TDP Policy Change
Currently, Domino data is being kept longer than is required by our SLA and TDP is in use. I hope to update the domain and copygroups to reflect our lesser needs. This would then allow terabytes of data to be expired. Is it necessary to control the expiration? My fear is that expiration could carry on for a very long time and have performance implications. Any ideas on how to approach this would be appreciated. - Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals
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TSM ASR
Hello, I´m trying to restore a w2k3 server with TSM ASR and everything works great except two things. First, after restore, desktop.ini shows up in Start, Start\Programs, Start\Programs\Startup menu and Taskbar. Why, and how do I get rid of it? All desktop.ini looks like this, [.ShellClassInfo] [EMAIL PROTECTED],-21787 Second, network speed. My switch is configured auto/auto, the server connects with 1000/full which is reported by the switch and 2GB restore takes 40 minutes. I´ll configure the switch to 1000/full so I dont get TSM classic network problem. TSM server 5.2.1.0, client 5.2.03 Any thought or experience about this? //Henrik --- The information contained in this message may be CONFIDENTIAL and is intended for the addressee only. Any unauthorised use, dissemination of the information or copying of this message is prohibited. If you are not the addressee, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this message. Thank you.
Re: Library sharing from a 5.1 AIX 4.3.3.11 TSM server to a 5.2 server on AIX 5.1ML4-ANR9999D smlshare.c
You can do it pretty easy with 3494 - just set both servers to use different categories. Then they will be treated as separate applications and will only iteract with the library manager. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Lisa Laughlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 14.11.2003 20:03 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: Library sharing from a 5.1 AIX 4.3.3.11 TSM server to a 5.2 server on AIX 5.1ML4-ANRD smlshare.c Rejean, Thanks for the info-- it's what I was afraid of. I'll have to figure out some other way to get drives to the test server. Have a nice weekend! lisa Rejean Larivee Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor To Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc .EDU Subject Re: Library sharing from a 5.1 AIX 11/13/2003 05:05 4.3.3.11 TSM server to a 5.2 server PMon AIX 5.1ML4-ANRD smlshare.c Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU Hello, since you specify that you do library sharing between a TSM 5.1 server and a TSM 5.2 server then this is a problem. As the TSM 5.2 server readme says : * Library Sharing and LAN-Free Upgrade Considerations * Compatibility - Version 5.2 and above of the Server and Storage Agent are not backwards compatible with version 5.1 and below of the Server and Storage Agent when in a Library Sharing or LAN-Free environment. All Servers and Storage Agents in a Library Sharing or LAN-Free environment must be upgraded to 5.2 in order to function properly. So, in other words, you must upgrade the TSM 5.1 server to TSM 5.2 so that both library client and library manager are at TSM 5.2. Later, - Rejean Larivee IBM TSM Level 2 Support ...
Re: TDP Policy Change
Depending on your current level of ITSM, one way to go is using the parameter skipdirs=yes to speed up the expiration. The command would look something like this: expire inv quiet=yes skipdirs=yes This command will expire files only, and skip your directories. Best Regards Daniel Sparrman --- Daniel Sparrman Exist i Stockholm AB Propellervägen 6B 183 62 TÄBY Växel: 08 - 754 98 00 Mobil: 070 - 399 27 51 Douglas Currell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-11-17 10:00 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:TDP Policy Change Currently, Domino data is being kept longer than is required by our SLA and TDP is in use. I hope to update the domain and copygroups to reflect our lesser needs. This would then allow terabytes of data to be expired. Is it necessary to control the expiration? My fear is that expiration could carry on for a very long time and have performance implications. Any ideas on how to approach this would be appreciated. - Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals
Re: different backup policy on single node?
You can make one manual backup without quiet option. Then you will see many messages about files being re-bound to the new class. It also can be seen on backup session summary in dsmsched.log / dsmaccnt.log / ActLog as Total number of objects rebound. If you prefer to do the backup via scheduler (or have done it this way) - DO NOT FORGET to bounce the scheduler!!! Otherwise it will not pick the changes in dsm.sys and therefore will not recognize changes to include/exclude list! Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Alexander Lazarevich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 14.11.2003 17:54 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: different backup policy on single node? Cool, thanks. made the change, backed up the filespace. But how can I verify that the include statement has put that filespace into a new management class? Nothing in the actlog about management class. A 'q file xxx xxx format=detail' doesn't tell me either. I could verify by deleting temp files on the filespace and see if they get blown away from the server according to the new management class, but there's got to be a better way to tell? Thanks! Alex On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, David McClelland wrote: Alexander, How about using the include exclude list on the Linux client to specify a different management class for the filespec in which the OSX clients have their filespaces mounted? e.g. include /mnt/macclientmount/.../* MAC_MGMTCLASS Where MAC_MGMTCLASS as defined on the server might have the policy that you wish for your Mac files. Rgds, David McClelland Global Management Systems, Reuters Ltd., London -Original Message- From: Alexander Lazarevich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 November 2003 15:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: different backup policy on single node? TSM 5.1 on Windows 2K server with Overland Neo 4100 LTO2. Windows, unix, mac clients. We nfs mount OS X workspaces onto our Linux fileserver, and back them up from there. We do that because, frankly, the TSM OS X scheduler is terrible. And since there is no command line for the TSM OS X client, we can't run the scheduler on OS X with cron. (what is IBM thinking?) Anyway, we now want different policies for the OS X nfs mounts and the other filesystems on the linux client. But I don't see any way of getting this done in TSM, it just wasn't designed that way. But is there any backdoor way to accomplish that? I just need a way to have different filespaces on a single client belong to different policies? Or is there any version of the OS X TSM client that actually can run via command line? Thanks in advance, Alex - Visit our Internet site at http://www.reuters.com Get closer to the financial markets with Reuters Messaging - for more information and to register, visit http://www.reuters.com/messaging Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Reuters Ltd.
TDP for Domino - craches and needs reinstall?
