Re: Restore-Netware

[Joerg Nouvertne]

On Thursday 22 February 2001 08:10, you wrote:
> Hy all,
>
> I started a restore from our AIX 4.3, TSM 3.7.4 Server to a Netware %.1
> Client (TSM 3.7.2). We restored a complete Volume to a new clean Volume ( '
> restore daten:* newdata:/ -subdir=all ' ). I started the restore yesterday
> evening to run over night. Today in the morning the netware-server stood
> with a message where I should say if an existing file should be overwritten
> ( the exact message text was answered by my college before I could see it,
> so I couldn't check the file/directory ).
>
> Why does TSM ask for overwriting on a complete new and empty volume ?
>
> For any explanations I thank you
>
> Christoph

Hi Christoph,

just a guess, do you have the same name space applied to the new volume?


--
Joerg Nouvertne
... who still runs ADSM 3.1, but who will take the new adventure TSM 4.1 soon.

Restore-Netware

[Christoph Pilgram]

Hy all,

I started a restore from our AIX 4.3, TSM 3.7.4 Server to a Netware %.1
Client (TSM 3.7.2). We restored a complete Volume to a new clean Volume ( '
restore daten:* newdata:/ -subdir=all ' ). I started the restore yesterday
evening to run over night. Today in the morning the netware-server stood
with a message where I should say if an existing file should be overwritten
( the exact message text was answered by my college before I could see it,
so I couldn't check the file/directory ).

Why does TSM ask for overwriting on a complete new and empty volume ?

For any explanations I thank you

Christoph

Onbar API versus Informix Data Protection?

[Hagen Finley]

Is there a distinction between utilizing the ADSM/TSM API to run onbar for informix 
databases and the TSM Informix Data Protection product (TDP)? I can't quite get clear 
whether the TDP and the API are
synonymous, or whether the TDP is either a wholly different product or an enhancement 
of the API. Thanks for your comments.

Hagen Finley
Longs Drugs




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Tape drive utilization

[Talafous, John G.]

Environment is a 3466-C00 with a 3494 library and 3590-E1A drives. The
symptoms are that the TSM Admin (me) just can't seem to understand that the
number of tape drives being used is greater than the number of TSM processes
(stg backup, stg reclaim and migration) plus the obvious number of recovers
taking place. I recognize I must also consider TDP products. Is there a
method to determine who/what is using tape drives???

Thanks in advance,
John G. Talafous  IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927 Data Management
1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390
Canton, Ohio USA  44706-0927  Fax  : (330)-471-4034
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   http://www.timken.com

FW: TSM training?

[Talafous, John G.]

Oops. I really meant to send this to the list on the outside shot we could
ALL get together in Colorado.

-Original Message-
From: Talafous, John G.
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 11:55 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: TSM training?


Kelly,
  Thanks for this kind of post. I have been administering TSM for better
than a year now and feel ready for some kind of advanced class. I had a look
at your web site at http://www.storsol.com and found it quite interesting. I
understand the part about TSM, but could you quickly help me understand what
SDSM (STORServer Distributed Storage Manager) is?  Also, can I get more
information about your advanced class curriculum?

Thanks in advance,
John G. Talafous  IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927 Data Management
1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390
Canton, Ohio USA  44706-0927  Fax  : (330)-471-4034
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   http://www.timken.com


-Original Message-
From: Kelly J. Lipp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 3:33 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TSM training?

www.storsol.com

We offer two courses: Level 1 Beginner and Level 2 Advanced.  Taught by
folks that implement TSM daily.  The Advanced class covers SQL, Exchange and
Oracle connect agents, DRM, Server to Server among other things.  Taught in
Colorado during four days.

Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313
(719) 531-5926
Fax: (240) 539-7175
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.storsol.com
www.storserver.com


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Marc Levitan
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 12:35 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TSM training?


Try AVAILANT in Cambridge MAssachusetts.
I just went for the Beginner class but they have advanced topic classes as
well.
888 94-AVAIL


Marc Levitan
Senior LAN Engineer
PFPC Global Fund Services





Jeff T
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02/16/2001 02:23
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Please respond
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Stor Manager"





We're migrating to TSM 4  server on OS/390
We have clients that run on unix,netware and Win32 machines
We used TDP for Domino  and want to start with Oracle


I haven't been to a class since 1995 and there's finally money available
for
training.

Anyone have a sugestion for the cutting edge TSM training.  I'd like to
focus on
the connect agents  (see how long its been) and issues of TSM 4



Thanks,



   Jeff Toth

Re: TDP for DB2 documentation

[Talafous, John G.]

Are you saying that a synonym for DB2 is UDB (Universal Database)? How does
a TSM Admin determine this? Or, should my DB2 admins offer more information?
Should Tivoli? IBM? Clinton?

:-)
John G. Talafous  IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927 Data Management
1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390
Canton, Ohio USA  44706-0927  Fax  : (330)-471-4034
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   http://www.timken.com


-Original Message-
From: Alex Paschal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 8:08 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TDP for DB2 documentation


You can actually find that within the DB2 documentation.  I found enough in
the DB2 Universal Database Command Reference Version 7 (SC09-2951-00) to
begin to figure out how it works.  You can get the pdf and text search it
for "adsm" and "tsm" for any references.  In the version I have, not
everything says "tsm".

Good luck.  Does anybody know of a handy dandy redbook on UDB backups using
TSM?  How about DataLinks?

Alex Paschal
Storage Administrator
Freightliner, LLC
(503) 745-6850 phone/vmail


-Original Message-
From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 4:53 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: TDP for DB2 documentation


I have looked at the Tivoli web site and searched the ADSM listserv archive
but cannot seem to find any reference to the TDP for DB2 documentation.
Could someone, kindly, point me in the proper direction?

TIA
John G. Talafous  IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927 Data Management
1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390
Canton, Ohio USA  44706-0927  Fax  : (330)-471-4034
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   http://www.timken.com

Re: ATTN: All Windows 4.1.2 Client Users

[Andrew Webster]

Hi Andrew,

 Thanks for your excellent update. One question, that you may feel should be 
posted to list if how Far-East languages (like Japanese, Korean) are handled, 
obviously a Japanese/Chinese character (kanji) doesn't have a upper or lower case 
version, so how it TSM representing those characters?

Regards

Andrew Webster
TSM/Storage Consultant
Deutsche Bank, Australia

Office : +61 3 9270-4229
Mobile : +61 (0) 4090 6515
Fax: +61 3 9270-4144

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 21/02/2001 14:33 GMT

Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject:  ATTN: All Windows 4.1.2 Client Users



IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

A problem with the way the TSM 4.1.2 client for Windows handles certain
international characters in file and directory names has recently been
discovered. APAR IC29552 has been opened for the problem, and the client
has been removed from the Web site and anonymous FTP server.

Fixtest 4.1.2.12 will correct the problem, and will be available soon from
the Tivoli web page http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/clients.html.
The "Tivoli Storage Manager - Open Problems" page,
http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/open_problem.html, will contain
more information on the fixtest and its utility as it becomes available.


BACKGROUND

Microsoft Windows allows file names to be created that contain any
combination of upper- and lower-case characters, and the file system will
maintain the given casing for a file. This is known as "case preserving".
However, the casing of a file name by itself does not distinguish one file
from another. This is known as "case insensitive". For example, MYFILE.TXT,
MyFile.txt, and myfile.TXT are all considered to be the same file. This is
as opposed to UNIX, where these would be considered three separate files.

In order to facilitate TSM support for case preserving, case insensitive
file names, all Windows file backups are stored on the TSM server with the
file names converted to upper case. This is done in order for the TSM
server to recognize that MYFILE.TXT, myfile.txt, and MyFile.txt all refer
to the same file name. The information necessary to restore the files with
their correct casing is kept elsewhere in the database.



THE PROBLEM

A problem in the TSM 4.1.2 client for Windows has recently been discovered
that can cause files with certain international characters in their names
(such as a 'u' with an umlaut: ü) to be stored incorrectly on the TSM
server. That is, the problem characters are not converted to uppercase
(i.e. ü is not properly converted to Ü). As a result, incremental backup
operations may not handle these files properly. Symptoms are varied, but
may include the following:

- Backup versions of files with these international characters that were
created with a client version prior to 4.1.2 will be expired. Because this
will cause the VERDELETED setting of the management class's copygroup to go
into effect, older backup versions may be deleted from the server. These
versions can no longer be recovered.

- The existing files with these characters in their names will be backed up
during each incremental backup cycle, regardless of whether the file has
changed. Prior versions of the file will be deleted from the TSM server
based on the VEREXISTS setting. As a result, the server may have multiple
backup copies of the same state of the file, and truly different versions
of the file may have been deleted.

