Re: TSM DB and RLOG sizes

Hi, You can increase your database a hundred(maybe even a thousand), times bigger without suffering performance problems. In the Admin guide the space occupied by each object (30Million of them), is explained. You will definately need to increase your db size. Regards ChristoH Up to now I

Re: Expiration performance

Hi Ben, I agree with you on these points - ran Dave's script on our main TSM server - and the Database backup performance is exceptionally good - the slowest I'm seeing is 3100: FULL_DBBACKUP 2004-09-03 62625600 FULL_DBBACKUP 2004-09-04

Re: Maximum database volumes?

Performance and Tuning documentation states it should not be more than 13 Volumes - not too sure how you achieve that in the mainframe world where you have 2.835Gig disks - (Mod3's). Most shops don't really have access to mod9's, so then from a performance guide point of view you can not really go

Re: Maximum database volumes?

is normally sharing resources with many other applications. Certainly in my experience poor TSM mainframe performance is down to insufficient resources for the overall workload rather than anything inherent in TSM. thanks, John Christo Heuer [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Novell Cluster (San volumes not getting backed up)

Hi Riaan, TSM does treat the cluster resources correctly - making it cluster aware, as far as my requirements go. Although you load the TSA with the /cluster=off it is cluster aware and will treat the disks as logical units and treat fail-over to the other nodes in the cluster correctly. This is

Re: TSM on zLinux

Hi Markus, I did the 5.2 TSM server Beta Test on a Z-Series Linux - SUSE9 Distro. z900, 3584 - LTO-2 drives, Ess (F20) storage. Let me know what you want to know. Our only issue with the whole testing was support from IBM in terms of z-Series Linux - skills seemed a bit lacking. (This might have

Re: Slow backup from Netware of small files

Hi Eric, You will not get better performance than that - although, like Richard says, it is common on all platforms it is worse on Netware. You should definately switch off compression if you had it on - the reason you are getting worse performance(this is my opinion anyhow), is because Netware

Re: LTO tape cartridge(200GB/400GB) stores data 500GB+.

3580ULTGen2 drive. Thanks, c.r.chandrasekhar -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Christo Heuer Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: LTO tape cartridge(200GB/400GB) stores data 500GB+. Hi, I

Re: LTO tape cartridge(200GB/400GB) stores data 500GB+.

Hi, I see you are a Tivoli certified consultant (TSM) - maybe they missed that part in the certification exam - why don't you read up on compression - if this puzzles you I'm sure plenty other things will confuse the hell out of you. Christo - Original Message - From: Chandrashekar, C.

Re: TSM Scheduling

Simple answer - the fact that the schedule actually ran means there IS an association - the fact that it does not run at the set time has to do with the schedule randomization % that is set on the TSM server and the length of the start-up window for the schedule for this client. Simple example:

Re: AW: TSM Scheduling - a lingusitic subthread

english: My backups are scheduled to start at 01:00, but didn't start till 02:41 Monday 01:21 today. Any idea why? Does it tell the schedule did run at 02:41 for sure or is this only a probable explanation? regards Juraj -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Christo Heuer [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Can't define IBM3583-L72 LTO library to TSM

Hi Zoltan, When you say you are trying to define a path to /dev/smc0 you are trying to define a path to the library - not the drives - so even if the drives are responding fine with the tapeutil command you can still have problems with the library - the drives can function without the library

Re: any possibility to make a copy of a dbbackup tape?

Hi Paul, We do a backup of the DB to a file device class and then FTP this file to a remote server. Depending on your TSM server DB size and network it might or might not be feasible. Regards Christo Hello everbody, is there any possibility to make a copy of a dbbackup tape? regards Paul

Re: 3583 LTO Library

Anyone running a 3583 with LTO-2 drives on Win2K? Something that might be pertinent to the I/O errors that this thread originally discussed is the SCSI adapter being used - if not fiber connected. We implemented a 3583 with LTO-2 drives recently and were experiencing terrible performance -

Re: Number of Sessions?

