> Here is some additional information that may help in determining my > problem. Thanks all.
Library: tsm: TSM>q library f=d Library Name: DBTAPELIB Library Type: MANUAL Device: Private Category: Scratch Category: External Manager: Shared: No LanFree: ObeyMountRetention: Primary Library Manager: Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN Last Update Date/Time: 03/22/02 12:28:40 -------------------------------------------------- Device Classes tsm: TSM>q devc f=d Device Class Name: 8MMDB Device Access Strategy: Sequential Storage Pool Count: 0 Device Type: 8MM Format: DRIVE Est/Max Capacity (MB): 20,480.0 Mount Limit: 1 Mount Wait (min): 60 Mount Retention (min): 10 Label Prefix: TSMDBVOL Library: DBTAPELIB Directory: Server Name: Retry Period: Retry Interval: Shared: Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN Last Update Date/Time: 03/22/02 12:46:42 Device Class Name: DBTRIGGER Device Access Strategy: Sequential Storage Pool Count: 0 Device Type: FILE Format: DRIVE Est/Max Capacity (MB): 4.0 Mount Limit: 1 Mount Wait (min): Mount Retention (min): Label Prefix: Library: Directory: /tsm/database/trigger Server Name: Retry Period: Retry Interval: Shared: Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN Last Update Date/Time: 03/05/02 09:42:53 Device Class Name: DISK Device Access Strategy: Random Storage Pool Count: 3 Device Type: Format: Est/Max Capacity (MB): Mount Limit: Mount Wait (min): Mount Retention (min): Label Prefix: Library: Directory: Server Name: Retry Period: Retry Interval: Shared: Last Update by (administrator): Last Update Date/Time: 03/04/02 12:35:15 --------------------------------------------- Drives: tsm: TSM>q drive f=d Library Name: DBTAPELIB Drive Name: DBTAPEMT0 Device Type: 8MM On-Line: Yes Device: /dev/mt0 Element: Allocated to: Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN Last Update Date/Time: 03/22/02 14:04:12 Cleaning Frequency (Gigabytes/ASNEEDED/NONE): NONE > Frank, > > Have you checked to see if the tape was write-protected? > > Regards, > > Demetrius Malbrough > UNIX/TSM Administrator > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Kruse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: TSM db backup. > > Hello all, > > Let me start out by saying that I am a new subscriber to this list, so > sorry if these question have been posted before. I have recently set > up a TSM server. The server and client code is at 4.2.1. I have the > clients backing up to the server and files going only to disk storage > pool only for the time being, until I get my tape drives. The problem > I am having is with my database backups. I set up the dbbackuptrigger > to backup the database at 75%. Now my problem, whenever I set logmode > to rollforward, TSM automatically wants to do the first dbBackup which I > assume would be a full backup. After the process gets kicked off, the > 20 gig tape just gets spit out. Even when I set the logmode to normal > and try a manual "backup db devclass=8mmdb type=full scratch=yes". When > I run the command the tape reads, rewinds, and ejects without the > backup. This is very frustrating and is probably something very > obvious, but I can't figure it out. Can anyone tell me what I may be > doing wrong? > > -- > ****************************************************** > * Frank Kruse [EMAIL PROTECTED] * > * IBM Austin 512-823-7475 * > ****************************************************** -- ****************************************************** * Frank Kruse [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * IBM Austin 512-823-7475 * ******************************************************