Sun StorEdge L180

2003-04-01 Thread Tom Hrouda
Hi all, do anybody have any experience with connecting Sun Storedge L180 library (up to 10 drives, up to 180 slots) with LTO drives to W2K box (one of our customers wants it so)? I checked TSM device support list and this library is supported for W2K TSM server from 4.2.0 version for all TSM

Re: I/O wait on NFS very high.--Help.

2003-04-01 Thread Richard Foster
I have db volumes on netapp filer on NFS .And when ever disk is accessed I see 99% wait on DISK FOR cpu? We see a very similar problem. We have a storage pool on NetApp, and whenever we migrate, we get huge wait times. It's caused by paging and is an AIX problem, which pages out computational

Re: Copy job freezed

2003-04-01 Thread Paul Ripke
On Tuesday, Apr 1, 2003, at 16:47 Australia/Sydney, PAC Brion Arnaud wrote: Richard, That would make sense, if the job was freezing in the middle of the copies, but apparently, it just waits a while before starting to write the first bit of data to tape, and then goes fine till the end ! Thanks

Re: ANS1017E on NT 4.0 - TSM 5.1.5.2

2003-04-01 Thread Sal Mangiapane
I've had that same problem. We tracked it down to a firewall that was rejecting the TSM client. Has anything changed on your network? sal Vital Data Systems, LLC -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew Raibeck Sent: Monday,

Re: Copy job freezed

2003-04-01 Thread Richard Sims
Richard, That would make sense, if the job was freezing in the middle of the copies, but apparently, it just waits a while before starting to write the first bit of data to tape, and then goes fine till the end ! Then that speaks to a defective tape (or even drive) problem, as I suggested. That

Re: archive failure (continued)

2003-04-01 Thread J M
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 07:16 pm, it was written: You could try running monthly incrementals under a different nodename (ie: create another dsm.opt file eg: dsmmthly.opt) to your TSM (same or even dedicated) server. BTW, running monthly incrementals will not facilitate your long-term storage nearly as

Dumb License Question

2003-04-01 Thread Hart, Charles
TSM 4.1.6 on Solaris 8 I added to many mgsyslan.lic licenses and now I would like to reduce it. I looked in the Ref and Admin guide and found no REM or DEL lic, there's reference to the Nodelock file, but not sire if I could blow it a way and re-register? Fat fingers in the Morning

Re: Copy job freezed

2003-04-01 Thread Emil S. Hansen
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 06:07:46PM +0200, PAC Brion Arnaud wrote: Could anybody explain me why I consistently see backup stg jobs freezing ? What happens is that the job begins, but thereafter hangs for a while, doing nothing at all, and suddenly starts copying data on tape. I saw this

Re: Copy job freezed

2003-04-01 Thread PAC Brion Arnaud
Richard, Paul, Thanks for the tips, I'll kep an eye on my tape drives, and on DB disk activity ! Emil, For big storage pools that can take quite some time, and especially if running at the same time as expiration or other DB heavy activity. In my case, the storage pool size is approximatively

Re: Dumb License Question

2003-04-01 Thread Sias Dealy
Charles, If you register the wrong license or too many license. There is not a remove or a delete license command. If you want to see this feature in future release of TSM, need to call IBM TSM Support and submit a design change request. To change the license. Need to locate the nodelock file.

TSM client software via ftp

2003-04-01 Thread Gerhard Rentschler
Hello, I hope someone can help me? We have made a web page for our users which should point them to the latest TSM client code either on ftp.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de or in Boulder. However, there ist a problem. The code can be found in different trees: either under maintenance or under patches. To me

Re: TSM client software via ftp

2003-04-01 Thread Daniel Sparrman
Hi There shouldn't be a problem to direct them to the patch location. I haven't found any problems only installing the patch version of the client. When it comes to servers and TDP, it's a whole different story. In theese cases you will need both maintenance level and patch. Best Regards

Poor database performance

2003-04-01 Thread Tab Trepagnier
I just migrated our TSM system to a new pSeries 6H1 from our old F50. While I/O throughput is much higher, the database performance is surprisingly poor. I am asking for help in trying to figure out why and what I can do about it. TSM 4.1.5.0 running on AIX 4.3.3 ML 10 6H1 2-way 600 MHz 64-bit 4

Re: Dumb License Question

2003-04-01 Thread Hart, Charles
Thanks, that's what I was afraid of. Regards, Charles -Original Message- From: Sias Dealy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 7:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Dumb License Question Charles, If you register the wrong license or too many license. There is