- The following messages will be displayed during backups, and logged to
dsmerror.log:

ANS1228E Sending of object  failed
ANS1304W Active object not found

- If a directory name contains one of these characters, files and
subdirectories within that directory will also be expired and may not be
restorable.



WHAT IBM/TIVOLI IS DOING ABOUT THIS

Here are the actions that we are taking or have taken to date:

1) We have opened a severity 1 APAR, IC29552, to address this problem.

2) We have removed the TSM 4.1.2 Windows client from the FTP site. If you
have downloaded, but not installed the 4.1.2 client, we strongly urge you
to not install this code; rather, you should delete the downloaded image
from your systems.

3) The TSM 4.1.2 Windows client was originally included in the TSM 4.1.2
Windows server installation package. That server package has been removed
from the FTP site, and replaced with a TSM 4.1.2 server package that has
the client install disabled. Due to the complexities involved in removing
the files that comprise the client, those files have not been physically
removed from the server install package. However, using the SETUP.EXE
program, the client will not be installable. We strongly urge you to not
attempt to use any means external to the SETUP.EXE program to install the
client files.

4) A fixtest is being developed and tested that will resolve this problem
such th

Re: HELP! Recovery Log won't mount

[Mahesh Babbar]

 I also had the same problem . Upgraded TSM from 3.7.3.0 to 3.7.4.0 (
 on AIX) the problem is not re-surfacing, atleast 15 days from now.

 Regards

 Mahesh


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Subject: Re: HELP! Recovery Log won't mount
Author:  tsmmail2000 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) at internet
Date:22-02-01 4:14 AM


Thanx for the reply from yourself and Mike.
Downloading fix now.  Noticed that the fix said the
problem normally occurs down an upgrade of TSM.
I did not upgrade - it just started happening...
Is the same thing that happened to yourself?

Just curious


--- David Longo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You need to upgrade to 3.7.4.0 to fix this problem.
> Known problem at Tivoli.
>
> We had it a few months ago and others have had it
> too.
>
>
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> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/21/01 02:09PM >>>
> TSM Server 3.7.3 on NT 4.0 box.
> Server was rebooted cleanly yesterday. Now TSM won't
> come back up.  I do the followign:
>
> 
> D:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\server>dsmserv
> ANR0900I Processing options file D:\PROGRA
> 1\Tivoli\TSM\server\dsmserv.opt.
> Database Page Shadowing Will be avalilable in the
> next
> service offering.
>  ANR7800I DSMSERV generated at 16:58:00 on Apr 27
> 2000.
>
> Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows NT
> Version 3, Release 7, Level 3.0
>
> Licensed Materials - Property of IBM
>
> 5697-TSM (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1999. All
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> U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use,
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> Corporation.
>
> ANR0990I Server restart-recovery in progress.
> ANR0200I Recovery log assigned capacity is 1200
> megabytes.
> ANR0201I Database assigned capacity is 8100
> megabytes.
> ANR0306I Recovery log volume mount in progress.
> 
>
> It stays at this mount.  I let it go overnight -
> pegs
> the CPU but doesn't come up.  No error messages,
> just
> doesn't want to mount.
> Rebooted multiple times - no effect.
> Unfortunately, recovery log not mirrored - had no
> space.
>
> Any suggestions?  Ideas?
>
> Thanx in advance!
>
>
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Re: TDP for DB2 documentation

[Alex Paschal]

You can actually find that within the DB2 documentation.  I found enough in
the DB2 Universal Database Command Reference Version 7 (SC09-2951-00) to
begin to figure out how it works.  You can get the pdf and text search it
for "adsm" and "tsm" for any references.  In the version I have, not
everything says "tsm".

Good luck.  Does anybody know of a handy dandy redbook on UDB backups using
TSM?  How about DataLinks?

Alex Paschal
Storage Administrator
Freightliner, LLC
(503) 745-6850 phone/vmail


-Original Message-
From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 4:53 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: TDP for DB2 documentation


I have looked at the Tivoli web site and searched the ADSM listserv archive
but cannot seem to find any reference to the TDP for DB2 documentation.
Could someone, kindly, point me in the proper direction?

TIA
John G. Talafous  IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927 Data Management
1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390
Canton, Ohio USA  44706-0927  Fax  : (330)-471-4034
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   http://www.timken.com

db2 backup to tsm fails

[Richard Bates]

This is a DB2/TSM backup question (and I have appended to those newsgroups
too).  Someone out there must have got this working.

We are a site running DB2 UDB v7 fixpack2 on NT v4 (service pack 5).
We are also running TSM v4.1.1 (client and api) and v4.1.2 (server) on
the same NT server.  We are trying to achieve a backup from DB2 through
the API to TSM.

We have setup all the necessary DSMI_* NT system variables via control
panel--> system.  We then rebooted so that they would take effect.

DSMI_CONFIG=c\:progra~1\tivoli\tsm\api\dsm.opt
DSMI_DIR=c\:progra~1\tivoli\tsm\api
DSMI_LOG=c\:progra~1\tivoli\tsm\api

We have configured the dsm.opt so that "passwordaccess generate" is
specified.  Therefore we have not configured the db2 variables TSM_* on
the database we are trying to backup.  We have set the password (in the
registry) with dsmapipw.  A "db2adutl query" starts a session with the
TSM server and returns no objects backed up (as expected).

I don't think there is anything else we have missed out.

When we start the "db2 backup db  use tsm" command we
immediately get a Dr Watson  message on db2syscs.exe.  A backup session
does not start with the TSM server.  Has anyone seen this before?  We
have tried all sorts of TSM clients with no joy.  This is currently with
the DB2 developers in Toronto.

Has anyone done this before on these specific versions?

Richard Bates
Storage Specialist
ITS - SB - Enterprise Consultancy Services
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Re: TSM Pricing [was Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files]

[Kelly J. Lipp]

And I believe that you need to purchase the license for each library rather
than for a server with some number of large libraries.  This appears to be
so as you register the library.lic as many times as you have libraries.
Therefore I assume you need to have n pieces of paper where n is the number
of large libraries you have.

Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313
(719) 531-5926
Fax: (240) 539-7175
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.storsol.com
www.storserver.com


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Thomas A. La Porte
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 2:39 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: TSM Pricing [was Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files]


We, too, were a bit rudely awakened by this new pricing structure
when we purchased our upgrade to 4.1.

>From my perspective, the most agonizing aspect of the structure
is the need to pay for a tape library access license (I forgot
what the "feature" is actually called) for every physical server
that accesses a tape library, rather than for each tape library.

We did the math, and it almost made more sense for us to purchase
a new S80 class machine that could effectively handle multiple
TSM instances, rather than purchase additional tape library
access licenses to continue to run on our two separate F50
machines. That begins to make very little sense when the price
point of a "feature" outweighs the cost of the hardware to
implement that feature. Particularly a feature that is so
fundamental to the running of the application: I can't imagine
trying to run a large-scale ADSM implementation without a 3494
(or similar) tape library.

 -- Tom

Thomas A. La Porte
DreamWorks SKG
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, bbullock wrote:

>That is also an option that we have not considered. It actually
>sounds like a good one. I'll bring it up to management.
>The only problem I see in this is the $$$ needed to purchase a TSM
>server license for every manufacturing host we try to back up.
>I don't know about your shops, but with the newest "Point based"
>pricing structure that Tivoli implemented back in November (I believe it
was
>about then). They are now wanting to charge you more $$$ to run the TSM
>server on a multi-cpu unix host than on a single host NT box. In our shop
>where we run TSM on beefy S80s, that means a price change that is
>exponentially larger than what we have paid in the past for the same
>functionality.
>
>
>Ben Bullock
>UNIX Systems Manager
>
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Suad Musovich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 4:37 AM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 03:21:34PM -0700, bbullock wrote:
>> ...
>> > How many files? Well, I have one Solaris-based host
>> that generates
>> > 500,000 new files a day in a deeply nested directory
>> structure (about 10
>> > levels deep with only about 5 files per directory). Before
>> I am asked, "no,
>> > they are not able to change the directory of file structure
>> on the host. It
>> > runs proprietary applications that can't be altered". They
>> are currently
>> > keeping these files on the host for about 30 days and then
>> deleting them.
>> >
>> > I have no problem moving the files to TSM on a
>> nightly basis, we
>> > have a nice big network pipe and the files are small. The
>> problem is with
>> > the TSM database growth, and the number of files per
>> filesystem (stored in
>> > TSM). Unfortunately, the directories are not shown when you
>> do a 'q occ' on
>> > a node, so there is actually a "hidden" number of database
>> entries that are
>> > taking up space in my TSM database that are not readily
>> apparent when
>> > looking at the output of "q node".
>>
>> Why not put a TSM server on the Solaris box and back it up to
>> one of the other
>> servers as a virtual volume.
>> It would redistribute the database to the Solaris host and
>> the data is kept
>> as a large object on the tape-attached TSM server.
>>
>> I also remember reading about grouping files together as a
>> single object. I can't
>> remember if it did selective groups of files or just whole
>> filesystems.
>>
>> Cheers, Suad
>> --
>>
>
>

TDP for DB2 documentation

[Talafous, John G.]

