Hi TSM 5.1.1 running on a Compaq Proliant 2gig Mem 2 750Mhz Processor with 2 TL891 Libraries with 2 Drives each. The SAP/R3 on Oracle runs on Compaq Alpha Server running Tru64 Unix with 4 Processors in a 4 machine cluster. I run a SAP Log backup at 13:00 and a Full backup of the three (SPP, SPQ, PSD) databases at 21:00. Generally these run fine and I receive and e-mail upon completion showing the completion status. However now again the job fails for whatever error, and then leaves open sessions on the Tru64 Unix servers, which I then have to manually go and cancel to get the job to complete. These session are not displayed as sessions on the TSM server but only in the background on the Tru64 Server. Once I have manually cancelled these sessions the script running the backup completes and I get an e-mail notification showing a failed status. Is there something I can set to get these session to cancel automatically if a certain time period has passed. The only way I can currently identify these session is with the ps -ef |grep <JOB> command then kill the session. Sometimes this error goes unnoticed and sits in this state for a few days. It has no impact on future scheduled backups. Thanx for the help in advance Lawrie Scott For: Persetel / Q Vector KZN South Africa Company Registration Number: 1993/003683/07 Tel: +27 (0) 31 5609222 Fax: +27 (0) 31 5609495 Cell: +27 (0) 835568488 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:lawries@;comparexafrica.co.za>