Re: Poor database performance

2003-04-01 Thread Hart, Charles
In our experience out DB performs much faster on RAW Disk volumes as opposed to JFS filesystems. If you got to RAW for the DB and Logs make sure the Log vol RAW disk is not larger than the 4.5 / 5.2 Log limit of TSM 4.1.x Charles -Original Message- From: Tab Trepagnier [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: TSM client software via ftp

2003-04-01 Thread Remco Post
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:14:48 +0200 Daniel Sparrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi There shouldn't be a problem to direct them to the patch location. I haven't found any problems only installing the patch version of the client. Unless you are one of the lucky few where the maintenance

Re: Poor database performance

2003-04-01 Thread Remco Post
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 08:46:56 -0600 Tab Trepagnier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I built the new server, I took advantage of info on this forum and created a single large DB volume on each DB disk. The DB is currently laid out this way: == So what should I do? Split the database into a few

Re: Dumb License Question

2003-04-01 Thread Gretchen L. Thiele
I've found that you can indeed delete licenses by setting the number of licenses to zero (I think you must be fairly current with your server, mine are at v5.1.6.3): register license file=./library.lic number=0 removes all of the library entries. Similarly, register license file=./mgsyslan.lic

Re: Poor database performance

2003-04-01 Thread David Longo
You didn't mention what kind of disk (or array) you have? David Longo David B. Longo System Administrator Health First, Inc. 3300 Fiske Blvd. Rockledge, FL 32955-4305 PH 321.434.5536 Pager 321.634.8230 Fax:321.434.5509 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/01/03 09:51 AM I just

problem with backup stgpool and maxprocess=2

2003-04-01 Thread John C Dury
I am trying to speed up the time required to backup our primary tape stgpool to our secondary site by changing the number of process allowed. When I changed MAXPROCESS=2, it kicked off 2 Backup Storage Pool processes which is what I expected but on the secondary system, the 2 sessions are both

Re: Dumb License Question

2003-04-01 Thread Hart, Charles
Thank you, logic makes sense... On TSM 4.1.x it does not work but tested it on 5.1.5 and it works! I will have to do the Nodelock option for that server. Have a great Day! -Original Message- From: Gretchen L. Thiele [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 9:25 AM To:

Re: I/O wait on NFS very high.--Help.

2003-04-01 Thread PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI)
Thanks a million Rich I will work on this . Balanand Pinni -Original Message- From: Richard Foster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 2:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: I/O wait on NFS very high.--Help. I have db volumes on netapp filer on NFS .And when

Moving node to new storagepool

2003-04-01 Thread David E Ehresman
I am moving some nodes to a new storagepool, from a non-colocated one to a colocated one. I updated the copygroup definition to point to the new storagepool and new backups are going there. I used move nodedata to move the old data from its primary tape pool to the new one. My regular backup

web admin gui

2003-04-01 Thread Joni Moyer
Hello everyone! Just recently upgraded TSM server from 4.1.5 to 5.1.6.2 and I am seeing the output on the web admin gui differently. Is there a fix for this that anyone is aware of?If you notice the new version has ~ and / in the output. Thanks! This is the old web admin gui output 4.1.5:

Re: web admin gui

2003-04-01 Thread David E Ehresman
This is a known problem. I do not think a fix has been released yet. David [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/01/03 11:10 AM Hello everyone! Just recently upgraded TSM server from 4.1.5 to 5.1.6.2 and I am seeing the output on the web admin gui differently. Is there a fix for this that anyone is aware

Re: Poor database performance

2003-04-01 Thread William SO Ng
Spreading the I/O among several disks is preferred as it increase the throughput. As RAID 0,1 is prefered to RAID 5 as each write is faster. This of course is more expensive. Thanks Regards William |-+-- | | David Longo| |

DB/LOG/VOL - strange information format

2003-04-01 Thread Roberto Godoy
Hi guys! I'm using TSM 5.1.6.3 on Linux... When i perform a query db i have the following output: Available Assigned Maximum MaximumPage Total Used Pct Max. Space Capacity Extension ReductionSizeUsable Pages Util Pct (MB) (MB) (MB) (MB)

SQL Restore Error

2003-04-01 Thread Amini, Mehdi
SQL Version 7 TDP Version 2.2.1 Trying to restore SQL Database onto another SQL Server but I am getting this error ACO0151E Restore failed [Microsoft] ODBC SQL Server Driver...The file cannot be used by RESTORE..Consider using With MOVE Option to identify a valid Location. What am I doing