Hi, I have TSM server 4.2.2.8 and W2k4 SP4 TSM client 5.1.6.6 with Domino 5.0.5 and TDP for Domino 5.1.5.1. Three Domino servers have a TDP gui and cmd-line that just exits to dos prompt like this. C:\...\TSM\dominodomdsmc q domino IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail: Data Protection for Lotus Domino Version 5, Release 1, Level 5.01 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1999, 2002. All rights reserved. MH - AddInName = C:\...\TSM\domino No entries in any TSM log at all or Eventvwr, I dont know if I can find anything in Dominos logs. A simple reboot of w2k server doesnt help. If I reinstall the TDP it´s back to normal again but for how long? Fun part is... scheduled archive logging is still functioning during my small issue with the gui/cmd-line. :-) Any help appreciated since I dont want to reinstall TDP on 30 Domino servers now and then.. //Henrik --- The information contained in this message may be CONFIDENTIAL and is intended for the addressee only. Any unauthorised use, dissemination of the information or copying of this message is prohibited. If you are not the addressee, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this message. Thank you.
Re: TDP Policy Change
The expiration time and load mainly depend on number of objects and not on their total size. If you have to expire several thousands Domino databases it will go pretty quick. But when the time comes to the mountain of transaction logs of the Domino server, things may get worse. For that reason TSM is having the CANcel EXPiration command. You can schedule EXPire INVentory to start say at 15:00 and schedule at 19:00 expiration cancellation. Thus expiration would have only four hours each day and when everything got expired it should finish before being cancelled. Put your own periods and schedules! Be aware that if your expiration needs outgrow your expiration window, you will sonner or later run out of scratches!!! Usual expiration should finish on time and should not need to be cancelled. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Douglas Currell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 17.11.2003 11:00 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:TDP Policy Change Currently, Domino data is being kept longer than is required by our SLA and TDP is in use. I hope to update the domain and copygroups to reflect our lesser needs. This would then allow terabytes of data to be expired. Is it necessary to control the expiration? My fear is that expiration could carry on for a very long time and have performance implications. Any ideas on how to approach this would be appreciated. - Post your free ad now! Yahoo! Canada Personals
Re: client restore fails trying to replace files that don't exist
Just a warning derived from another bad luck story. We had once a restore attempt for a server with many Microsoft blah-blah directories under C:\Program Files. Despite the fact it was Windows 2000 Advanced Server with MS SQL 2000, it simply disregarded long names. For some unknown reasons M$ installer put in the registry the SQL path values as C:\Progra~1\Micros~3\... ?!? At restore time TSM was promptly restoring directories Microsoft A, Microsoft B, Microsoft C, Microsoft D. It happened that in alphabetical order the Microsoft SQL Server directory got to be fourth, and was restored with 8.3 equivalent Micros~4. Opening a Command Prompt window and doing a cd progra~1\micros~3 led us to the Office directory and SQL Server did not worked. The admin of that box had to reinstall it to get it working! So the 8.3 problem is still alive beyond any DOS and Win 3.1/9x/Me. Good example of design limitation which is carried on for backward compatibility! Bottom line: even when everything seems to be restored, you still may have an inconsistent restore. So test and verify, and again test-test-test and verify! Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Roger Deschner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12.11.2003 23:29 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Re: client restore fails trying to replace files that don't exist H. Very interesting! Thanks, Wanda - this actually gives me something to go on. All WinME systems use 8.3 filenames deep down inside, because WinME was still built on a MS/DOS kernel. (Last of that species!) This might also explain why a circumvention we tried worked: Restore to C:\abacadabra didn't work. So I tried a restore to a different location C:\temp which worked. Then to my surprise, I was able to successfully rename C:\temp to C:\abacadabra. The reason it worked was that rename correctly chose a different 8.3 name for C:\abacadabra than for possibly existing directory C:\abacadabrashazam. Now I need to go check this client and see if he also has C:\abacadabrashazam on his computer, and look and see what 8.3 names already exist that might cause a collision. If this is true, then a full bare metal restore should also work OK. Then all files are restored at once, and even if the new 8.3 names are different, at least there will not be collisions because each long name will map to a unique 8.3 name. The problem arises when the client does piecemeal restores - and then goes back in for more. I have always regarded the piecemeal restore method to be the worst for resynchronization issues, and now I have another reason to discourage it. I don't know if this business of collision in the 8.3 namespace will be it, but this certainly gives me something to go on to try to find it. Thanks a lot! Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Prather, Wanda wrote: Roger, I don't know anything about Windows ME. You may have a bug. But I have seen something like this on Win2K; the symtom is that you get prompted for permission to overwrite a file, even when you are restoring into a previously empty directory. When I have seen this on Win2K, it has been a problem with 8.3 filenames. When TSM does restores, it recreates every file, so each long file name gets a reconstructed 8.3 filename, which may be DIFFERENT from its original 8.3 filename. If the system has 8.3 filenames turned on, there is a Windows rule that says how the 8.3 filename gets constructed. And, you can have clashes, where 2 files with different long file names map back into the same 8.3 filename. The first one restores OK, the second one TSM tries to restore results in a prompt to overwrite. It isn't obvious what is happening, because TSM gives you the error on the LONG file name, not the 8.3 one. It is most likely to happen with long filenames that begin with identical chars and end in very similar characters, for example: very.long. my file name is a mess.urk very.long. my file name is a [EMAIL PROTECTED] very.long. my file name is a mess.xurk The fix for this (again on Win2K) is a registry hack that TURNS OFF the creation of the 8.3 filename - you can find it in Microsoft's knowledge base (search on 8.3). Turn off the 8.3 filenames, finish the restore, then turn them back on again. There is no TSM fix that prevents this behavior, because there is no Windows fix for it. You can reproduce the same behavior with XCOPY, not just with TSM. Again, this may not be your problem. But it's something to look at. Wanda -Original Message- From: Roger Deschner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 6:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: client restore fails trying to replace files that don't exist I'm having a client problem that has gotten me stumped. (And that takes some doing.) The client node is Windows ME. The hard drive crashed,
Re: TSM ASR
In regards to your second question: On Monday, Nov 17, 2003, at 20:46 Australia/Sydney, Henrik Wahlstedt wrote: Second, network speed. My switch is configured auto/auto, the server connects with 1000/full which is reported by the switch and 2GB restore takes 40 minutes. I´ll configure the switch to 1000/full so I dont get TSM classic network problem. TSM server 5.2.1.0, client 5.2.03 You need to provide a little bit more info: - Do you have server accounting enabled? i.e. dsmaccnt.log. - Was the restore from tape or disk pools? - If from tape - What tape technology? - Is the data colocated? - How many tape mounts? That should help us to answer your question. Cheers, -- Paul Ripke Unix/OpenVMS/TSM/DBA I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. -- Douglas Adams
Re: DB2 backups with multiple DB's on one host
Looking at DB2 Administration Guide: Tivoli Storage Manager Node Name (tsm_nodename) ... This parameter is used to override the default setting for the node name associated with the Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) product. The node name is needed to allow you to restore a database that was backed up to TSM from another node. The default is that you can only restore a database from TSM on the same node from which you did the backup. It is possible for the tsm_nodename to be overridden during a backup done through DB2 (for example, with the BACKUP DATABASE command). So the parameter is for emergency recovery and is not intended for day-to-day operations. What you are trying to accomplish can be done in two ways: 1. Using include/exclude list each database can be bound to different TSM management class with different destionation pools 2. Separate each database in own DB2 instance and set instance owners environment DSMI_CONFIG accordingly. Only this way you can achieve your two-TSM-nodes goal. Do not forget that database configuration in DB2 is used only for full/incremental backups. It depends on the user exit how transaction logs are handled. You can find in same DB2 Guide: Only one user exit program can be invoked within a database manager instance. ... Discuss the options with your DB2 DBA to select the best fit. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant French, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 14.11.2003 02:05 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:DB2 backups with multiple DB's on one host I have a customer who has two DB2 databases on one server and I need to back them up with TSM. Is it possible to do this with two separate node names to keep them apart? If so, how would I do this? Since you have to define 3 environment variables specific to DB2 for TSM and one of them points to the dsm.opt file, can I specify two different node entries inside of the opt file? Would it look something like this: SERVERNAME TSM1 COMMMEHOD tcpip TCPBUFFSIZE 512 TCPWINDOWSIZE 128 TCPNODELAY yes TCPSERVERADDRESS 10.82.96.21 NODENAME TIVANAI PASSWORDACCESS generate SERVERNAME TSM1 COMMMEHOD tcpip TCPBUFFSIZE 512 TCPWINDOWSIZE 128 TCPNODELAY yes TCPSERVERADDRESS 10.82.96.21 NODENAME TIVASSI PASSWORDACCESS generate If I do this, how do I specify inside of DB2 which node to use? I know that there is a parameter called TSM_NODENAME that is set inside DB2, but I don't know how to generate the encrypted password since it only grabs the first entry out of the opt file. Michael French Savvis Communications IDS01 Santa Clara, CA (408)450-7812 -- desk (408)239-9913 -- mobile
Re: TDP for Domino - craches and needs reinstall?
Henrik, The MH - AddInName = must be coming from the Domino Server API code. That is not something Data Protection for Domino displays. Domino Server 5.0.5 is very old. You should probably get to the latest maintanence release of the Domino Server. I know they have fixed quite a few bugs since 5.0.5. Also, if you are running an integrated Anti-virus tool, like Groupshield... you may need to exclude DOMDSM and DOMDSMC from the Antivirus runtimes. If those ideas don't help, place a call with IBM Support. A trace can be gathered to help pinpoint where the problem is. Thanks, Del I have TSM server 4.2.2.8 and W2k4 SP4 TSM client 5.1.6.6 with Domino 5.0.5 and TDP for Domino 5.1.5.1. Three Domino servers have a TDP gui and cmd-line that just exits to dos prompt like this. C:\...\TSM\dominodomdsmc q domino IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Mail: Data Protection for Lotus Domino Version 5, Release 1, Level 5.01 (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1999, 2002. All rights reserved. MH - AddInName = C:\...\TSM\domino No entries in any TSM log at all or Eventvwr, I dont know if I can find anything in Dominos logs. A simple reboot of w2k server doesnt help. If I reinstall the TDP it´s back to normal again but for how long? Fun part is... scheduled archive logging is still functioning during my small issue with the gui/cmd-line. :-) Any help appreciated since I dont want to reinstall TDP on 30 Domino servers now and then..
