have you setup persistent binding, may be this solve your problems.
--- Rob Berendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > I don't use TSM to back up the other lpar's. I > don't even think there is > an i5/os client for TSM. i5/os people tend to use > one of two things. What > comes with the OS, or IBM's BRMS. I've done a few > bare metal restores > with what comes with the OS and have not had a > hitch. > So, I don't have that issue. > > Good point about the separate location. Maybe we'll > practice a DR > scenario when we get our DR site up and running > shortly. > > Rob Berendt > -- > Group Dekko Services, LLC > Dept 01.073 > PO Box 2000 > Dock 108 > 6928N 400E > Kendallville, IN 46755 > http://www.dekko.com > > > > > > Richard van Denzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > 09/21/2006 10:11 AM > Please respond to > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > > To > ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > cc > > Subject > Re: [ADSM-L] TSM loses tape drives (again and again > and again...) > > > > > > > Rob, > > Just my 2 cents. I tend not to run TSM on a > virtual/lparred environment > at all. > If you do that, you not only lose your production > environment, but also > your backup. > > I always try to put TSM on a separate machine > (preferrable on a separate > location). > > Met vriendelijke groet, with kind regards, > > Richard van Denzel > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Rob > Berendt > Verzonden: donderdag 21 september 2006 14:52 > Aan: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Onderwerp: Re: [ADSM-L] TSM loses tape drives (again > and again and > again...) > > Virtualizaton? Is there a possibility that if I ran > the lpar as, not a > guested linux lpar, but a dedication linux lpar I > wouldn't have this > issue? > > Well, we normally only reboot every 8 weeks to allow > maintenance. We do > boot occasionally but mostly to duplicate this > situation for IBM. I > have the rebuild steps pretty well documented. I > have a reboot > scheduled this weekend and the documentation printed > out. I plan on > being out of state so we'll see how well my > documentation is and how > well they follow it. > > I'd like to be able to script this, however I can't > figure out how to do > that either. And my previous inquiries to the list > as to how, didn't > really fly. > > Rob Berendt > -- > Group Dekko Services, LLC > Dept 01.073 > PO Box 2000 > Dock 108 > 6928N 400E > Kendallville, IN 46755 > http://www.dekko.com > > > > > > Remco Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > 09/21/2006 08:43 AM > Please respond to > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > > > To > ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > cc > > Subject > Re: [ADSM-L] TSM loses tape drives (again and again > and again...) > > > > > > > Rob Berendt wrote: > > I have this nailed down a little bit more. I ran > the following: > > IBMtapeutil -f /dev/IBMtape1 inquiry 80 and > IBMtapeutil -f > > /dev/IBMtape2 inquiry 80 Then I rebooted this > Linux on i5 lpar (hosted > > > underneath an i5/os lpar). > I > > ran the IBMtapeutil commands again and the serial > numbers flipflopped > > between the two. Of course, TSM doesn't like it > when path names > change. > I > > am thinking the possible solutions are either to > get Linux to stop > > flipflopping the serial numbers or to tell TSM not > to give a rip about > the > > serial numbers. Trouble is, I can't figure out > either way. > > > > Let me first say that yes this is annoying, and > should not happen. I > guess there is very little you can do in a > virtualised environment as 5i > lpar's are. > > Now just for the record, how often do you reboot? I > tend not to reboot > on a daily or even monthly basis, it's 24*7 > production environment.... > > Now for a 'work-arond'.... you could possibly quite > easily build a > server script to do a bunch of 'update drive..... > serial=autodetect' > things and run that after every reboot.... My guess > being that you don't > daily change the number of drives either.... > > > Rob Berendt > > -- > > Group Dekko Services, LLC > > Dept 01.073 > > PO Box 2000 > > Dock 108 > > 6928N 400E > > Kendallville, IN 46755 > > http://www.dekko.com > > > -- > Met vriendelijke groeten, > > Remco Post > > SARA - Reken- en Netwerkdiensten > http://www.sara.nl > High Performance Computing Tel. +31 20 592 3000 > Fax. +31 20 668 3167 > PGP Key fingerprint: 6367 DFE9 5CBC 0737 7D16 B3F6 > 048A === message truncated === ______________________________________________ LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com