Hi John, This looks more like an IP problem than a sessions issue - the fact that your TCP/IP driver can not initialize is the problem. I remember a loong time ago a similar problem existed - more or less in ADSM V3 - but it was limited to specific hardware devices connecting the OS/390 system to

Re: Recover TSM Database with ERROR

Definately read the manual as explained by Andy already! Cheers Christo Hello , All For now , I can backup the TSM database sucessfully , however , I can not do a sucessful database recover , and the following is the command result . please see it Backup Database sucessfully===

Re: q vol f=g ??!?

Hi Sascha, You have two (3) options when doing commands to TSM. Without the f=d, you get normal about, with it you get detailed info - (f=d). The 3rd option is format=gui. In the old days of ADSM there was a GUI that worked/works a whole lot better than the WEB Gui. When this interface sends

Re: Strange backup behavior

Hi Craig, Are you not looking at the System object paret of the backup??? The System object backup takes each file in the system/system32 and backs it up during incremental backup - irrespective of the fact that the file has not changed. That is all I can think of to cause this type of

Re: ITSM Operational Reporting Technology Preview

Hi Shannon, You do not mention your platform you are running the reports on - those type of messages are normally related to something the application tries to do that Windows does not like Cheers Christo I find that half the SQL Selects do not work with MVS but I can go in and modify

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Hi Gianni, Welcome to the list - maybe give us some background info of your environment - hardware, number of servers etc. That should get the discussion going... Regards Christo Hello everybody. My name is Gianni Pierini and I'm a

Re: anyone using ATA disk systems

Hi John, There is currently an alternative to bypass the limitation/issues Andrew brought up... A company with the name of Dilligent software uses a prodcuct called copycross which has a good approach to the problems with a very large disk pool in TSM as a replacement for tape: They basically

Re: Database page size?

Nope - you are not able to change this as far as I know... Regards Christo = Can you change it? I have 4096 bytes. Med vänlig hälsning Henrik Wahlstedt Statoil Phone: +46 8 429 6325 IT EH SE

Re: HELP: MVS TSM Server Hanging on Boot

Hi Mark, I had a problem like this a few months back - waited about an hour for the server to start up properly - got to exactly the same place yours came - after I halted it a 2nd time it came up relatively quickly - about 20 minutes - I think the fact that you have an 11Gig recovery log volume

Re: Network drive backup with Storage Agent

Hi Jin, Something similar to what we've done - except we didn't go the LAN-Free route. We installed the 32Bit Windows client for netware - mapped the Netware volumes to 2000, and then did a TSM Lan backup to our TSM server. I'm not too sure if the storage agent on Windows will be able to work

Re: LAN free backup for Novell

Hi Paul, I agree with you on the small files and LAN-Free - BUT - we have a few Netware servers with large btrieve databases - so I'm sure there is a need for Lan-Free on Netware - bringing me to the 2nd part of Netware and backups - the unfortunate thing with Netware and small files is this: You

Re: 4.2.3 Upgradedb slow

Hi Sam, Definately something else wrong - should only take a second or two Maybe check your OS/390 side for contention/problems - do a GRS to see if TSM is waiting on any resources. Regards Christo +++ I have just installed

Re: performace figure Gigabit network

Go to a disk staging area 1st - then stream at good speed to your LTO... Cheers Christo = Dear Marc, I am runnin w2k dual p4 1GB mem 3583 scsi based. The network is GB. Right now I am tunning tcpwindows size buffpoolsize

What's happened to Richard Sims?

