What version of the TSM client are you running? I remember some of the early 3.1 and 3.7 clients had issues with releasing memory (not sure about pegging the CPU though).
-- Joshua S. Bassi IBM Certified - AIX 4/5L, SAN, Shark Tivoli Certified Consultant - ADSM/TSM eServer Systems Expert -pSeries HACMP AIX, HACMP, Storage, TSM Consultant Cell (831) 595-3962 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@;VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Gallerson,Charles,GLENDALE,Information Technology Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 3:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NT 4.0 100% CPU Usage Importance: High All (HELP) When backups are triggered via a batch file on NT 4.0 Clients they use 100% of CPU and the dsmc process continues to use 100% of CPU even after the backup shows complete and successful in TSM. The process then has to be killed manually in order to release the CPU cycles. AIX 5.1 TSM 5.1