HSM client 3.1 vs. TSM 5.1.5

2003-04-01 Thread Martín Battistón
Hi TSM´s genius: Does an ADSM-HSM client version 3.1.20, running in an AIX 4.3.3, works with a TSM server version 5.1.5 ? We want migrate TSM server 4.1 to TSM server 5.1.5, but we cant migrate the HSM client because it support an Ondemand 2.1 with many scripts and so on We are planning a

Re: SQL Restore Error

2003-04-01 Thread Del Hoobler
Mehdi, Look at the /RELOCATE and /TO options. (... or the right-mouse click while the backup to restore is selected.) This allows you to move the database to a different physical location. Thanks, Del SQL Version 7 TDP Version 2.2.1

Re: SQL Restore Error

2003-04-01 Thread Amini, Mehdi
Since My email, I did exactly as you recommed and it worked. THanks so much Mehdi Amini LAN/WAN Engineer ValueOptions 12369 Sunrise Valley Drive Suite C Reston, VA 20191 Phone: 703-390-6855 Fax: 703-390-2581 -Original Message- From: Del Hoobler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday,

Re: I/O wait on NFS very high.--Help.

2003-04-01 Thread PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI)
Rich I applied fix IY34604 and things have improved ,but IO still has considerable wait time!!! Any more ideas please!!! 0 1 164178 72160 0 0 0 00 0 2499 5071 679 1 4 46 49 0 1 164178 71136 0 0 0 00 0 3295 4808 703 1 4 48 46 thr memory page

Re: Poor database performance - update

2003-04-01 Thread Tab Trepagnier
Thanks to all who responded. The problem turned out to be a DB Buffer Pool that was just too small, despite the fact that the old system gave acceptable performance with half as much. Since with TSM 4+ the DB Buffer Pool can be updated dynamically, I increased it 128 MB at a step and watched to

Help to install TDP for Oracle

2003-04-01 Thread brian welsh
Hello, TSM AIX client 5.1, 64 bit, TDP 5.1.5 I'm new to TDP for Oracle. I download the Redbook but it is, as far as I can see, outdated. Is there somebody outthere who like to share his experience in installing and configuring TDP for Oracle with me or can but me to a more recent manual. Thanx

TCP/IP connection failure

2003-04-01 Thread Lawrence Clark
I just installed the TSM client on a AIX 5.2 client, registered the node and started and incremental. This node is runnig a 64 bit kernal but I installed the 32 bit client. Ican ping the TSM server from the node, and the node from the TSM server. However, I keep getting: [tk2dbms] /home/root #

Re: I/O wait on NFS very high.--Help.

2003-04-01 Thread Richard Foster
I applied fix IY34604 and things have improved ,but IO still has considerable wait time!!! Any more ideas please!!! Sorry, none to be had. You're now ahead of us, because we run AIX 4.3.3 and we're still waiting for our fix. Maybe you could keep the list posted with your results, as I am

Re: I/O wait on NFS very high.--Help.

2003-04-01 Thread PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI)
Thanks. -Original Message- From: Richard Foster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 2:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: I/O wait on NFS very high.--Help. I applied fix IY34604 and things have improved ,but IO still has considerable wait time!!! Any more

Re: Poor database performance - update

2003-04-01 Thread David Longo
Which brings up another general question I have been thinking about posing for some time. With TSM the basic disk tuning theory, in a sentence, for some years has been spread DB, LOG and Disk Pool out over as many separate disks/spindles as possible. Well as we are now getting 73 and 144GB

Re: Poor database performance - update

2003-04-01 Thread Richard Sims
With TSM the basic disk tuning theory, in a sentence, 66or some years has been spread DB, LOG and Disk Pool out over as many separate disks/spindles as possible. Well as we are now getting 73 and 144GB disks, and who knows what's next, then how are we TSM Admins supposed to do that? Buy disks

Re: Poor database performance - update

2003-04-01 Thread Remco Post
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 16:04:19 -0500 David Longo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which brings up another general question I have been thinking about posing for some time. With TSM the basic disk tuning theory, in a sentence, for some years has been spread DB, LOG and Disk Pool out over as many

Re: problem with backup stgpool and maxprocess=2

2003-04-01 Thread Tae Kim
do you have enough scrach tape assigned to the tape pool? -Original Message- From: John C Dury [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 4/1/2003 10:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Subject: problem with backup stgpool and maxprocess=2