Re: DB2 backups with multiple DB's on one host
Get the redbook Backing up DB2 using TSM SG24-6247. Lots of good information here. What I did to backup a DB2 server on AIX that had 4 instances: 1. In the $HOME for each instance I created a $HOME/tsm directory to hold all the files/logs. 2. In the DSM.SYS file, I created a server stanza for each DB2 instance specifying the nodename for that instance. 3. In the $HOME/tsm I created the DSM.OPT file for that instance, pointing to the correct servername in the DSM.SYS file. 4. In the /$HOME/sqllib/userprofile file, I added all the env variables. The DSMI_CONFIG points to the $HOME/TSM/DSM.OPT file, and I set the DSMI_LOG to the $HOME/TSM directory. The redbook recommends you use this file which is a user-defined profile. It gets called from the $HOME/.profile for the instance, if it exists. This file will not change during upgrades or maintenance of DB2. 5. DB2STOP/DB2START each instance. 6. Set the password. Since this needs to be run as root, you need to export the DSMI_CONFIG variable pointing to the correct instances' DSM.OPT file. Then run the $HOME/sqllib/adsm/dsmapipw program. 7. You can then log in as the instance and verify things are working using the DB2ADUTL utility. 8. You can now use the DB2 BACKUP DB USE TSM To automate the backup, in the $HOME/tsm directory I created a backup.ksh file that backups up all the databases for that instance. I then created a directory /db2/tsm with a backup.ksh file in it. This file does a 'su - instanceid -c $HOME/tsm/backup.ksh' for each instance. It does a lot of other things, plus keeps track of the return code from all the backup steps. This return code is then used when exiting the script and becomes the status of the backup event in TSM. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zlatko Krastev Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 9:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DB2 backups with multiple DB's on one host Looking at DB2 Administration Guide: Tivoli Storage Manager Node Name (tsm_nodename) ... This parameter is used to override the default setting for the node name associated with the Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) product. The node name is needed to allow you to restore a database that was backed up to TSM from another node. The default is that you can only restore a database from TSM on the same node from which you did the backup. It is possible for the tsm_nodename to be overridden during a backup done through DB2 (for example, with the BACKUP DATABASE command). So the parameter is for emergency recovery and is not intended for day-to-day operations. What you are trying to accomplish can be done in two ways: 1. Using include/exclude list each database can be bound to different TSM management class with different destionation pools 2. Separate each database in own DB2 instance and set instance owners environment DSMI_CONFIG accordingly. Only this way you can achieve your two-TSM-nodes goal. Do not forget that database configuration in DB2 is used only for full/incremental backups. It depends on the user exit how transaction logs are handled. You can find in same DB2 Guide: Only one user exit program can be invoked within a database manager instance. ... Discuss the options with your DB2 DBA to select the best fit. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant French, Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 14.11.2003 02:05 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:DB2 backups with multiple DB's on one host I have a customer who has two DB2 databases on one server and I need to back them up with TSM. Is it possible to do this with two separate node names to keep them apart? If so, how would I do this? Since you have to define 3 environment variables specific to DB2 for TSM and one of them points to the dsm.opt file, can I specify two different node entries inside of the opt file? Would it look something like this: SERVERNAME TSM1 COMMMEHOD tcpip TCPBUFFSIZE 512 TCPWINDOWSIZE 128 TCPNODELAY yes TCPSERVERADDRESS 10.82.96.21 NODENAME TIVANAI PASSWORDACCESS generate SERVERNAME TSM1 COMMMEHOD tcpip TCPBUFFSIZE 512 TCPWINDOWSIZE 128 TCPNODELAY yes TCPSERVERADDRESS 10.82.96.21 NODENAME TIVASSI PASSWORDACCESS generate If I do this, how do I specify inside of DB2 which node to use? I know that there is a parameter called TSM_NODENAME that is set inside DB2, but I don't know how to generate the encrypted password since it only grabs the first entry out of the opt file. Michael French Savvis Communications IDS01 Santa Clara, CA (408)450-7812 -- desk (408)239-9913 -- mobile
Re: drmedia
Hi Marc Removing your old pools from the DRMCOPYSTGPOOLS wont delete the copypool or volumes. Only way of removing them is using delete stgpool/delete volume. Removing them from the DRMCOPYSTGPOOLS will only remove them from the DRM management process. You will also need to change your backup stgpool process, so that it backs up your primary pools to your new copypool. Best Regards Daniel Sparrman --- Daniel Sparrman Exist i Stockholm AB Propellervägen 6B 183 62 TÄBY Växel: 08 - 754 98 00 Mobil: 070 - 399 27 51 Marc L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-11-17 15:58 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:drmedia I have removed some storage pools from my DRM settings using the SET DRMPRIMSTGPOOL and SET DRMCOPYSTGPOOL commands. However when I issue a Q DRMEDIA request I still get tapes listed from the storage pools I have removed. Is there any way around this? Marc.
Error Message - ANS1503E
Hi to all I have the following definition in dsm.sys (client option file on AIX): SErvername tsmserver COMMmethod TCPip TCPPort1500 TCPServeraddress 192.168.1.100 NODENAME sap-bw TCPNODELAY YES passwordaccess generate passworddir /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/passwd.daily When i run dsmc command i receive the following error: /17/2003 17:12:54 TCA EXIT rc = 168 11/17/03 17:12:54 ANS1503E Valid password not available for server 'TSMSERVER'. The administrator for your system must run TSM and enter the password to store i t locally. Any ideas? Thanks Privileged/Confidential information may be contained in this message and may be subject to legal privilege. Access to this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not use, copy, distribute or deliver to anyone this message (or any part of its contents) or take any action in reliance on it. In such case, you should destroy this message, and notify us immediately. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail or telephone and delete the e-mail from any computer. If you or your employer does not consent to internet e-mail messages of this kind, please notify us immediately. All reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present in this e-mail. As we cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this e-mail or attachments we recommend that you subject these to your virus checking procedures prior to use. The views, opinions, conclusions and other information expressed in this electronic mail are not given or endorsed by Laiki Group unless otherwise indicated by an authorised representative independent of this message.
Re: drmedia
My aim is to issue Q MEDIA and Q DRMEDIA commands that only process volumes in the pools listed in DRM . From what I've just tested this isn't happening. I am running v 4.1.2 though. Daniel Sparrman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 17-Nov-2003 15:08 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ADSM-L cc: Subject:Re: drmedia Hi Marc Removing your old pools from the DRMCOPYSTGPOOLS wont delete the copypool or volumes. Only way of removing them is using delete stgpool/delete volume. Removing them from the DRMCOPYSTGPOOLS will only remove them from the DRM management process. You will also need to change your backup stgpool process, so that it backs up your primary pools to your new copypool. Best Regards Daniel Sparrman --- Daniel Sparrman Exist i Stockholm AB Propellervägen 6B 183 62 TÄBY Växel: 08 - 754 98 00 Mobil: 070 - 399 27 51 Marc L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-11-17 15:58 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:drmedia I have removed some storage pools from my DRM settings using the SET DRMPRIMSTGPOOL and SET DRMCOPYSTGPOOL commands. However when I issue a Q DRMEDIA request I still get tapes listed from the storage pools I have removed. Is there any way around this? Marc.
