Harold, Richard, Gary and Wanda (and everyone else who replied) Now all four Windows 2008 Servers are completing successfully the partial dsm.opt is below all I did was comment out the TCPCLIENTADDRESS line (on two of the servers dsm.opt file)
*TCPCLIENTADDRESS xxx.x.x.xxx Before that I did put in the following tcpclientport 1501 Webport 1552 1553 HTTPport 1581 TCPport 1500 LANG AMENG DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL TCPSERVERADDRESS xxxx.xxx.xxxx.xx.xxs PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE *TCPCLIENTADDRESS xxx.x.x.xxx NODENAME xxxxxxxx tcpclientport 1501 Webport 1552 1553 HTTPport 1581 TCPport 1500 Errorlogname c:\progra~1\tivoli\tsm\baclient\dsmerror.log SCHEDlogname c:\progra~1\tivoli\tsm\baclient\dsmsched.log Errorlogretention 14 schedlogretention 7 LARGECOMMbuffers yes changingretries 2 subdir yes txnbytelimit 25600 tcpb 32 tcpw 63 tcpnodelay yes schedmode prompted replace prompt *exclude "*:\MSSQL\DATA\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data\*.*" MANAGEDSERVICES WEBCLIENT SCHEDULE However, here is another dsm.opt from one of the 4 that was missing (but now the backup is completing successfully) and I did not have to comment out the TCPCLIENTADDRESS xxx.x.x.xxx and I DON'T have the following. Webport 1552 1553 I am still confused because on this one I have the following. tcpclientp 1581 and not >>>> HTTPport 1581 LANG AMENG DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL TCPSERVERADDRESS xxxx.xxx.xxxx.xxx TCPCLIENTADDRESS xxx.x.x.xxx tcpclientp 1581 webports 1500 1501 this one looks like this LANG AMENG DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL TCPSERVERADDRESS xxxx.xxx.xxxx.xx.xx webports 1500 1501 1552 1553 tcpclientp 1581 Thanks for all your help! Regards -----Original Message----- From: Hughes, Timothy Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 11:40 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: RE: Windows 2008 client ..TSM schedule won't run Thanks I performed the 'dsmc q inclexcl' to test communication information as Richard suggested I got a successful communication I believe. (this is the only one left to fix see below) Session established with server TSM: AIX Server Version 6, Release 2, Level 2.0 Server date/time: 11/21/2011 10:47:31 Last access: 11/21/2011 10:26:23 *** FILE INCLUDE/EXCLUDE *** Mode Function Pattern (match from top down) Source File ---- --------- ------------------------------ ----------------- Excl Directory *\...\History.IE5 Server Excl Directory *\TEMPORARY Server Excl Directory *\I386\ Server Excl Directory *\RECYCLER Server Excl Directory *\RECYCLED Server Excl Directory *\...\Temporary Internet Files Server Excl Directory *\System Volume Information Server Excl Directory *\...\.TsmCacheDir TSM Excl Directory c:\Windows\system32\microsoft\protect Operating System Excl Directory \\?\Volume{d7559fa6-87ef-11e0-9592-806e6f6e6963}\Boot Operating S ystem Excl Directory C:\Windows\winsxs Operating System Excl Directory C:\Windows\Vss\Writers Operating System Excl Directory C:\Windows\Tasks Operating System F.Y.I - One of the two clients with the remaining issues backed up successfully last night Notice I had commented out the TCPCLIENTADDRESS which someone suggested wasn't really needed. With this edited dsm.opt file this client worked LANG AMENG DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL TCPSERVERADDRESS xxxx.xxx.xxxx.xx.xx PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE *TCPCLIENTADDRESS 516.3.x.x.100 tcpclientport 1501 Webport 1552 1553 HTTPport 1581 TCPport 1500 NODENAME caplira However this backup did not work ( noticied left the TCPCLIENTADDRESS 126.2.2.188 in) LANG AMENG DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL TCPSERVERADDRESS xxxx.xxx.xxxx.xx.xx PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE TCPCLIENTADDRESS xxx.x.x.xxx NODENAME malina22 tcpclientport 1501 Webport 1552 1553 HTTPport 1581 TCPport 1500 Wanda Thanks again Harold, Richard and Wanda -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Prather, Wanda Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 10:48 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Windows 2008 client ..TSM schedule won't run Another thing I've done in cases like this is temporarily switch from prompted to polling mode. That's usually easier to get working, as it eliminates a couple of the problems, like incorrect/changed IP address, and needs only 1 port in the firewall (1500). -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Vandeventer, Harold [BS] Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 9:18 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Windows 2008 client ..TSM schedule won't run Good details from Richard. Are all the clients on the same remote network segment? We had a case once where an agency setup new clients, but put them on a different network segment. Firewall became the issue, again, even though the firewall mgr said "not the firewall." The FW manager didn't know there were new IPs involved. We also had a case where the client name in the DSM.OPT file did not exactly match the name as known by TSM server. The node manager had worked on the node, and somehow modified the name (a typo) in the opt file. ------------------------------------------------ Harold Vandeventer -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Hughes, Timothy Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 6:14 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Windows 2008 client ..TSM schedule won't run Thanks Richard for this information. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 6:33 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Windows 2008 client ..TSM schedule won't run Timothy - Those direct peer logs were just what were needed... Rather than showing "nothing", they reveal the absence of something, that being network connectivity between the TSM server and client, at least at the midnight hour. The client has initialized CAD to listen on port 1500, and the server is trying to connect to client port 1500. If the CAD process is still extant at midnight, the situation may indicate a network blockage preventing communication. Another situation that can arise in prompted schedules is where the client's network address has changed: the TSM server's scheduling will attempt to use the last address it had for the client, which may now be defunct. (An exception is where the node is registered with an HLAddress.) Further note that the 2716 message reflects the TSM server using an IP address for the client communications attempt: if the client's network name is the same, but its IP address has been changed in its DNS entry, there you have another factor. What I would do: As a privileged admin on the client, perform a command like 'dsmc q inclexcl', to test communication with the server, in the "upward" direction. This will also refresh the server's knowledge of the client address. Now go to the TSM server and issue command Define Clientaction to perform an innocuous OS command. (In Unix, I like to use 'touch /tmp/tsmclientaction' as the command, to leave solid evidence of contact, if successful.) Wait a while for the Define Clientaction to perform, then check the TSM Activity Log to see what happened. If still no server->client communication, firewall adjustments may be needed. In this situation, changes to dsm.opt will have no remedial effect. Richard Sims