Does anyone know what has happened to Richard? He used to be very active on the discussion list. Had no posts for a long time now Cheers Christo __ The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. It

Re: dsmc Manual

Yeah, Type in help under your dsmc prompt. Cheers Christo --- Hi all, Can anybody tell me where is a manual of the dsmc and it's options? Thanks

Re: TSM and multiprocessing

Hi Sascha, This holds true for all the OS's except MVS-OS/390-z/os - on the mainframe you need to specify multithreading yes/no to enable multi CP usage. If set to no TSM will only use one CP. Cheers Christo -- The

Re: netware dsmcad sessions hung

Hi Tim, I have the same problem on NT servers - I started using the dsmcad on NT - but because of the problems with the managedservices I never rolled it out to other servers Are you on 4.1.2? You should go to 4.2.2 - that seems to be more stable as far as the DSMCAD is concerned. Regards

The New and improved ADSM.ORG

Hi Gang, For those of you fortunate enough to have access to the NET from work/home, had a looked at the new Adsm.org yet? It is very impressive! Not too many people subscribed yet, definately worth it. Cheers Christo __ The information contained in

Re: backup performance with db and log on a SAN

Roger, Some very good points made here - only thing I'm curious about is why you do not suggest to create a non-Raid LUN on the Shark - this will give Eliza the best of both worlds. I created a Non-Raid drawer in our shark specifically for database types that require Non-Raid type disk

Re: Restore Performance.

Hi All, Netware restores suck big time when it comes to throughput! The TSA/SMDR modules are single threaded (as far as CPU's are concerned - even in Netware 6). The best we could pusk the Netware client is 4.1M/Bytes per second - which is faster than what you are seeing but still an issue when

Re: cache hit rate

Hi Ken, OK - maybe there is a bit of conflicting info here - Let's begin by saying you must try and have the hit ratio above 99% for optimum performance (As stated in the performance and Tuning manual). If you look at selftunebufpoolsize - it will adjust the buffpool when your cache hit ratio is

Re: Old client versions

directory. So, you just need to go to the adsm directory and choose the client/server versions you require. Regards Christo Heuer Absa Bank Jhb SA Hello Where can I download clients older than ver 3.7? I can't find them anymore on the Tivoli website Regards Niklas Lundström

Netware problem and TSM

Hi everyone, Has anyone had a requirement to really push the Netware client for throughput to a TSM server to enable backups of about 1Tb or more? Let me give you some background: Client OS: Netware6 (I know - but it wasn't in my power to change). Tsm Server: Win2K - 3583 Ultrium library. Disk

Re: DISASTER Client Restores Slow

Has anyone had a look at a new feature in the TSM5.1 server code that gives you the facility to consolidate a nodes data - either on filespace level or node level? This will address the multiple tapes that a client's data can end up on over an extended period of time. For those that do not know

Re: Daily Backup Report: More Issues

Hi Orin, Just to add to what Paul and Andy has already said: TDP for Exchange - definately a problem - even a q files nodexyz f=d reports a successfull backup - although the Rc425 in the exchange log says that the backup of storage group xyz failed the TDP for exchange does NOT comunicate this

Re: SAN Problem - TDP for SAP on Windows 2000

Hi Gerrit/Paul, Here is an extract from the readme.txt that comes with the QLOGIC drivers for NT: 2. Select HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and follow the tree structure down to the QLogic driver as follows: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet

Re: Redirecting Commands in Scripts

Hi Gerhard, Is there any specific reason you want to make use of a script? Seeing that Tim Williams already answered your question you should in any case look at doing what you want in a different way. What we do - which will give you exactly what you are trying to achieve right now - is to run

Re: Question about 3590 tape drives

Hi Gerhard, stop/start processing of the tape drive - the disk pool does not stream the data fast enough to cause a continues flow of data - hence when there has been a stop in the flow of data there needs to be some kind of re-positioning - to continue writing where the last bit of data was

Re: Benefits of moving to platform other than OS/390

Hi Wayne - and others following this thread with interest Firstly, how big is your current environment on OS/390 as far as TSM is concerned. I really do not see OS/390 scaling like AIX when it comes to TSM... I agree that most of the people running OS/390 have all the

People running OS/390 TSM servers - maybe for the development guys......