SV: TSM ASR
Hi Henric! Here is a explanation of your issue and how to sold it. http://www.jsiinc.com/SUBN/tip6700/rh6769.htm /Christian -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Henrik Wahlstedt Skickat: den 17 november 2003 10:46 Till: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ämne: TSM ASR Hello, I´m trying to restore a w2k3 server with TSM ASR and everything works great except two things. First, after restore, desktop.ini shows up in Start, Start\Programs, Start\Programs\Startup menu and Taskbar. Why, and how do I get rid of it? All desktop.ini looks like this, [.ShellClassInfo] [EMAIL PROTECTED],-21787 Second, network speed. My switch is configured auto/auto, the server connects with 1000/full which is reported by the switch and 2GB restore takes 40 minutes. I´ll configure the switch to 1000/full so I dont get TSM classic network problem. TSM server 5.2.1.0, client 5.2.03 Any thought or experience about this? //Henrik --- The information contained in this message may be CONFIDENTIAL and is intended for the addressee only. Any unauthorised use, dissemination of the information or copying of this message is prohibited. If you are not the addressee, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this message. Thank you.=
Re: Error Message - ANS1503E
... passworddir /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/passwd.daily When i run dsmc command i receive the following error: /17/2003 17:12:54 TCA EXIT rc = 168 11/17/03 17:12:54 ANS1503E Valid password not available for server 'TSMSERVER'. My guess would be that either the passwd.daily object in your client directory is a plain file rather than a directory, or that the directory doesn't exist. Have a good look at that file system object for existence, type, and permissions. Make sure you run the password planting under user root. Richard Sims, BU
Re-addressing Ethernet adapter
I have an AIX (4.3.3) TSM server (5.1.7.1) with multiple Gbit Ethernet adapters. I wish to re-address one of the adapters to create a stand alone network just for BMR testing. If I use smitty to change the IP address of the adapter, do I then need to restart the TSM server to get TSM listening on this new address? Bill Boyer Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield. - ??
5.1 formatting bug for upd sched
Has anyone noticed a 'bug' in the upd sched command with the quoting of the commands in 5.1 dsmc arch -archmc=sysback -deletefiles '/usr/lpp/sysback/images/all/*' add additional unblanced quotes in the file.
Re: Re-addressing Ethernet adapter
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:07:32 -0500 Bill Boyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an AIX (4.3.3) TSM server (5.1.7.1) with multiple Gbit Ethernet adapters. I wish to re-address one of the adapters to create a stand alone network just for BMR testing. If I use smitty to change the IP address of the adapter, do I then need to restart the TSM server to get TSM listening on this new address? nope... TSM listens on *:1500, so it will automatically sart listening on the new IP as well... Bill Boyer Some days you are the bug, some days you are the windshield. - ?? -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Remco Post SARA - Reken- en Netwerkdiensten http://www.sara.nl High Performance Computing Tel. +31 20 592 8008Fax. +31 20 668 3167 I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end. -- Douglas Adams
arch error
dsmc arch /my/directory/* archives nothing and generates error. Anyone seen this? Total number of objects inspected:1 Total number of objects archived: 0 Total number of objects updated: 0 Total number of objects rebound: 0 Total number of objects deleted: 0 Total number of objects expired: 0 Total number of objects failed: 0 Total number of bytes transferred:0 B Data transfer time:0.00 sec Network data transfer rate:0.00 KB/sec Aggregate data transfer rate: 0.00 KB/sec Objects compressed by:0% Elapsed processing time: 00:00:02 ANS1028S Internal program error. Please see your service representative. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/2/2003 7:33:28 AM Thank you s much! It is working perfectly now! Joni Moyer Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] (717)975-8338 Remco Post [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: cc: Dist StorSubject: Re: TSM Operational Reporting Tool Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU 10/02/2003 06:21 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 14:08:11 -0400 Joni Moyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone! I have just installed TSM's Operational Reporting Tool and I am having problems with the email notification connection. It keeps telling me that it is having problems with the SMTP server name. Here is the information I have been given for the 2 mainframe servers that I am trying to connect to and email from. Can anyone see what I am doing wrong? I though I was entering the correct information, but apparently I am still missing something. I have tried this by entering the IP address for either b390.highmark.com or cpub.highmark.com without any luck. Thanks in advance! Ok, if I understand you correctly, you are trying to monitor the TSM service on these mainframes and trying to mail their admins. I'd use igate.highmark.com as the SMTP server (maybe there is one internal to your company as well). (Embedded image moved to file: pic04892.jpg) I am putting this information in the email account tab in the column marked as Using SMTP Server name of IP address. Joni Moyer Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] (717)975-8338 -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Remco Post SARA - Reken- en Netwerkdiensten http://www.sara.nl High Performance Computing Tel. +31 20 592 8008Fax. +31 20 668 3167 I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end. -- Douglas Adams
Re: 5.1 formatting bug for upd sched
Larry, It would be helpful if you could provide the *exact* command syntax you are using, the *exact* output you are receiving, as well as an explanation of what the concern is (if it isn't obvious from the output). Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. Lawrence Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/17/2003 11:14 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:5.1 formatting bug for upd sched Has anyone noticed a 'bug' in the upd sched command with the quoting of the commands in 5.1 dsmc arch -archmc=sysback -deletefiles '/usr/lpp/sysback/images/all/*' add additional unblanced quotes in the file.
