File Support on 5.2.0 Request help I am using the latest win2k client version 5.2.0.1 and trying to get open file support to work. I have included it in the install and used the setup wizard to help configure it. After the 2 reboots, I attempt to backup a Outlook PST file that the user has open. I continue to get errors from the GUI interface and the client command line. I have included the following lines in the dsm.opt file Include.FS c: fileleveltype=dynamic Include.FS D: fileleveltype=snapshot snapshotcachelocation=c:\ Does anyone have any ideas on why this would not work, or does this support not include PST files. Thank You John Stephens STORServer, Inc