Jeff, two thoughts.... 1. Make sure there are tape drives available. If all are occupied, the label process will just sit there. But this shouldn't cause queries to hang.... 2. Try "ps -ef|grep dsmadmc" at the AIX command line. These are admin sessions... if you see more than you know or think should be active, "kill -9" them... We've had this situation happen. One of the rogue admin sessions is a bottleneck, and removing it may free things up. 3. (bonus) we also had a situation just the other day (in fact on 6/29!) where TSM server got hopelessly lost.... we couldn't even get a password prompt when starting dsmadmc.... halting and restarting TSM didn't help, we had to reboot AIX, then it was OK. Robin Sharpe Berlex Laboratories Jeff Bach <jdbach@WAL-M ART.COM> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Robin Sharpe/WA/USR/SHG) 06/29/01 Subject: 05:35 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Help, I am running a 3.1.2.41 ADSM server on AIX 4.3.2. After trying to label a library volume with a "label libvol " command, the command hung. Now " q pro", "q libr", and other commands hang. Is there a solution other that bouncing the ADSM instance? (the application) Jeff Bach Home Office Open Systems Engineering Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. WAL-MART CONFIDENTIAL ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error destroy it immediately. **********************************************************************