Re: arch error
Take a look at the server activity log, for more detail on the error. bob On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 01:36:55PM -0500, Lawrence Clark wrote: dsmc arch /my/directory/* archives nothing and generates error. Anyone seen this? Total number of objects inspected:1 Total number of objects archived: 0 Total number of objects updated: 0 Total number of objects rebound: 0 Total number of objects deleted: 0 Total number of objects expired: 0 Total number of objects failed: 0 Total number of bytes transferred:0 B Data transfer time:0.00 sec Network data transfer rate:0.00 KB/sec Aggregate data transfer rate: 0.00 KB/sec Objects compressed by:0% Elapsed processing time: 00:00:02 ANS1028S Internal program error. Please see your service representative. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/2/2003 7:33:28 AM Thank you s much! It is working perfectly now! Joni Moyer Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] (717)975-8338 Remco Post [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: cc: Dist StorSubject: Re: TSM Operational Reporting Tool Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU 10/02/2003 06:21 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 14:08:11 -0400 Joni Moyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone! I have just installed TSM's Operational Reporting Tool and I am having problems with the email notification connection. It keeps telling me that it is having problems with the SMTP server name. Here is the information I have been given for the 2 mainframe servers that I am trying to connect to and email from. Can anyone see what I am doing wrong? I though I was entering the correct information, but apparently I am still missing something. I have tried this by entering the IP address for either b390.highmark.com or cpub.highmark.com without any luck. Thanks in advance! Ok, if I understand you correctly, you are trying to monitor the TSM service on these mainframes and trying to mail their admins. I'd use igate.highmark.com as the SMTP server (maybe there is one internal to your company as well). (Embedded image moved to file: pic04892.jpg) I am putting this information in the email account tab in the column marked as Using SMTP Server name of IP address. Joni Moyer Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] (717)975-8338 -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Remco Post SARA - Reken- en Netwerkdiensten http://www.sara.nl High Performance Computing Tel. +31 20 592 8008Fax. +31 20 668 3167 I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end. -- Douglas Adams
2 fibre interfaces per drive
Hi everyone! We are in the process of formulating an AIX environment instead of our current MVS TSM environment. We would have 2 TSM servers (one being the library manager) with 2 directors, 8 lan-free clients and 24 tape drives, which we hope to share between the 2 TSM servers. We would like to have 2 fibre interfaces per drive in order to eliminate a single point of failure. My question is, how does TSM know which path it is using to the drive and how does it know that one of the paths to an individual drive is already in use? Is there software out there to manage this or is it done through the hardware configuration? If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it! Thanks! *** Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems Work:(717)302-6603 **New as of 11/1/03 Fax:(717)302-5974 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Mac OS X client
Hi All, Just wanted to make you aware that the OS 10.2 client has some obselete function calls in it. According to: http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/ATSUI_Legacy/atsu_legacy_Reference/FunctionGroupIndex.html the tsm client is using a ATSUMeasureText call that is not supported by OS X. I've opened a ticket (PMR 07952,227) to address this. We've seen memory leak issues in the 10.1 client as well. Just a little warning when you have your Mac OS X clients running out of memory. Apparently Microsoft Excel (versions of which I'm not sure of yet) use the same call and may create the same problem (out of memory). Hope this keeps some of you from banging your head against the wall as it did me. Luke
Re: arch error
Yes. For example, if the files in /my/directory happen to be excluded from archive, then that could generate the statistics you are seeing. If that doesn't answer the question (I am guessing you really need more than a simple yes or no ;-) please provide the exact and complete command syntax and the exact and complete output you are seeing. If the question isn't obvious from that data, then it would help if you could explain exactly what you are looking for. Other info that would help: options file, query inclexcl output, information about the directory (i.e. verify there are files in the directory, and one or two file names you would have expected to see archived. The info you have provided doesn't really let anyone do much more than make a guess at what the problem could be, or where to look next. Best regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. Lawrence Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/17/2003 11:36 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:arch error dsmc arch /my/directory/* archives nothing and generates error. Anyone seen this? Total number of objects inspected:1 Total number of objects archived: 0 Total number of objects updated: 0 Total number of objects rebound: 0 Total number of objects deleted: 0 Total number of objects expired: 0 Total number of objects failed: 0 Total number of bytes transferred:0 B Data transfer time:0.00 sec Network data transfer rate:0.00 KB/sec Aggregate data transfer rate: 0.00 KB/sec Objects compressed by:0% Elapsed processing time: 00:00:02 ANS1028S Internal program error. Please see your service representative. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/2/2003 7:33:28 AM Thank you s much! It is working perfectly now! Joni Moyer Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] (717)975-8338 Remco Post [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: cc: Dist StorSubject: Re: TSM Operational Reporting Tool Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU 10/02/2003 06:21 AM Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 14:08:11 -0400 Joni Moyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone! I have just installed TSM's Operational Reporting Tool and I am having problems with the email notification connection. It keeps telling me that it is having problems with the SMTP server name. Here is the information I have been given for the 2 mainframe servers that I am trying to connect to and email from. Can anyone see what I am doing wrong? I though I was entering the correct information, but apparently I am still missing something. I have tried this by entering the IP address for either b390.highmark.com or cpub.highmark.com without any luck. Thanks in advance! Ok, if I understand you correctly, you are trying to monitor the TSM service on these mainframes and trying to mail their admins. I'd use igate.highmark.com as the SMTP server (maybe there is one internal to your company as well). (Embedded image moved to file: pic04892.jpg) I am putting this information in the email account tab in the column marked as Using SMTP Server name of IP address. Joni Moyer Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] (717)975-8338 -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Remco Post SARA - Reken- en Netwerkdiensten http://www.sara.nl High Performance Computing Tel. +31 20 592 8008Fax. +31 20 668 3167 I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end. -- Douglas Adams
Re: DB2 backups with multiple DB's on one host
= On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:35:50 -0500, Bill Boyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: What I did to backup a DB2 server on AIX that had 4 instances: [1. 2. ...] Dang, I was just going to say that. We've got some 70 instances on two system images, in support of our PeopleSoft installation, so we do this a _LOT_. 6. Set the password. Since this needs to be run as root, you need to export the DSMI_CONFIG variable pointing to the correct instances' DSM.OPT file. Then run the $HOME/sqllib/adsm/dsmapipw program. Anther possible method for this; if you have server instance DB2BACK_SOMEINSTANCE in your dsm.sys, you can run dsmc q sess -se=DB2BACK_SOMEINSTANCE and you'll do a password setting transaction there too. That invocation may be more natural to the more TSM-y (as opposed to DB2-y) of your admins. - Allen S. Rout
Re: TSM ASR
The problem is that upon restore, if the file is being replaced, the hidden attribute is not being reset. I don't have an APAR number yet, but there will be one. By the way, the general problem is not specific to ASR, but can occur with any kind of restore where you are replacing a hidden file. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. Good enough is the enemy of excellence. Henrik Wahlstedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/17/2003 02:46 Please respond to ADSM: Dist Stor Manager To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:TSM ASR Hello, I´m trying to restore a w2k3 server with TSM ASR and everything works great except two things. First, after restore, desktop.ini shows up in Start, Start\Programs, Start\Programs\Startup menu and Taskbar. Why, and how do I get rid of it? All desktop.ini looks like this, [.ShellClassInfo] [EMAIL PROTECTED],-21787 Second, network speed. My switch is configured auto/auto, the server connects with 1000/full which is reported by the switch and 2GB restore takes 40 minutes. I´ll configure the switch to 1000/full so I dont get TSM classic network problem. TSM server 5.2.1.0, client 5.2.03 Any thought or experience about this? //Henrik --- The information contained in this message may be CONFIDENTIAL and is intended for the addressee only. Any unauthorised use, dissemination of the information or copying of this message is prohibited. If you are not the addressee, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this message. Thank you.
