Hi Doug, Data server pending means that either the file is in the process of being created. I can tell you more if you do an 'ls -l' on the file at '152.3.57.133'. Andy -----Original Message----- From: Doug Benjamin Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:58 AM To: xrootd-l Cc: Doug Benjamin Subject: What is this statement mean - InfoType: kXrdcLocDataServerPending Hi, [benjamin@atl010 ~]$ xrd atlhn02.phy.duke.edu(C) 2004-2010 by the Xrootd group. Xrootd version: v3.0.5 Welcome to the xrootd command line interface. Type 'help' for a list of available commands. root://atlhn02.phy.duke.edu:1094//> locateall /atlas/test/atlgridftp01.phy.duke.edu-1M ------------- Location #1 InfoType: kXrdcLocDataServer CanWrite: true Location: '152.3.57.129:1094' ------------- Location #2 InfoType: kXrdcLocDataServerPending CanWrite: true Location: '152.3.57.133:1094' root://atlhn02.phy.duke.edu:1094//> Thanks, Doug