Are you getting "access denied" when you try to mount the filesystem (NFS/RPC error) or when you try to read from an already-mounted filesystem (ENOPERM)?
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 11:34:55AM -0500, Zoltan Forray wrote: > Skylar, > > Can you give us details on how you setup the Isilon to give a TSM node > authority to back up the individual mount points? My SAN/Isilon guy has > tried setting up a standard TSM node but all attempts at backing up mounted > filesystems blocks him with "access denied" errors. We are very new to > Isilon so any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Feel free to email me directly if you want to take this discussion > offline/off-list. > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Skylar Thompson <skyl...@u.washington.edu> > wrote: > > > Hi Zoltan, > > > > We backup two large Isilon clusters (one 715TB, the other 2PB) using TSM. > > We looked at NDMP at ran away quickly due to the full backup requirement. > > Instead, we worked with the data owners to setup a data organization scheme > > before hand, then back up individual directories as filespaces using TSM > > NFS clients connected over 10GbE. Currently we have five of these clients, > > and have accomodated bursts of as much as 50TB of changed/new data in a day > > using them. The only nemesis we have are folks who create lots of tiny > > files; fortunately, though, over time these incidents have gotten less > > frequent due to education and improvements in genomic tools. > > > > We've been asking for Isilon to make a native TSM client since before they > > were bought by EMC, and unfortunately they're just not intererested. Now > > that EMC owns them, I think the possibility of a native client is even more > > remote. > > > > On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:00:28AM -0500, Zoltan Forray wrote: > > > Anyone have experience backing up an EMC Isilon and can share > > war-stories, > > > methods, etc? > > > > -- > > -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) > > -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator > > -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 > > -- University of Washington School of Medicine > > > > > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > BigBro / Hobbit / Xymon Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html -- -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 -- University of Washington School of Medicine