Re: Volume Shadow Copy Stays at 0%

From: Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOEGER (peter_at_langstoeger.at)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:06:21 +0000 (UTC)

In article <ch1aca$27s$1@ns1.fe.internet.bosch.com>, "news.fr.de.bosch.com" <peter.harper@uk.bosch.com> writes:
>I recently set up an old Microvax 3100 to shadow the system disk using
>RZ28's. All disks seen ok after change of shadowing
>parameters, but when I issued the mount to bring the second member into the
>shadow set, VMS acknowledges the requirement
>for a copy but it just stays there saying 'ShadowCopying (Copy Traget DSA8
>0% Copied)
>
>Its been like this now for 14 hours.
>
>Ths SHADOW_SERVER appears to be running and the VOLSHAD license is active. I
>see absolutely no errors in the
>OPERATOR log either.
>
>Any one any ideas why is freezes?
>
>I'm sure i've had this once before but for the life of me can't remember
>what caused it

If your SYSGEN Param SHADOW_MAX_COPY is 0 then shadow copies are the duty
of another cluster members ;-) Or in other words, don't set it to 0 on
standalones...

btw. What does SHOW SHADOW tell you ? 

-- 
Peter "EPLAN" LANGSTOEGER
Network and OpenVMS system specialist
E-mail  peter@langstoeger.at
A-1030 VIENNA  AUSTRIA              I'm not a pessimist, I'm a realist

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