I have looked at the Tivoli web site and searched the ADSM listserv archive
but cannot seem to find any reference to the TDP for DB2 documentation.
Could someone, kindly, point me in the proper direction?

TIA
John G. Talafous  IS Technical Principal
The Timken CompanyGlobal Software Support
P.O. Box 6927 Data Management
1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390
Canton, Ohio USA  44706-0927  Fax  : (330)-471-4034
[EMAIL PROTECTED]   http://www.timken.com

Intel servers AIX 5L and TSM

[Steve Harris]

There has been some discussion lately of the limitations imposed on TSM server 
machines when Win2K and RSM are involved.
The TSM server in this sort of implementation is very much an application "appliance" 
that is supposed to sit in the corner and run so provided the OS gives no trouble, the 
OS choice should be immaterial.

There seems to be a marketing opportunity here for a bundled OS and TSM server Combo 
to run on a low cost box..

Has anyone heard any whispers about TSM under AIX 5L on Intel? That would be a mighty 
combination .

Steve Harris
AIX and ADSM Admin
Queensland Health, Brisbane

Re: AIX Filesize issue and owner/group issue

[Brian Murphy]

check the ulimit settings
check that oracle user defined in /etc/passwd and dba group defined in
/etc/group if not add them as on the other node

> -Original Message-
> From: Jeff Keen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 10:34 AM
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:  AIX Filesize issue and owner/group issue
>
> I am trying to do a retrieve from one server from another using
> virtualnode. I am having 2 problems. One is that I have a 1.5 GB file that
> is giving me an error stating that "user or system file size limit
> exceeded", or something real close to that. I found a setting on the AIX
> server for fsize and set it accordingly. It did not help. Am I missing
> something else? The second problem is that the files that did come over
> lost their original Owner and Group settings. They were set to Oracle and
> DBA and now they are set to 300 and 300. Anyone seen this before? Any help
> is very appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff

Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files

[Bill Colwell]

Jeff,

Regarding solution #4, the last time performance of lots of
small files was dicussed on the list, I thought that there might be
an opportunity here for someone to make an add-on product
(SSSI maybe?).  This product would do client side aggregation with
tar or zip as a frontend and tsm out the back, which is what the TDP
products do (on the backend).
The value-add over just doing tar or zip yourself could
be keeping a local database, storing much less data than tsm does, which
could locate what blob a file is in and bring it back.

--
--
Bill Colwell
C. S. Draper Lab
Cambridge, Ma.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/21/01
   at 01:05 PM, bbullock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>Jeff,
>You hit the nail on the head of what is the biggest problem I face
>with TSM today. Excuse me for being long winded, but let me explain the boat
>I'm in, and how it relates to many small files.

>   (snip)

>4. Use TSM as a disaster recovery solution (with a short 30 day retention)
>and have a process tar up all the 30-day old files into one large file, then
>have TSM do an archive and delete .tar file. This would mean we only track 1
>large tar file for every day for the 5 year time (about 1800 files). This is
>the option we are currently pursuing.

>Any other options or suggestions from the group? Any other backup
>solutions you have in place for tracking many files over longer periods of
>time?

>If you made it this far through this long e-mail, thanks for letting
>me drone on.

>Thanks,
>Ben Bullock
>UNIX Systems Manager
>Micron Technology


>>

AIX Filesize issue and owner/group issue

[Jeff Keen]

I am trying to do a retrieve from one server from another using virtualnode. I am 
having 2 problems. One is that I have a 1.5 GB file that is giving me an error stating 
that "user or system file size limit exceeded", or something real close to that. I 
found a setting on the AIX server for fsize and set it accordingly. It did not help. 
Am I missing something else? The second problem is that the files that did come over 
lost their original Owner and Group settings. They were set to Oracle and DBA and now 
they are set to 300 and 300. Anyone seen this before? Any help is very appreciated.

Thanks,
Jeff

Re: ANS1074I *** User Abort ***

[Prather, Wanda]

I got that one yesterday on an AIX box.

In my case the server disk pool was too full.  (It may not be totally full,
but doesn't have enough free space to hold the largest thing that client
wants to send it - so some clients work, and some fail)

Try this:

Do a Q NODE blah F=d, and look for the max mount points allowed.  If it is
set to 0, change it to 1.
UPDATE NODE BLAH MAXNUMMP=1

The if the problem is not enough space in the disk pool, the client will try
to mount a tape directly to finish the archive.

Even if you don't want to allow that on a regular basis, it will at least
verify what the problem is.



-Original Message-
From: Rushforth, Tim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 11:56 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ANS1074I *** User Abort ***


The 4.12 Client has a bug, instead of reporting the proper error, it
displays the User Abort message.  APAR IC29368 addresses this.

You have to check any other error logs on the client and server to try to
determine what the real error is.  The problem can range from no space on
storage pool on server to no NTFS permissions on a drive ...

Tim Rushforth
City of Winnipeg
-Original Message-
From: Wilson, Dominic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 10:35 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ANS1074I *** User Abort ***


When running archives they are continually failing with the above error and
.

ANS1512E Scheduled event 'ARCH_13' failed.  Return code = 4.

Does anyone know what is causing these errors? I've checked the Tivoli
website and adsm.org but haven't been able to solve my problem. I'm running
TSM 4.1 server on AIX with HP clients running version 4.1.2.11.

Any advice would be appreciated.
TIA

DOM
Dominic Wilson
ADC Software Systems Division
123 Commerce Valley Drive, Thornhill,
Ontario, L3T 7W7
Tel : +1 905-944-6934
Fax : +1 905-944-9430
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL: http://www.adc-oss.com

RSM, 3583, W2K and SAN LAN free backups + DRM

[Norback, Jan]

Hi,
One of our customers have got a 3583 tape library with W2K and RSM that we
got working thanks to some of the previous input (we are on TSM 4.1.1,
awaiting 4.1.2 to come back soon for W2K).
Now I only need to get LAN free backups and DRM working...

Some question marks:
-DRM is usually easy with 3494 libraries and AIX but here on a 3583 accessed
through W2K RSM the information about tapes seems to a large degree be
outside of TSM, I can't see how the checkin's are to be done?
-Implementing LAN free backup by following the TSM Manage systems for SAN
Storage Agent seems to indicate that I need to define a shared SCSI library
which is not the same as a RSM library?

Has anyone done this before that can give me some info on how it is to be
done?

IBM: I really look forward to the patch that removes RSM from the control of
the Library. Is it coming soon or will you at least improve the
documentation for RSM usage?

Regards,
Jan Norback

Atos Origin-IT (MS/DS/OSS Unix)
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Groenewoudseweg 1 5621 BA Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Tel: +31 (0)40-2780289
Mobile: +31 (0)6-25233507
Fax : +31 40 2783962

Re: Auto reply to request

[Mark A. Adams]

Here is a script that I wrote some time ago that does a auto-reply.
You could try and work this into the way you are presently doing it.
You may have to make some modifications to fit your needs.

Mark Adams


*
TMPFILE=/tmp/adsmact.log
ADSMCMD='dsmadmc -id=user -password=password'
#${ADSMCMD} checkin libvolume OMASPCTAPLIB0 $1 checklabel=yes status=scratch
${ADSMCMD} LABEL libvolume omaspctaplib0 search=bulk labelsource=barcode
checkin=scratch overwrite=yes
if [ $? != 0 ]
then
 echo "There was a problem with the tape drive -- Check the activity log
to find the problem"
 exit 1
fi


##
### WATCH ACTIVITY LOG TO OBTAIN REPLY NUMBER

##
clear
echo "PLEASE WAIT  Checking activity log."
while true
do
${ADSMCMD} query actlog begintime=now-0:01 endtime=now msgno=8373 >
${TMPFILE}
if [ $? = 0 ]
then
  break
fi
sleep 30
done

REPLY=`grep ANR8373I ${TMPFILE} | awk '{print $4}' | cut -c1-3`
${ADSMCMD} reply ${REPLY}
if [ $? != 0 ]
then
 echo "There was a problem with the reply -- Check the activity log to
find the problem"
 exit 2
fi


##
### WATCH ACTIVITY LOG TO SEE IF CHECKIN WAS SUCCESSFUL

##
while true
do
clear
echo "Checking activity log."
${ADSMCMD} query actlog begintime=now-0:01 endtime=now msgno=8810 >
${TMPFILE}
if [ $? = 0 ]
then
  cat ${TMPFILE}
  echo "Checking activity log for a succesful check in."
  while true
  do
 ${ADSMCMD} query actlog begintime=now-0:01 endtime=now msgno=8427 >
${TMPFILE}
 if [ $? = 0 ]
 then
   cat ${TMPFILE}
   echo "Checkin of libvolume $1 was unsuccessful"
   exit 0
 fi
  done
  break
fi
sleep 30
done
*
-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Forgosh, Seth
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 4:13 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Auto reply to request


We have an admin schedule that runs a script to lable and checkin scratch
tapes from the bulk loader on our tape library. The only problem is that
when the script runs, it generates a request to fill the bulk loader and
reply. Since this happens after hours, someone has to either dial-in or let
the job fail. Does anyone know of a way to auto-reply to this request or
even better suppress the request? Any help would be appreciated.

