Hallo *SM'ers The last time I saw 'InsertSlashHack' problems was on an AIX 4.3 machine with a problem relating to large INODE blocks or similar.
This time it appears related to an ANS1304W Active object not found Message. The enviromnet is, TSM Server 5.2.2 AIX 5.2 Client HPUX11 dsmc 5.2.2 Look at the two following RSH initiated backup logs, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root# rsh skane-0 'dsmc i /prod/bsmsb01/app/generis/ -se=mount_server -subdir=y' IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface - Version 5, Release 2, Level 2.0 (c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2003. All Rights Reserved. Node Name: SKANE-0 Session established with server RUTLAND: AIX-RS/6000 Server Version 5, Release 2, Level 2.0 Server date/time: 06/07/05 09:56:15 Last access: 06/07/05 09:55:54 Incremental backup of volume '/prod/bsmsb01/app/generis/' ANS1898I ***** Processed 500 files ***** . . ...'SNIP'... . . ANS1898I ***** Processed 673,500 files ***** Successful incremental backup of '/prod/bsmsb01/app/generis/*' Total number of objects inspected: 673,854 Total number of objects backed up: 0 Total number of objects updated: 0 Total number of objects rebound: 0 Total number of objects deleted: 0 Total number of objects expired: 0 Total number of objects failed: 0 Total number of bytes transferred: 0 B LanFree data bytes: 0 B Data transfer time: 0.00 sec Network data transfer rate: 0.00 KB/sec Aggregate data transfer rate: 0.00 KB/sec Objects compressed by: 0% Elapsed processing time: 00:43:17 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/root# rsh skane-0 'dsmc i /prod/bsmsb01/app/generis -se=mount_server -subdir=y' IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface - Version 5, Release 2, Level 2.0 (c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2003. All Rights Reserved. Node Name: SKANE-0 Session established with server RUTLAND: AIX-RS/6000 Server Version 5, Release 2, Level 2.0 Server date/time: 06/07/05 11:26:09 Last access: 06/07/05 11:25:56 Incremental backup of volume '/prod/bsmsb01/app/generis' ANS1898I ***** Processed 500 files ***** . . ...'SNIP'... . . ANS1898I ***** Processed 673,500 files ***** Expiring--> 29,889,536 /prod/bsmsb01/app/generis/var/out/import/actioned ** Unsuccessful ** ANS1228E Sending of object '/prod/bsmsb01/app/generis/var/out/import/actioned' failed ANS1304W Active object not found ANS1802E Incremental backup of '/prod/bsmsb01/app/generis' finished with 1 failure Total number of objects inspected: 673,856 Total number of objects backed up: 0 Total number of objects updated: 0 Total number of objects rebound: 0 Total number of objects deleted: 0 Total number of objects expired: 0 Total number of objects failed: 1 Total number of bytes transferred: 0 B LanFree data bytes: 0 B Data transfer time: 0.00 sec Network data transfer rate: 0.00 KB/sec Aggregate data transfer rate: 0.00 KB/sec Objects compressed by: 0% Elapsed processing time: 00:40:40 The only difference between the two commands is the trailing '/' on the dir name passed to dsmc. The backup was taken regularly and succeeded using the command _without_ the trailing slash, untill the 'actioned' dir was removed. In the dsmerror.log are the following; 06/07/05 12:51:08 WARNING: InsertSlashHack missing dirDelimter, continuing... 06/07/05 12:51:08 ANS1228E Sending of object '/prod/bsmsb01/app/generis/var/out/import/actioned' failed 06/07/05 12:51:08 ANS1304W Active object not found I cant see anything on IBM's site other than one InsertSlashHack problem that doesn't appear to be related, and various ANS1304W problems that do not appear to be related. A query backup of the offending directory shows an Active file exists Node Name: SKANE-0 Session established with server RUTLAND: AIX-RS/6000 Server Version 5, Release 2, Level 2.0 Server date/time: 06/07/05 13:03:10 Last access: 06/07/05 12:50:04 tsm> q ba /prod/bsmsb01/app/generis/var/out/import/actioned Size Backup Date Mgmt Class A/I File ---- ----------- ---------- --- ---- 96 B 06/04/05 04:20:04 MC_RMM_UNI A /prod/bsmsb01/app/generis/var/out/import/actioned Now I understand that if a filesystem is specified for incremental then you shouldn't give the trailing '/', but exactly what difference does this make to the backup process? Both backups appear to go ahead and process exactly the same list of files. Could whatever 'InsertSlashHack' is be mangling the pathname and concatenating the /prod/bsmsb01/app/generis filesystem mount point with var/out/import/actioned filesystem path to a dir and getting /prod/bsmsb01/app/generisvar/out/import/actioned instead of /prod/bsmsb01/app/generis/var/out/import/actioned. ? Matt. ___________________________ Disclaimer Notice __________________________ This message and any attachments are confidential and should only be read by those to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact us, delete the message from your computer and destroy any copies. Any distribution or copying without our prior permission is prohibited. Internet communications are not always secure and therefore Powergen Retail Limited does not accept legal responsibility for this message. The recipient is responsible for verifying its authenticity before acting on the contents. 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