Thanks, Andy. I've done as you said and started the GUI. Interestingly, I've installed the TDP for SQL and, using the dsmcutil tool, a service for the BAClient and the SQL Server TDP. They both installed and contacted the server OK, so maybe I'll get backups even if I can't run the client tools locally.
Question: are dsmc and dsm java apps? Could that be the problem? Steve On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Andrew Raibeck <stor...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > My guess is that the slow startup is VSS-related. > > Try adding this to your options file: > > traceflags service > tracefile c:\somefilename > > (you can name the trace file whatever you want, enclose in double quotes if > the file name contains blanks) > > Then start dsmc and wait for the prompt to appear. > > After you get the prompt, quit out of the client. > > Then look in the trace... while much of it might not make sense, what you > want to focus on is the time stamps that begin each line of trace output. > Look for a large gap between two trace lines, which would indicate at that > point in the trace, the client attempted to call some function and > experienced a delay. > > Alternatively, it might not be one big time gap, but lots of smaller (but > not insignificant) gaps in time. > > Best regards, > > Andy > > Andy Raibeck > IBM Software Group > Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development > Level 3 Team Lead > Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/i...@ibmus > Internet e-mail: stor...@us.ibm.com > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: > > http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html > > > The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. > The command line is your friend. > "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 02/12/2009 > 05:07:55 PM: > > > Re: TSM Client GUI hanging at initializing > > > > Steve Stackwick > > > > to: > > > > ADSM-L > > > > 02/12/2009 05:09 PM > > > > Sent by: > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > > > Note that, on the same machine, I just installed the SQL Server TDP and > it > > works just fine, connects to the TSM server, backs up, etc. This has got > to > > be a client bug. > > > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Thomas Denier < > > thomas.den...@jeffersonhospital.org> wrote: > > > > > -----Steve Stackwick wrote: ----- > > > > > > >I have a W2K3 SP2 32bit server whose brand new TSM 5.5.1 client > > > >install is behaving peculiarly. The GUI hangs at Initializing > > > >(though it does start after a *LONG* time), the command line hangs > > > >at an open window, likewise. > > > >The usual suspects: this is not a cluster, and the admin sez he > > > >tried to apply the VSS fix and was told it was superseded by what > > > >was already on the machine. Any clues? > > > > > > Is there any chance that the DNS servers are specificed incorrectly > > > and you are waiting for a succession of queries to time out? The > > > quick test for this is to specify the server address in dotted > > > decimal form. This eliminates any dependence on DNS, and hence > > > will eliminate the delay if it is due to DNS problems. > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Stephen Stackwick > > Jacob & Sundstrom, Inc. > > 401 East Pratt St., Suite 2214 > > Baltimore, MD 21202-3003 > > (410) 539-1135 * (866) 539-1135 > > sstackw...@jasi.com > -- Stephen Stackwick Jacob & Sundstrom, Inc. 401 East Pratt St., Suite 2214 Baltimore, MD 21202-3003 (410) 539-1135 * (866) 539-1135 sstackw...@jasi.com