Seth Forgosh


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Re: ANS1074I *** User Abort ***

[Remeta, Mark]

We had this problem with a Novell client and it turned out that there was a
directory that could not be read due to a character that was being used in
the directory name. We renamed the directory and now it works. We needed to
open a PMR with Tivoli support to find this out. Apparently there is a bug
in the code and instead of reporting Unable to read directory, it reports
User Abort.


Mark


-Original Message-
From: Wilson, Dominic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 11:35 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ANS1074I *** User Abort ***


When running archives they are continually failing with the above error and
.

ANS1512E Scheduled event 'ARCH_13' failed.  Return code = 4.

Does anyone know what is causing these errors? I've checked the Tivoli
website and adsm.org but haven't been able to solve my problem. I'm running
TSM 4.1 server on AIX with HP clients running version 4.1.2.11.

Any advice would be appreciated.
TIA

DOM
Dominic Wilson
ADC Software Systems Division
123 Commerce Valley Drive, Thornhill,
Ontario, L3T 7W7
Tel : +1 905-944-6934
Fax : +1 905-944-9430
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL: http://www.adc-oss.com

Re: change devclass

[Kelly J. Lipp]

Or create a new pool and move data from the old volumes to the new pool.
Change the copy groups and whatever else to point at the new pool and be
done.  Delete the old pool.  In the later versions of TSM you can even
change the name of an existing pool.

Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313
(719) 531-5926
Fax: (240) 539-7175
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.storsol.com
www.storserver.com


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Prather, Wanda
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 4:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: change devclass


I don't know of any way to change the devclass.  (If you find out, please
let me know.)  I had that happen once when someone upgraded the Windows
version on the server machine, then upgraded TSM, and it recognized the
drivers as something different.  Someone else reported a similar problem on
this list a few weeks ago, I never saw the resolution.

But if you can't fix the problem, and there are only 2 clients, I bet you
could (1) export the clients, and their data.  The export will go to any
devclass you specify.  (2) rename the existing clients to something else
(3) import them again.  If you are happy with the results, delete the
renamed clients and all their data, and the two clients will be back they
belong.






-Original Message-
From: Head, Aaron {46-6~Indianapolis} [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 5:07 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: change devclass


Hello,

I have the need to change the devclass of a stgpool.

Somehow (I checked the actlog and can't see how) I changed the devclass on a
stgpool from a DLT-type devclass to a generictape class.  There are only 2
volumes in the stgpool, and the clients don't exist anymore.  The request
came to restore some of the files and the tapes will no longer mount.

Is there a way to change/update the devclass on an existing stgpool without
deleting the volumes/stgpool?  The only thing left in this server is the
stgpool and 2 volumes(~27GB) so I can play with the DB all I want.

TSMServer 4.1.0.0
Compaq DLT 15/30
ServerOS Win2K Server

TSMClient 3.7.3.0
ClientOS WinNT 4.0 Wkst

-Aaron Head
Roche Diagnostics

Re: change devclass

[Prather, Wanda]

I don't know of any way to change the devclass.  (If you find out, please
let me know.)  I had that happen once when someone upgraded the Windows
version on the server machine, then upgraded TSM, and it recognized the
drivers as something different.  Someone else reported a similar problem on
this list a few weeks ago, I never saw the resolution.

But if you can't fix the problem, and there are only 2 clients, I bet you
could (1) export the clients, and their data.  The export will go to any
devclass you specify.  (2) rename the existing clients to something else
(3) import them again.  If you are happy with the results, delete the
renamed clients and all their data, and the two clients will be back they
belong.






-Original Message-
From: Head, Aaron {46-6~Indianapolis} [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 5:07 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: change devclass


Hello,

I have the need to change the devclass of a stgpool.

Somehow (I checked the actlog and can't see how) I changed the devclass on a
stgpool from a DLT-type devclass to a generictape class.  There are only 2
volumes in the stgpool, and the clients don't exist anymore.  The request
came to restore some of the files and the tapes will no longer mount.

Is there a way to change/update the devclass on an existing stgpool without
deleting the volumes/stgpool?  The only thing left in this server is the
stgpool and 2 volumes(~27GB) so I can play with the DB all I want.

TSMServer 4.1.0.0
Compaq DLT 15/30
ServerOS Win2K Server

TSMClient 3.7.3.0
ClientOS WinNT 4.0 Wkst

-Aaron Head
Roche Diagnostics

Re: Trying to define a 3494 Library

[Othonas Xixis]

Eric,
1) can u ping  171.21.121.5  ?
2) after u ran the # cfgmgr did u check if the lmcp0 is available ?
3) can u ask yr CE toi make sure that the library is online and ready for
operations ?
4) before u define the library in TSM, issue the following command:
# mtlib -l/dev/lmcp0 -qL
   if that works u r ready for TSM, if not then u have other issues that u
need to resolve first...

Cheers.

Othonas




Tom Melton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 02/20/2001 11:28:06 AM

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Sent by:  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject:  Re: Trying to define a 3494 Library


Try talking to the library from outside ADSM.  Use the mtlib command to
query the library, to get some status info from it.  That will verify
the necessary serial/ethernet connectivity to the library.

I see that you are talking ethernet to the library.  Have you
authorized your ADSM machine access in the library controller.  I think
you have to give the ip address of the ADSM server in the IP setup of
the ATL.

Tom Melton
Emory HealthCare
Emory University

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/20/01 11:20AM >>>
Hi *SM-ers!
I am trying to add a 3494 library to our TSM 3.7 server on AIX 4.3.3.
I have performed the following steps:
1) I have installed Atape 5.4.4.0.
2) I have installed atldd 4.1.5.0.
3) I have defined the library in the /etc/ibmatl.conf file by adding
the
following line:
3494-L1  171.21.121.5   3494-L1
4) I used SMIT to configured the LMCP by using the "Add a Tape Drive"
option. I selected the "atl  library LAN/TTY Library Management
Control
Point". I selected the Library Name 3494-L1 which was retrieved from
the
/etc/ibmatl.conf file and it created a lmcp0 with the status defined:
lmcp0 Defined  LAN/TTY Library Management Control Point
5) I used the SMIT option "Configure a Defined Tape Drive" to make the
drive
available. It's now listed as:
lmcp0 Available  LAN/TTY Library Management Control Point
6) I ran CFGMGR which loaded the deamon.
7) I went to TSM to define the library by using the command:
def libr 3494-L1 libt=349x device=/dev/lmcp0
This returns the following error:
ANR8444E Internal Operation: Library 3494-L1 is currently unavailable.
ANR8418E DEFINE LIBRARY: An I/O error occurred while accessing library
3494-L1.
I'm stuck here. Can anybody help me by pointing me to the right place
for
more information? Am I forgetting something?
Thanks in advance for any reply!!
Kindest regards,
Eric van Loon
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Re: HELP! Recovery Log won't mount

[TSM Mail-ID]

Thanx for the reply from yourself and Mike.
Downloading fix now.  Noticed that the fix said the
problem normally occurs down an upgrade of TSM.
I did not upgrade - it just started happening...
Is the same thing that happened to yourself?