DB/2 DR testing: How do you test a restore of a live DB?
Greetings, I'm wondernig how you folks perform tests of your restoration of production DB/2 databases? I envision several major obstacles: 1) Your DR instance machine is going to need, however momentarily, to have the password set. If you're doing PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE, that means that, by definition, the other machine's password cache is invalidated. Errors ensue if it attempts to archive a log. 2) We handwave the earlier problem out of existance, and we restore the database and roll forward to now. At that instant, we have -TWO- versions of the database, two worldlines of activity log, which immediately begin to diverge. When you do DR testing, you test the application, not just the database, so I'm actually going to run transactions on my DR database. How do you keep the two instances from becoming hopelessly commingled? Should I just be making a separate TSM instance, and EXPORTing the data there so as to avoid confusion? How are you folks solving this problem? - Allen S. Rout
Re: DB2 backups with multiple DB's on one host
I just wrote a script to set the password:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/db2/tsm$ cat setpw.sh
export DSMI_CONFIG=/db2/${1}/tsm/dsm.opt
export DSMI_DIR=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin
export DSMI_LOG=/db2/${1}/tsm
cd /db2/${1}/sqllib/adsm
./dsmapipw
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/db2/tsm$
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 2:03 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DB2 backups with multiple DB's on one host
= On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 09:35:50 -0500, Bill Boyer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
What I did to backup a DB2 server on AIX that had 4 instances:
[1. 2. ...] Dang, I was just going to say that.
We've got some 70 instances on two system images, in support of our
PeopleSoft
installation, so we do this a _LOT_.
6. Set the password. Since this needs to be run as root, you need to
export the DSMI_CONFIG variable pointing to the correct instances' DSM.OPT
file. Then run the $HOME/sqllib/adsm/dsmapipw program.
Anther possible method for this;
if you have server instance
DB2BACK_SOMEINSTANCE
in your dsm.sys, you can run
dsmc q sess -se=DB2BACK_SOMEINSTANCE
and you'll do a password setting transaction there too.
That invocation may be more natural to the more TSM-y (as opposed to DB2-y)
of
your admins.
- Allen S. Rout
Re: 2 fibre interfaces per drive
Joni, I do not now of tape drives with dual fiber interfaces ? Do you ? Best regards, Koen From: Joni Moyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 2 fibre interfaces per drive Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2003 13:48:37 -0500 Hi everyone! We are in the process of formulating an AIX environment instead of our current MVS TSM environment. We would have 2 TSM servers (one being the library manager) with 2 directors, 8 lan-free clients and 24 tape drives, which we hope to share between the 2 TSM servers. We would like to have 2 fibre interfaces per drive in order to eliminate a single point of failure. My question is, how does TSM know which path it is using to the drive and how does it know that one of the paths to an individual drive is already in use? Is there software out there to manage this or is it done through the hardware configuration? If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it! Thanks! *** Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems Work:(717)302-6603 **New as of 11/1/03 Fax:(717)302-5974 [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** _ Hotmail en Messenger on the move http://www.msn.nl/communicatie/smsdiensten/hotmailsmsv2/
Re: 2 fibre interfaces per drive
IBM 3590 and 3592 drives have 2 fibre interfaces. I am unsure how to manage the multipathing yet, but we are going to look at configuring our 3590H drives that way next year to eliminate that single point of failure. Our TSM server is running AIX 5.2ML2 which is connected to a 3494 library with 4 3590H drives which are connected to a Brocade 2800. Julian Armendariz System Engineer - UNIX H.B. Fuller (651) 236-4043 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/17/03 12:48PM Hi everyone! We are in the process of formulating an AIX environment instead of our current MVS TSM environment. We would have 2 TSM servers (one being the library manager) with 2 directors, 8 lan-free clients and 24 tape drives, which we hope to share between the 2 TSM servers. We would like to have 2 fibre interfaces per drive in order to eliminate a single point of failure. My question is, how does TSM know which path it is using to the drive and how does it know that one of the paths to an individual drive is already in use? Is there software out there to manage this or is it done through the hardware configuration? If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it! Thanks! *** Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems Work:(717)302-6603 **New as of 11/1/03 Fax:(717)302-5974 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ***
Re: 2 fibre interfaces per drive
Joni, Later versions of the Atape driver support dual pathing and failover. Once set up, AIX defines two RMTn drives for each physical drive, one with a device path ending in -PRI and the other in -ALT. As I understand it rudimentary load balancing is done - when the tape is opened, the least busy path is used. Failover is also neat. I was running the tapeutil test command and deliberately varied off the adapter in use. The io just picked up where it left off on the other path. See the Totalstorage Tape Installation and Users Guide, available from ftp://service.boulder.ibm.com for details Steve Harris AIX and TSM Admin Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia [EMAIL PROTECTED] 18/11/2003 7:13:13 IBM 3590 and 3592 drives have 2 fibre interfaces. I am unsure how to manage the multipathing yet, but we are going to look at configuring our 3590H drives that way next year to eliminate that single point of failure. Our TSM server is running AIX 5.2ML2 which is connected to a 3494 library with 4 3590H drives which are connected to a Brocade 2800. Julian Armendariz System Engineer - UNIX H.B. Fuller (651) 236-4043 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/17/03 12:48PM Hi everyone! We are in the process of formulating an AIX environment instead of our current MVS TSM environment. We would have 2 TSM servers (one being the library manager) with 2 directors, 8 lan-free clients and 24 tape drives, which we hope to share between the 2 TSM servers. We would like to have 2 fibre interfaces per drive in order to eliminate a single point of failure. My question is, how does TSM know which path it is using to