Greetings, Now its my turn for an RTFM! I found the 'automount' option during a Google search about an hour after I posted. I have put that in and will try it out.
Best Regards, John D. Schneider Email: john.schnei...@mercy.net -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 9:57 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Backup of NFS filesystem fails to automount. John, have a look at the "automount" option in the TSM client manual. 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/IBMTivoliStorageMan ager.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 2009-03-02 18:28:28: > [image removed] > > Backup of NFS filesystem fails to automount. > > Schneider, John > > to: > > ADSM-L > > 2009-03-02 18:31 > > Sent by: > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > Greetings, > > We are trying to backup a filesystem that is an automounted NFS. The > automount is not happening; as you can see it only backs up the > directory. If I issue 'cd /mnt/mksysb' down to the directory the > automount works. I can run the schedule then and the scheduler sees and > backs up the files. > > So why doesn't the TSM scheduler process cause automounter to mount the > files? > > 03/02/09 01:00:08 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > 03/02/09 01:00:08 Schedule Name: NIM_MASTER_NFS > 03/02/09 01:00:08 Action: Incremental > 03/02/09 01:00:08 Objects: /mnt/mksysb > 03/02/09 01:00:08 Options: -subdir=y -compression=n > 03/02/09 01:00:08 Server Window Start: 01:00:00 on 03/02/09 > 03/02/09 01:00:08 > ------------------------------------------------------------ > 03/02/09 01:00:08 > Executing scheduled command now. > 03/02/09 01:00:08 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT BEGIN NIM_MASTER_NFS 03/02/09 > 01:00:00 > 03/02/09 01:00:08 Incremental backup of volume '/mnt/mksysb' > 03/02/09 01:00:09 Successful incremental backup of '/mnt/mksysb' > > 03/02/09 01:00:10 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS BEGIN > 03/02/09 01:00:10 Total number of objects inspected: 1 > 03/02/09 01:00:10 Total number of objects backed up: 0 > 03/02/09 01:00:10 Total number of objects updated: 0 > 03/02/09 01:00:10 Total number of objects rebound: 0 > 03/02/09 01:00:10 Total number of objects deleted: 0 > 03/02/09 01:00:10 Total number of objects expired: 0 > 03/02/09 01:00:10 Total number of objects failed: 0 > 03/02/09 01:00:10 Total number of bytes transferred: 0 B > 03/02/09 01:00:10 Data transfer time: 0.00 sec > 03/02/09 01:00:10 Network data transfer rate: 0.00 KB/sec > 03/02/09 01:00:10 Aggregate data transfer rate: 0.00 KB/sec > 03/02/09 01:00:10 Objects compressed by: 0% > 03/02/09 01:00:10 Elapsed processing time: 00:00:02 > 03/02/09 01:00:10 --- SCHEDULEREC STATUS END > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Best Regards, > > John D. Schneider > Lead Systems Administrator - Storage > Sisters of Mercy Health Systems > Email: john.schnei...@mercy.net > > > This e-mail contains information which (a) may be PROPRIETARY IN NATURE OR > OTHERWISE PROTECTED BY LAW FROM DISCLOSURE, and (b) is intended only for the > use of the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the addressee, or the > person responsible for delivering this to the addressee(s), you are notified > that reading, copying or distributing this e-mail is prohibited. If you have > received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately. This e-mail contains information which (a) may be PROPRIETARY IN NATURE OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED BY LAW FROM DISCLOSURE, and (b) is intended only for the use of the addressee(s) named above. If you are not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering this to the addressee(s), you are notified that reading, copying or distributing this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender immediately.