Just curious


--- David Longo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You need to upgrade to 3.7.4.0 to fix this problem.
> Known problem at Tivoli.
>
> We had it a few months ago and others have had it
> too.
>
>
> David B. Longo
> System Administrator
> Health First, Inc.
> 3300 Fiske Blvd.
> Rockledge, FL 32955-4305
> PH  321.434.5536
> Pager  321.634.8230
> Fax:321.434.5525
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/21/01 02:09PM >>>
> TSM Server 3.7.3 on NT 4.0 box.
> Server was rebooted cleanly yesterday. Now TSM won't
> come back up.  I do the followign:
>
> 
> D:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\server>dsmserv
> ANR0900I Processing options file D:\PROGRA
> 1\Tivoli\TSM\server\dsmserv.opt.
> Database Page Shadowing Will be avalilable in the
> next
> service offering.
>  ANR7800I DSMSERV generated at 16:58:00 on Apr 27
> 2000.
>
> Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows NT
> Version 3, Release 7, Level 3.0
>
> Licensed Materials - Property of IBM
>
> 5697-TSM (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1999. All
> rights reserved.
> U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use,
> duplication or disclosure
> restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM
> Corporation.
>
> ANR0990I Server restart-recovery in progress.
> ANR0200I Recovery log assigned capacity is 1200
> megabytes.
> ANR0201I Database assigned capacity is 8100
> megabytes.
> ANR0306I Recovery log volume mount in progress.
> 
>
> It stays at this mount.  I let it go overnight -
> pegs
> the CPU but doesn't come up.  No error messages,
> just
> doesn't want to mount.
> Rebooted multiple times - no effect.
> Unfortunately, recovery log not mirrored - had no
> space.
>
> Any suggestions?  Ideas?
>
> Thanx in advance!
>
>
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Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files

[bbullock]

I'll take a look into that option again to see if it will work for
me.

Thanks,
Ben Bullock
UNIX Systems Manager

> -Original Message-
> From: Petr Prerost [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 2:43 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files
> 
> 
> Hello ,
> did you check -fromdate and -fromtime ( and -totime and 
> -todate ) restore
> parameters ?
> 
> Regards
>   Petr
> 
> - Puvodní zpráva -
> Od: "bbullock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Komu: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Odesláno: 21. února 2001 1:16
> Predmet: Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files
> 
> 
> > Point well taken Steve. Your classification of the 
> nature of the
> > data is basically correct except for a twist. On the day the data is
> > written, it is extracted by other programs that analyze the 
> data to spot
> > flaws and trends in the manufacturing process. Depending on 
> what it finds,
> > they may then need to delve deeper into the data to analyze and fix
> > production flaws. So their argument is that without that 
> data online, they
> > have no idea if the chips we manufactured a couple of hours 
> ago are good
> or
> > not.
> >
> > True, that after a couple of days the data is infrequently
> accessed,
> > and after about a week, the data is rarely accessed, that's why they
> delete
> > it after 30 days. But restoring just the files that were 
> newly backed up
> the
> > night before is not possible... is it? I don't think a point in time
> restore
> > will do that...
> >
> > I like the idea of renegotiating the SLA (service 
> level agreement)
> > with the customer so that their expectations are set and my butt is
> covered.
> > Thanks for the advice.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ben Bullock
> > UNIX Systems Manager
> >
> >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Steve Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 4:43 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files
> > >
> > >
> > > Ben
> > > >>> bbullock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 21/02/2001 8:21:34 >>>
> > > >>>Big Snip
> > > This one nightmare host now has over 20 million 
> files (and an
> > > unknown number of directories) across 10 filesystems. We have
> > > found from
> > > experience, that any more than about 500,000 files in any
> > > filesystem means a
> > > full filesystem restore would take many hours. Just to
> > > restore the directory
> > > structure seems to take a few hours at least. I have told the
> > > admins of this
> > > host that it is very much unrecoverable in it's current
> > > state, and would
> > > take on the order of days to restore the whole box.
> > >
> > > They are disappointed that an "enterprise backup
> > > solution" can't
> > > handle this number of files any better. They are willing to
> > > work with us to
> > > get a solution that will both cover the daily "disaster
> > > recovery" backup
> > > need for the host and the long term retentions they desire.
> > > >>> remainder snipped
> > >
> > > I would debate whether the host is "unrecoverable".  It seems
> > > that this data is write once/read seldom in nature.  In that
> > > case, in the event of a disaster the priorities are
> > > 1. get the server back to the state where it can write more files
> > > 2. get back any individual required file in reasonable time
> > > TSM can provide both of those objects.  If a full restore is
> > > required it *can* be spread over days because most of the
> > > data will never be needed.  You will of course need to
> > > negotiate wth your users exactly what is urgent and needs to
> > > be restored immediately and maybe have some canned macro to
> > > do this in the heat of an emergency.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve Harris
> > > AIX and ADSM Admin
> > > Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia
> > >
> 

DELETE ARCHCONVERSION

[George Lesho]

Well, After 9 months on the job, thought I was beginning to understand what I
was doing but low and behold, this little ditty
popped up from nowhere... but cohort was in the process of upgrading from 4.3.2
to 4.3.3 and the server (AFCTEST) was
actually being rebooted at the time this came from left field. We also did a
search of this mystery process from old adsm.org
posts and it seems like someone had put in a PMR with Tivoli and they were
researching the thing but didn't see any resolution.
ANYONE have a clue as where/what/why???

George Lesho
Storage/System Admin
AFC Enterprises

~~q proc:

 ProcessProcess Description Status

 Number
      
-


13DELETE   Processing for node
AFCTEST has deleted 384046
ARCHCONVERSION   objects and 0 descriptions, and
found 0 object
 sets
thus far. Last entry deleted was

object(0.3489058) filespace(/lawson) description
 id(12).


~q actl:

02/21/01   12:35:04  ANR0984I Process 13 for DELETE ARCHCONVERSION started
in
  the BACKGROUND at 12:35:04.


02/21/01   12:49:05  ANR0985I Process 13 for DELETE ARCHCONVERSION running
in
  the BACKGROUND completed with completion state SUCCESS
 at
  12:49:05.

Re: Scratch Tape Problem

[Prather, Wanda]

Sorry, I just realized the SQL query I gave you will wrap the output at an
inconvenient spot.
This one works OK (the blanks are intentional":


adsm> select 'update libv LB10.0.0.7' as "  ",
volume_name, ' status=scratch'  from libvolumes where status='Scratch' and
library_name='LB10.0.0.7' > d:\status.txt

-Original Message-
From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 3:50 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Scratch Tape Problem


Quick and dirty:

You can use an SQL select statement to build all the UPDATE statements you
need.

Change the SQL select statement below so that LIBRARYNAME is the name of
your library.  It should be in upper case.

Then run the query and redirect the output into a file.

Edit the file to delete the header lines.

Then run the file as a macro by entering the command:  macro filename


 select 'udate libv libraryname', volume_name, ' status=scratch'  from
libvolumes where status='Scratch' and library_name='LIBRARYNAME' >
c:\pathname\filename

-Original Message-
From: Wells, Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 3:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Scratch Tape Problem


We have had some problems with a drive in our library.
After putting the tape online TSM began putting tapes in to write data.
The drive returned I/O errors and TSM responed by placing each tape in a
private status.  We started receiving errors stating that there were not
enough
scratch tapes.  After runing a q libvol I have discover that all tapes that
should
be in scratch (449 to be exact) are in private status.

Does anyone have a good idea on how I can get these 449 tapes back to a
scratch status.
I can run  UPDATE LIBV LB10.0.0.7 CAA### STATUS=SCRATCH and restore each
tape
one by one but this takes forever.  I did get enough tapes back to scratch
to be able to work
but need a faster method.

I am not familiar with writing scripts as of now.  I am currently learning
to be able to automate
a few things.

Thanks,
Alan Wells
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Re: AFS 3.6 butc deletedump

[Kent L. Johnson]

Matt,

Thanks for responding.

Actually, I'm embarassed to admit that the retention parameters in the
copygroup for the AFS policy set were retaining deleted data for a year.  So,
I would have had to wait a year before the AFS data was reclaimed from the
tape.  I've since updated the retention parameters, and the tape space has
been freed.

I did write a synchronization script for the buta backup data.  Unfortunately
the butc backup data is all written to a single filespace.  That is another
drawback to the butc dump implementation.  The only way that I have found to
see the backup data from TSM output is to execute a 'query occupancy' on each
tape in the AFS storage pool, and then search the output files for the backup
dump ids.  This is not a nice implementatoin.  The butc convention of
creating a filespace for each dump was much nicer.

I think that I am going to adopt the convention of creating a new TSM node
name with each level 0 backup.  That way, when the data is no longer needed,
I can simply remove all of the backup data for the node.

Are you using buta for AFS 3.6?  I didn't think that was supported.