the drive and how does it know that one of the paths to an individual drive is already in use? Is there software out there to manage this or is it done through the hardware configuration? If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it! Thanks! *** Joni Moyer Highmark Storage Systems Work:(717)302-6603 **New as of 11/1/03 Fax:(717)302-5974 [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** *** This email, including any attachments sent with it, is confidential and for the sole use of the intended recipients(s). This confidentiality is not waived or lost, if you receive it and you are not the intended recipient(s), or if it is transmitted/received in error. Any unauthorised use, alteration, disclosure, distribution or review of this email is prohibited. It may be subject to a statutory duty of confidentiality if it relates to health service matters. If you are not the intended recipients(s), or if you have received this e-mail in error, you are asked to immediately notify the sender by telephone or by return e-mail. You should also delete this e-mail message and destroy any hard copies produced. ***
AD Circular Logging and TSM backups
I have a client that just forwarded me a note saying that the TSM client is causing problems with the active directory circular logging. here's the text he sent me: (See Microsoft Article) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;272425Product=win20 00 Issue: - Buildup of Active Directory log files (total size over 2 gigabytes) on system drive C:\. - Circular logging is enabled but not working correctly due to an interruption by the Tivoli Backup Client. Corrective Action: - Remove the System State Backup option from Tivoli nightly backups. - Ensure the version of Ntbackup.exe is 5.0.2195.2104 or greater. - Create a nightly scheduled Ntbackup.exe of the System State to a location on the server s local drive (Tivoli will back this up). - Check c:\winnt\ntds\ directory periodically to ensure log files are being truncated. Looking at the microsoft article, it is a problem with AD, not TSM and is supposedly fixed on SP2 for Win2k. I've searched IBM and adsm.org but didn't find any hits. I have other clients that backup Win2k AD with no problems and have actually done BMR restores. Anyone have problems of this sort? The client level is 5.1.0.1 (I know..upgrade!) and the TSM server is AIX 4.3.3 TSM 5.1.7.2. They want me to implement the -SYSTEMOBJECT and the NTBACKUP solution right away. I don't know what SP level the Win2k server is at. There is an Exclude.dir *:\...\NTDS in the client optionset. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc.
Re: AD Circular Logging and TSM backups
I don't have the problem but I am backing the SYSTEM OBJECTS without any problems on a W2K DC. My client option.dsm also has the exclude for \ntds dir. One major known issue is the anti-virus scanning can cause logs to increment perpetually, see Q298551, and especially Q284947! Also make sure your edb.chk file exists, otherwise above situation can occur. See Q247715. I had similar problem previously, but it was not due to TSM; I had to do an offline defrag of the AD. Also I moved the AD log location from the C (boot partition) to another bigger drive it is recommended by MS to do so. This too you can only do through the ntdsutil in AD offline mode. Khalid -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Boyer Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 5:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AD Circular Logging and TSM backups I have a client that just forwarded me a note saying that the TSM client is causing problems with the active directory circular logging. here's the text he sent me: (See Microsoft Article) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;272425Product=win20 00 Issue: - Buildup of Active Directory log files (total size over 2 gigabytes) on system drive C:\. - Circular logging is enabled but not working correctly due to an interruption by the Tivoli Backup Client. Corrective Action: - Remove the System State Backup option from Tivoli nightly backups. - Ensure the version of Ntbackup.exe is 5.0.2195.2104 or greater. - Create a nightly scheduled Ntbackup.exe of the System State to a location on the server s local drive (Tivoli will back this up). - Check c:\winnt\ntds\ directory periodically to ensure log files are being truncated. Looking at the microsoft article, it is a problem with AD, not TSM and is supposedly fixed on SP2 for Win2k. I've searched IBM and adsm.org but didn't find any hits. I have other clients that backup Win2k AD with no problems and have actually done BMR restores. Anyone have problems of this sort? The client level is 5.1.0.1 (I know..upgrade!) and the TSM server is AIX 4.3.3 TSM 5.1.7.2. They want me to implement the -SYSTEMOBJECT and the NTBACKUP solution right away. I don't know what SP level the Win2k server is at. There is an Exclude.dir *:\...\NTDS in the client optionset. Bill Boyer DSS, Inc.
HowTo: Multiple Drive Direct-to-Tape Archive
I asked this before but apparently didn't give enough information. I have a TSM 5.1.8.0 server running under Win2K with a fiber attached Overland NEO 4100 tape library having four LTO2 tape drives. This system has about 800G of local disk storage. I have a user running Win2K with the TSM 5.1.6.4 client and about 1.4T disk storage which he wants to archive weekly. I would like to back this client up directly to tape during off hours so that my disk caching will not be neutralized. I have defined the client with two mounts points. The LTO2 device class is defined with DRIVES mount limit. I have put this user into a domain that archives directly to an LTO2 storage pool in the library. Is it possible to cause this archive to use more than one tape drive simultaneously? I would like it to use two drives. I was previously pointed to the manuals and Tech Redbook but was unable to find mention of this requirement. The Technical Guide for 5.1 has an item in the index called multiple backup session but no such explanation exists ... it actually discusses multiple restore functions. If I have missed the relevant manual sections I apologize. I was also unable to find reference to this issue at ADSM.ORG but again I may simply have searched poorly. -- Dwight McCann Computer and Network Technologist, UCSB Info Systems Computing [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://borg.isc.ucsb.edu/dmm/ - office: 805-893-3113
Symposium papers
Those of us who could not get to the Oxford TSM Symposium can nevertheless benefit from the outstanding information available in the presented papers. See: http://tsm-symposium.oucs.ox.ac.uk/callfor.html We certainly thank Oxford University and the presenters for making all this material available to us. Richard Sims, Boston University