servers on one LPAR or upgrade each CP to a more powerfull CP. Is this in line with development, and the way it should work? Thanks Christo Heuer ASBA Bank Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA __ The information contained in this communication is confidential

Re: I need help

Hugo, If you want people to help you, please specify additional info: Things like - Platform (client and server), versions of the code, connect agents etc. come to mind here. For all I know you are trying restore do a restore with the ABC client used to backup tandem machines Christo

Re: Filesize from client through server

Nope - that info is hidden from the SQL administrator interface. Cheers Christo --- Hi All, I would like to be able to retrieve the filesize etc. for the backupped files for a client through the TSM server (dsmadmc). I know

Re: What's wrong?

I don't think you have a problem - I received your mail via the Adsm-L. Cheers Christo Heuer ABSA Bank Johannesburg SOUTH AFRICA --- Hi all, from 9.3.2002 6:21 CET I didn't recieive

Re: Archive dates/details

Hi Jon, You could do it with a SQL select statement: select node_name, archive_date, description from archives This would give you what you want. Regards Christo Heuer Good Morning, When attempting

Re: Session limitation

Hi William, Apart from the normal - memory/Cpu constraints that you must stay aware of - remember that your Tsm client makes use of a netware userid to do the backups - make sure this ID can open enough sessions to support what you want from the client - so yes there IS a session limitation

Re: MPTHREADING for OS/390

- there has not been one instance where the MPTHREADING caused any undesirable results. Cheers Christo Heuer ABSA Bank Johannesburg South Africa We are running the following: Our MVS is OS/390 2.10. TSM server is Version 4

Re: TDP monitoring

What we used to do is just look at the file spaces - which used to pretty accurate (Days since last backup completed successfully 1) and pull out any machine that is greater than 1 - now with the TDP for exchange 2.2 client it reports the filespace as successfully completed even if a storage

Re: TDP on Exchange Server

Hi Kelvin, The return code 425 means that you have a corrupt database. We had this a while ago on one of our exchange boxes. There was one particular user's data that was corrupt - had to restore the total 30Gig's to get this one user's data back. What the exchange admin did to clear the problem

OS/390 created backupset restored to AIX

Hi Everyone, Has anybody ever tried this - is it a supported way of doing things? We just created a backupset on 3590 on OS/390 and restored the clients data on AIX without any problems. I know the backupset becomes a portable medium and as long as the drive is compatible on both systems it

Re: Tivoli Decision Support and TSM server

at other things. My opinion of TSM on OS/390 is that it performs worse on OS/390 than AIX or I'll even be as bold to say Win2K ;-) Thanks for any input. Regards Christo Heuer -- Bill Colwell C. S. Draper Lab Cambridge Ma. __ The information

TSM and Netware cluster servers

Hi, Has anyone tried to backup a clustered Netware environment with the Tsm clients? I've got a V4.2.13 Tsm client running on Netware V5 backing up to TSM 4.1.2 server. When I query the filespaces from a administrative interface it does not have any entries for the last backup start time etc.

Re: How long does a UNLOADDB take???

Title: Message Hi Niklas, Our OS/390 4.1 Tsm server (38Gig DB), took about two hours to unload but we cancelled the loaddb after about 26 hours. Not too sure why the unload took 2 hours (171 million entries unloaded) - I expected the loaddb to also be in that region. Reverted to

Re: can't see drive E in tsm client.

progress. Regards Christo Heuer ABSA Bank Johannesburg South Africa Hi All, I have connected a Windows2 file server to an ESS box throw fiber cable. I have a new drive in the file server e:\. I would like to backup the drive with the TSM client. but there is no drive E:\ in the backup\restore

Re: ANR0208w after crash.

Hi Ofer, Hope you have a good db backup on hand - seems like you are going to have to restore the database. Good luck Christo Heuer = Hi All, My Tsm server was crashed during a system backup because of a power failure. I am