- Kent


On Feb 21,  2:42pm, Matthew A. Bacchi wrote:
> Subject: Re:  AFS 3.6 butc deletedump
>
> >Is there a synchronization utility to force the synchonization of the TSM
> >data with the AFS backup database?
>
> Kent,
>   This is a good question, but I don't think there is.  I have used
BUTA
> for 1+ years now, and there is a sync option with the delbuta utility.
 When
> doing some testing with BUTC in the last six months I noticed there wasn't
a
> similar function.  I'm currently not using BUTC because the 'backup
> diskrestore' function doesn't work with BUTC on afs36, but this problem
could
> be a show stopper as well.  Anyway, I assume you have already read the
Release
> Notes
> 
>(http://www.transarc.com/Library/documentation/afs/3.6/unix/en_US/HTML/RelNotes/aurns002.htm)
>  which describe the new options when using the 'backup deletedump' command,
> such as -dbonly and -force.  You might also try writing you own
syncronization
> script, which would consult the AFS backup database, then do ADSM "delete
> filespace" commands for each dump that isn't in AFS anymore.  Or as a last
> resort, maybe you want to open a problem with support on this.
>
> Good luck, and let us know what you end up doing, I'd be interested.
>
> -Matt
>
> /**
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>  **IBM Global ServicesSDC Northeast
>  **F6TG; MD Filesystems/Internet (802) 769-4072
>  **ADSM & AFS/DFS Backup (tie) 446-4072
>  **/
>
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logread393 error preventing restart after tsm crash

[dave]

Hello *SMers

We run TSM v3.7.4 on Solaris 7.  In the last few days, we have had two
server crashes for different reasons, but have not been able to restart,
since the server aborts with the messages:

ANRS pkthread.c(516): Run-time assertion failed: "hdr.magic ==
LOG_RECHDR_MAGIC", thread 0, file logread.c, line 618

ANR7824S Server operation terminated

ANR7823S Internal error LOGREAD393 detected.

We have raised a couple of priority 1 pmrs on this, but so far the advice
has been "you will have to restore the database".  OK, this works, but is
not a good solution.

Has anybody seen this problem before, and have any suggestions as to what we
could do about it??

tia

dave

TSM Pricing [was Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files]

[Thomas A. La Porte]

We, too, were a bit rudely awakened by this new pricing structure
when we purchased our upgrade to 4.1.

>From my perspective, the most agonizing aspect of the structure
is the need to pay for a tape library access license (I forgot
what the "feature" is actually called) for every physical server
that accesses a tape library, rather than for each tape library.

We did the math, and it almost made more sense for us to purchase
a new S80 class machine that could effectively handle multiple
TSM instances, rather than purchase additional tape library
access licenses to continue to run on our two separate F50
machines. That begins to make very little sense when the price
point of a "feature" outweighs the cost of the hardware to
implement that feature. Particularly a feature that is so
fundamental to the running of the application: I can't imagine
trying to run a large-scale ADSM implementation without a 3494
(or similar) tape library.

 -- Tom

Thomas A. La Porte
DreamWorks SKG
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, bbullock wrote:

>That is also an option that we have not considered. It actually
>sounds like a good one. I'll bring it up to management.
>The only problem I see in this is the $$$ needed to purchase a TSM
>server license for every manufacturing host we try to back up.
>I don't know about your shops, but with the newest "Point based"
>pricing structure that Tivoli implemented back in November (I believe it was
>about then). They are now wanting to charge you more $$$ to run the TSM
>server on a multi-cpu unix host than on a single host NT box. In our shop
>where we run TSM on beefy S80s, that means a price change that is
>exponentially larger than what we have paid in the past for the same
>functionality.
>
>
>Ben Bullock
>UNIX Systems Manager
>
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Suad Musovich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 4:37 AM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject: Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 03:21:34PM -0700, bbullock wrote:
>> ...
>> > How many files? Well, I have one Solaris-based host
>> that generates
>> > 500,000 new files a day in a deeply nested directory
>> structure (about 10
>> > levels deep with only about 5 files per directory). Before
>> I am asked, "no,
>> > they are not able to change the directory of file structure
>> on the host. It
>> > runs proprietary applications that can't be altered". They
>> are currently
>> > keeping these files on the host for about 30 days and then
>> deleting them.
>> >
>> > I have no problem moving the files to TSM on a
>> nightly basis, we
>> > have a nice big network pipe and the files are small. The
>> problem is with
>> > the TSM database growth, and the number of files per
>> filesystem (stored in
>> > TSM). Unfortunately, the directories are not shown when you
>> do a 'q occ' on
>> > a node, so there is actually a "hidden" number of database
>> entries that are
>> > taking up space in my TSM database that are not readily
>> apparent when
>> > looking at the output of "q node".
>>
>> Why not put a TSM server on the Solaris box and back it up to
>> one of the other
>> servers as a virtual volume.
>> It would redistribute the database to the Solaris host and
>> the data is kept
>> as a large object on the tape-attached TSM server.
>>
>> I also remember reading about grouping files together as a
>> single object. I can't
>> remember if it did selective groups of files or just whole
>> filesystems.
>>
>> Cheers, Suad
>> --
>>
>
>

Re: DSMCUTIL

[Rajesh Oak]

Stan,
Check the path of the ADSM client installation directory. Instead of 
C:\progra~1\ibm\adsm for the 4.1 client it should be c:\program 
files\tivoli\tsm\baclient
With the new client you could now into the Setup Wizard under Utilities and install 
the Scheduler service from there.

Rajesh Oak
--

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 15:30:48
 Prather, Wanda wrote:
>Just as a guess, I'd say something isn't right in the adsm/baclient
>subdirectory.
>I'd try reinstalling the old client into the adsm/baclient directory before
>reinstalling the service.
>
>If that doesn't work, I'd use regedt32 to hunt around and see if there are
>any entries with "adsm" in them that have bad file pointers.
>
>But again, I don't actually know, I'm just guessing..
>
>-Original Message-
>From: WEYMAN, STANLEY J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 12:12 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: DSMCUTIL
>
>
>  In testing a new version of the TSM 4.1 client I removed the ADSM Central
>Scheduler Service from an NT machine and installed the new version.  When
>testing was complete I removed the TSM Service and then attempted to
>reinstall the old Service.  When I attempt to run the DSMCUTIL to install
>the service I get an error.  The command I am executing is as follows:
>
>This is done from within the baclient directory for ADSM v3.1
>DSMCUTIL INSTALL /NAME:'ADSM Central Scheduler Service'  /NODE:ECOMMDEV02
>/PASSWORD:ECOMMDEV02 /AUTOSTART:YES /CLIENTDIR:d:\progra~1\ibm\adsm\baclient
>
>What I get in return is
>
>"The ADSM Message Repository is corrupt"
>"Password Authentification Failed"
>"The Registry Password was not updated"
>
>I then tried
>
>DSMCUTIL UPDATEPW /NODE:ECOMMDEV02 /PASSWORD:GARBAGE5 /VALIDATE:YES
>/UPDATEONSERVER:YES /OLDPASSWORD:ECOMMDEV02
>
>I received pretty much the same error.  This is preventing me from
>reinstalling scheduling services for this node to allow automated backups to
>run in the middle of the night.  Does anyone have any idea of how I can fix
>this ?
>
>   thanks ahead of time for your help and patience
>
>   Stan
>
>
>
>Stan Weyman
>System Administration Specialist II
>
>Amica Insurance
>25 Amica Way, Lincoln, Rhode Island 02865-1167
>Telephone:  (401) 334-6000 x2679
>Fax:(401) 334-1634
>Web Site: www.amica.com
>Email:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
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Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files

[bbullock]

That is also an option that we have not considered. It actually
sounds like a good one. I'll bring it up to management.
The only problem I see in this is the $$$ needed to purchase a TSM
server license for every manufacturing host we try to back up.
I don't know about your shops, but with the newest "Point based"
pricing structure that Tivoli implemented back in November (I believe it was
about then). They are now wanting to charge you more $$$ to run the TSM
server on a multi-cpu unix host than on a single host NT box. In our shop
where we run TSM on beefy S80s, that means a price change that is
exponentially larger than what we have paid in the past for the same
functionality.


Ben Bullock
UNIX Systems Manager


> -Original Message-
> From: Suad Musovich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 4:37 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 03:21:34PM -0700, bbullock wrote:
> ...
> > How many files? Well, I have one Solaris-based host
> that generates
> > 500,000 new files a day in a deeply nested directory
> structure (about 10
> > levels deep with only about 5 files per directory). Before
> I am asked, "no,
> > they are not able to change the directory of file structure
> on the host. It
> > runs proprietary applications that can't be altered". They
> are currently
> > keeping these files on the host for about 30 days and then
> deleting them.
> >
> > I have no problem moving the files to TSM on a
> nightly basis, we
> > have a nice big network pipe and the files are small. The
> problem is with
> > the TSM database growth, and the number of files per
> filesystem (stored in
> > TSM). Unfortunately, the directories are not shown when you
> do a 'q occ' on
> > a node, so there is actually a "hidden" number of database
> entries that are
> > taking up space in my TSM database that are not readily
> apparent when
> > looking at the output of "q node".
>
> Why not put a TSM server on the Solaris box and back it up to
> one of the other
> servers as a virtual volume.
> It would redistribute the database to the Solaris host and
> the data is kept
> as a large object on the tape-attached TSM server.
>
> I also remember reading about grouping files together as a
> single object. I can't
> remember if it did selective groups of files or just whole
> filesystems.
>
> Cheers, Suad
> --
>

Re: Scratch Tape Problem

[Kelly J. Lipp]

You might also be able to do this from the Web GUI.  I remember a note from
last week where you could grab up a bunch of stuff and apply an action.