Re: problem with backup stgpool and maxprocess=2

2003-04-01 Thread Matt Simpson
At 10:28 AM -0500 4/1/03, John C Dury wrote: When I changed MAXPROCESS=2, it kicked off 2 Backup Storage Pool processes which is what I expected but on the secondary system, the 2 sessions are both asking for the same volume to be mounted so only one is actually writing data and the other is just

NEED HELP - Restore performance

2003-04-01 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
This is a zOS TSM 4.2.3.2 server. The client server is AIX 4.3 with TSM client 4.2.3.0 We had a recent hardware failure/disaster which resulted in a complete wipe of 250GB+ of storage on an AIX 4.3 system. To complicate matters, this is one of our email system, with 22-MILLION files comprising

Re: NEED HELP - Restore performance

2003-04-01 Thread Richard Sims
What can I look at to do anything I can to speed things up ? Zoltan - Your posting mentions checking some sources regarding the issue; if you haven't already, see if factors listed under Restoral Performance in http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts I'd recommend doing a

Re: *****SPAM***** tsm config require

2003-04-01 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: jiangguohong1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] now i just receive a request to config STK L700 tape library with tsm 5.1. i see a great deal of document,they say that need to config ACSLS and third party software Gresham EDT-DistribuTAPE software.so i have two probelem as following: i

Re: Moving node to new storagepool

2003-04-01 Thread Stapleton, Mark
From: David E Ehresman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I am moving some nodes to a new storagepool, from a non-colocated one to a colocated one. I updated the copygroup definition to point to the new storagepool and new backups are going there. I used move nodedata to move the old data from

Re: NEED HELP - Restore performance

2003-04-01 Thread Lloyd Dieter
Zoltan, You've probably tried this already, but just in case...have you cranked up resourceutilization and maxnummp? Maybe no-query restores? Just a thought... -Lloyd On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 17:45:46 -0500 Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a zOS TSM 4.2.3.2 server. The

Re: archive failure (continued)

2003-04-01 Thread Steven Pemberton
As big a fan of backupsets as I am, I feel the need to point out the disadvantage of backupsets: you can't browse through them if you don't the name of a desired file or its directory location. You can run Q BACKUPSETCONTENTS, but then you'll have to grep through a *very* long output. In

Re: NEED HELP - Restore performance

2003-04-01 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
No, we havent. I looked at these parameters and they might just help, since it is only single-threading right now. Thanks for the tips ! Lloyd Dieter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/01/2003 06:11 PM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager

Re: archive failure (continued)

2003-04-01 Thread Steve Harris
Mark, I have two objections to backupsets. The first is that API data is not covered. The second is that you are not supposed to make new backups for a node whilst the backupset is being created - this could cause horrendous scheduling difficulties in my environment. Is this second

Re: problem with backup stgpool and maxprocess=2

2003-04-01 Thread Steve Harris
If you use migproc=2 when you dump your diskpool then that will write two two tapes, which will then get used in parallel by backup stg. Steve. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/04/2003 8:04:10 At 10:28 AM -0500 4/1/03, John C Dury wrote: When I changed MAXPROCESS=2, it kicked off 2 Backup Storage Pool

Re: NEED HELP - Restore performance

2003-04-01 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
FYI, FWIW, the option of multiple-restore streams was introduced with the 5.x client. While this machine is still using 4.2.3.0, we are going to investigate upgrading to 5.1.5.x Not sure why this client wasn't upgraded. Any specifics on how to do the no query restore ? We checked the book and

tdp for domino problem, which user ID for backup?

2003-04-01 Thread Jozef Zatko
Hello TSM-ers, two or three weeks ago I asked list to help me with Domino backup. The problem was that, when I used TDP GUI or command line for backup I always got couple of the following error messages for various databases: 04/02/2003 08:38:53 Backup of admin4.nsf failed. 04/02/2003 08:38:53

Re: TCP/IP connection failure

2003-04-01 Thread Chandrasekhar, C.R
hi Lawrence Clark, Check for correct path specified for dsm.opt dsmcutil query /name:tsmservicename or dsmc q se -optfile=optfilename I hope this will helps you, thanks, C.R.Chandrasekhar. Systems Executive. Tivoli Certified Consultant (TSM). TIMKEN Engineering Research - INDIA (P) Ltd.,

Re: Sun StorEdge L180

2003-04-01 Thread Boireau, Eric (MED)
Hi, I used STKL700 6xLTO on Win2K and TSM 4.2. It works fine. Use the TSM device driver, disable win2k driver. One SCSI HVD Channel per drive. Eric -Original Message- From: Tom Hrouda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Sun