Are you sure your tapes were labeled in the first place, or are you certain
this is a drive problem?  Both will cause this to happen.

I've found that by the time I figured out the select, dummied up a macro and
applied it, I could have issued update libvol commands and been done.
Granted I didn't learn anything except how bad I type, but I was done until
the next time.

Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313
(719) 531-5926
Fax: (240) 539-7175
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.storsol.com
www.storserver.com


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Prather, Wanda
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 1:50 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Scratch Tape Problem


Quick and dirty:

You can use an SQL select statement to build all the UPDATE statements you
need.

Change the SQL select statement below so that LIBRARYNAME is the name of
your library.  It should be in upper case.

Then run the query and redirect the output into a file.

Edit the file to delete the header lines.

Then run the file as a macro by entering the command:  macro filename


 select 'udate libv libraryname', volume_name, ' status=scratch'  from
libvolumes where status='Scratch' and library_name='LIBRARYNAME' >
c:\pathname\filename

-Original Message-
From: Wells, Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 3:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Scratch Tape Problem


We have had some problems with a drive in our library.
After putting the tape online TSM began putting tapes in to write data.
The drive returned I/O errors and TSM responed by placing each tape in a
private status.  We started receiving errors stating that there were not
enough
scratch tapes.  After runing a q libvol I have discover that all tapes that
should
be in scratch (449 to be exact) are in private status.

Does anyone have a good idea on how I can get these 449 tapes back to a
scratch status.
I can run  UPDATE LIBV LB10.0.0.7 CAA### STATUS=SCRATCH and restore each
tape
one by one but this takes forever.  I did get enough tapes back to scratch
to be able to work
but need a faster method.

I am not familiar with writing scripts as of now.  I am currently learning
to be able to automate
a few things.

Thanks,
Alan Wells
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Re: AFS 3.6 butc deletedump

[Matthew A. Bacchi]

>Is there a synchronization utility to force the synchonization of the TSM
>data with the AFS backup database?

Kent,
This is a good question, but I don't think there is.  I have used BUTA 
for 1+ years now, and there is a sync option with the delbuta utility.  When 
doing some testing with BUTC in the last six months I noticed there wasn't a 
similar function.  I'm currently not using BUTC because the 'backup 
diskrestore' function doesn't work with BUTC on afs36, but this problem could 
be a show stopper as well.  Anyway, I assume you have already read the Release 
Notes
(http://www.transarc.com/Library/documentation/afs/3.6/unix/en_US/HTML/RelNotes/aurns002.htm)
 which describe the new options when using the 'backup deletedump' command, 
such as -dbonly and -force.  You might also try writing you own syncronization 
script, which would consult the AFS backup database, then do ADSM "delete 
filespace" commands for each dump that isn't in AFS anymore.  Or as a last 
resort, maybe you want to open a problem with support on this.

Good luck, and let us know what you end up doing, I'd be interested.

-Matt

/**
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 **IBM Global ServicesSDC Northeast
 **F6TG; MD Filesystems/Internet (802) 769-4072
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 **/

Scratch Tape Problem

[Wells, Alan]

We have had some problems with a drive in our library.
After putting the tape online TSM began putting tapes in to write data.
The drive returned I/O errors and TSM responed by placing each tape in a
private status.  We started receiving errors stating that there were not
enough
scratch tapes.  After runing a q libvol I have discover that all tapes that
should
be in scratch (449 to be exact) are in private status.

Does anyone have a good idea on how I can get these 449 tapes back to a
scratch status.
I can run  UPDATE LIBV LB10.0.0.7 CAA### STATUS=SCRATCH and restore each
tape
one by one but this takes forever.  I did get enough tapes back to scratch
to be able to work
but need a faster method.

I am not familiar with writing scripts as of now.  I am currently learning
to be able to automate
a few things.

Thanks,
Alan Wells
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Re: DSMCUTIL

[Prather, Wanda]

Just as a guess, I'd say something isn't right in the adsm/baclient
subdirectory.
I'd try reinstalling the old client into the adsm/baclient directory before
reinstalling the service.

If that doesn't work, I'd use regedt32 to hunt around and see if there are
any entries with "adsm" in them that have bad file pointers.

But again, I don't actually know, I'm just guessing..

-Original Message-
From: WEYMAN, STANLEY J [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 12:12 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: DSMCUTIL


  In testing a new version of the TSM 4.1 client I removed the ADSM Central
Scheduler Service from an NT machine and installed the new version.  When
testing was complete I removed the TSM Service and then attempted to
reinstall the old Service.  When I attempt to run the DSMCUTIL to install
the service I get an error.  The command I am executing is as follows:

This is done from within the baclient directory for ADSM v3.1
DSMCUTIL INSTALL /NAME:'ADSM Central Scheduler Service'  /NODE:ECOMMDEV02
/PASSWORD:ECOMMDEV02 /AUTOSTART:YES /CLIENTDIR:d:\progra~1\ibm\adsm\baclient

What I get in return is

"The ADSM Message Repository is corrupt"
"Password Authentification Failed"
"The Registry Password was not updated"

I then tried

DSMCUTIL UPDATEPW /NODE:ECOMMDEV02 /PASSWORD:GARBAGE5 /VALIDATE:YES
/UPDATEONSERVER:YES /OLDPASSWORD:ECOMMDEV02

I received pretty much the same error.  This is preventing me from
reinstalling scheduling services for this node to allow automated backups to
run in the middle of the night.  Does anyone have any idea of how I can fix
this ?

   thanks ahead of time for your help and patience

   Stan



Stan Weyman
System Administration Specialist II

Amica Insurance
25 Amica Way, Lincoln, Rhode Island 02865-1167
Telephone:  (401) 334-6000 x2679
Fax:(401) 334-1634
Web Site: www.amica.com
Email:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]




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Re: Scratch Tape Problem

[Prather, Wanda]

Quick and dirty:

You can use an SQL select statement to build all the UPDATE statements you
need.

Change the SQL select statement below so that LIBRARYNAME is the name of
your library.  It should be in upper case.

Then run the query and redirect the output into a file.

Edit the file to delete the header lines.

Then run the file as a macro by entering the command:  macro filename


 select 'udate libv libraryname', volume_name, ' status=scratch'  from
libvolumes where status='Scratch' and library_name='LIBRARYNAME' >
c:\pathname\filename

-Original Message-
From: Wells, Alan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 3:19 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Scratch Tape Problem


We have had some problems with a drive in our library.
After putting the tape online TSM began putting tapes in to write data.
The drive returned I/O errors and TSM responed by placing each tape in a
private status.  We started receiving errors stating that there were not
enough
scratch tapes.  After runing a q libvol I have discover that all tapes that
should
be in scratch (449 to be exact) are in private status.

Does anyone have a good idea on how I can get these 449 tapes back to a
scratch status.
I can run  UPDATE LIBV LB10.0.0.7 CAA### STATUS=SCRATCH and restore each
tape
one by one but this takes forever.  I did get enough tapes back to scratch
to be able to work
but need a faster method.

I am not familiar with writing scripts as of now.  I am currently learning
to be able to automate
a few things.

Thanks,
Alan Wells
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Re: Scratch Tape Problem

[Tectrade Computers]

Hi Alan

I would say your problem is more than likely that  you check your new tapes
in rather than running the label libv command. TSM would have thought that
these tapes have been previously labelled but could not read them.

You need to check them out then relabel them again

Regards


Alex





"Wells, Alan"
cc:
Sent by: Subject: Scratch Tape Problem
"ADSM: Dist
Stor Manager"
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RIST.EDU>


21/02/2001
20:19
Please
respond to
"ADSM: Dist
Stor Manager"






We have had some problems with a drive in our library.
After putting the tape online TSM began putting tapes in to write data.
The drive returned I/O errors and TSM responed by placing each tape in a
private status.  We started receiving errors stating that there were not
enough
scratch tapes.  After runing a q libvol I have discover that all tapes that
should
be in scratch (449 to be exact) are in private status.

Does anyone have a good idea on how I can get these 449 tapes back to a
scratch status.
I can run  UPDATE LIBV LB10.0.0.7 CAA### STATUS=SCRATCH and restore each
tape
one by one but this takes forever.  I did get enough tapes back to scratch
to be able to work
but need a faster method.

I am not familiar with writing scripts as of now.  I am currently learning
to be able to automate
a few things.

Thanks,
Alan Wells
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Re: HELP! Recovery Log won't mount

[Marc David]

David,

Your right you do need to upgrade to at least 3.7.4 Server code. We ran
into the same problem went we upgraded from ADSM Server version 3.1.7.
There's a known APAR problem with the 3.7.2 server code. An as soon as
Tivoli support person asked me what  (SERVER) version I was using he told
me to download server code 3.7.4.0. The consultants we used to do the
upgrade Articulent out of Hopkinton MA, told us they have 3.7.2 in a number
of client sites in New England.  So beware if your an Articulent client
with 3.7.2 Tivoli Server code. Because the Recovery Log may come up ok a
few times but the 4th or 5th.
Your last message will be Recovery log mount in progress...





David Longo
  cc:
Sent by: "ADSM: DistSubject: Re: HELP! Recovery Log 
won't mount
Stor Manager"
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02/21/01 02:17 PM
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"ADSM: Dist Stor
Manager"






You need to upgrade to 3.7.4.0 to fix this problem.  Known problem at
Tivoli.

We had it a few months ago and others have had it too.


David B. Longo
System Administrator
Health First, Inc.
3300 Fiske Blvd.
Rockledge, FL 32955-4305
PH  321.434.5536
Pager  321.634.8230
Fax:321.434.5525
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>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/21/01 02:09PM >>>
TSM Server 3.7.3 on NT 4.0 box.
Server was rebooted cleanly yesterday. Now TSM won't
come back up.  I do the followign:


D:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\server>dsmserv
ANR0900I Processing options file D:\PROGRA
1\Tivoli\TSM\server\dsmserv.opt.
Database Page Shadowing Will be avalilable in the next
service offering.
 ANR7800I DSMSERV generated at 16:58:00 on Apr 27
2000.

Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows NT
Version 3, Release 7, Level 3.0

Licensed Materials - Property of IBM

5697-TSM (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1999. All
rights reserved.
U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use,
duplication or disclosure
restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM
Corporation.

ANR0990I Server restart-recovery in progress.
ANR0200I Recovery log assigned capacity is 1200
megabytes.
ANR0201I Database assigned capacity is 8100 megabytes.
ANR0306I Recovery log volume mount in progress.


It stays at this mount.  I let it go overnight - pegs
the CPU but doesn't come up.  No error messages, just
doesn't want to mount.
Rebooted multiple times - no effect.
Unfortunately, recovery log not mirrored - had no
space.

Any suggestions?  Ideas?

Thanx in advance!


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Re: HELP! Recovery Log won't mount

[David Longo]

You need to upgrade to 3.7.4.0 to fix this problem.  Known problem at Tivoli.

We had it a few months ago and others have had it too.


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TSM Server 3.7.3 on NT 4.0 box.
Server was rebooted cleanly yesterday. Now TSM won't
come back up.  I do the followign:


D:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\server>dsmserv
ANR0900I Processing options file D:\PROGRA
1\Tivoli\TSM\server\dsmserv.opt.
Database Page Shadowing Will be avalilable in the next
service offering.
 ANR7800I DSMSERV generated at 16:58:00 on Apr 27
2000.

Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows NT
Version 3, Release 7, Level 3.0

Licensed Materials - Property of IBM

5697-TSM (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1999. All
rights reserved.
U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use,
duplication or disclosure
restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM
Corporation.

ANR0990I Server restart-recovery in progress.
ANR0200I Recovery log assigned capacity is 1200
megabytes.
ANR0201I Database assigned capacity is 8100 megabytes.
ANR0306I Recovery log volume mount in progress.


It stays at this mount.  I let it go overnight - pegs
the CPU but doesn't come up.  No error messages, just
doesn't want to mount.
Rebooted multiple times - no effect.
Unfortunately, recovery log not mirrored - had no
space.

Any suggestions?  Ideas?

Thanx in advance!


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HELP! Recovery Log won't mount

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TSM Server 3.7.3 on NT 4.0 box.
Server was rebooted cleanly yesterday. Now TSM won't
come back up.  I do the followign:


D:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\server>dsmserv
ANR0900I Processing options file D:\PROGRA
1\Tivoli\TSM\server\dsmserv.opt.
Database Page Shadowing Will be avalilable in the next
service offering.
 ANR7800I DSMSERV generated at 16:58:00 on Apr 27
2000.

Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows NT
Version 3, Release 7, Level 3.0

Licensed Materials - Property of IBM

5697-TSM (C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1999. All
rights reserved.
U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights - Use,
duplication or disclosure
restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM
Corporation.

ANR0990I Server restart-recovery in progress.
ANR0200I Recovery log assigned capacity is 1200
megabytes.
ANR0201I Database assigned capacity is 8100 megabytes.
ANR0306I Recovery log volume mount in progress.


It stays at this mount.  I let it go overnight - pegs
the CPU but doesn't come up.  No error messages, just
doesn't want to mount.
Rebooted multiple times - no effect.
Unfortunately, recovery log not mirrored - had no
space.

Any suggestions?  Ideas?

Thanx in advance!


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Re: HELP: server "client option set" ignored by clients....why?

[Kleynerman, Arthur]

You need to change the parameter to OVERRIDE YES - whatever is in the CLO
will override anything else in the dsm.opt file on the client (in case there
are any incl/excl statements)

-Original Message-
From: Keith Kwiatek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 2:18 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HELP: server "client option set" ignored by clientswhy?


Hello,

I have a bunch of includes and excludes in a client option set on my v4 TSM
server.

When the schedule runs, the clients backup the files even if they are
excluded in the client option set they are not over-riding the client
option set.

I am sure the clients have the client option set assigned to them.

Any ideas on why this is happening, and how to trouble shoot?


  Optionset WIN32_INCLEXCL
  Option INCLEXCL
  Sequence number 18
  Option Value Exclude '*:\...\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\...\*'
  Override NO


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Re: Guidance

[bbullock]

Whew, that's a lot of questions. I'll chime in on how we handle
them.

Ben Bullock
UNIX Systems Manager

> -Original Message-
> From: Krishna Shastry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 8:41 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Guidance
>
>
> Hi Gurus,
>
> Our datacenter (Not yet productional) has ADSM Server
> (3.1.2.0) and Client (3.1.20.7) versions installed on
> an IBM RS6000 SP. None of our staff are experienced in
>
> handling ADSM.
>
> I have a set of general queries, the answers to which
> might give further insight in planning our
> infrastructure and scheduling our activities. Your
> expertise is solicited.
>
> How are NFS mount points backed up with ADSM?
We only back up the data on the host that is serving out the NFS
filesystems.
We typically have the line "domain  all-local" in the dsm.opt on all
clients.
No need backing up the same data 100 times.
> Does ADSM provide data encryption capability ?
I have some marketing blurbs that say on version 4.1 of the client
under "Mobile client support"
they have "data encryption" but I have no idea if it is out yet.
> How many client backups can run concurrently ?
That is a setting on the tsm server that you can set as high as you
want depending on the limitations
of your server. see the SET MAXSESSIONS parameter.
> Can ADSM back up open files ?
Yes, there are some settings on the copygroup that determine how TSM
will handle open files.
Look at the help for "update copy" and see what the 4 serialization
settings can be set to.
> Does ADSM support data compression ? If so, What is
> the compression ratio ?
TSM can do data compression, although I don't know what the ratio
is. At our site we use
the compression on the 3590E tape drives and get about a 3 to 1
compression rate.
> Can more than one tape be written to at the same time
> ? ie. Can full dumps and
> incremental be writing to two different tapes on
> different drive, simultaneously ?
Yes, each session into the TSM server can write to a tape.
If 2 sessions are running from the same client and they both need a
tape, they can both get one.
With the "resourceutilization" setting on the client, you can have
the client
start multiple sessions to the TSM server and therefore use multiple
tapes simultaniously.
You will also want to look when you register a node to the TSM
server, because there is a
"maximum mount points alowed" setting that can limit your client to
one tape at a time.
> How are SYMBOLIC LINKs handled?
By default the link is backed up but not the actual file. You can
change this behaviour
with the "archisymaslink" setting on the clients.
> How does ADSM handle media I/O errors during backup
> processing ?
Depends on how bad the error is. If it is bad enough the session may
be aborted. We find that the
client is able to continue on with all but the worst tape or tape
drive errors.
> How is security handled? Can users just recover their
> own files ?
>
> Can labelling be done at the same time that backups
> are running ?
Yes, as long as you have 1 tape drive available and unmounted.
> Is there a procedure for making duplicate backups for
> offsite storage ?
Yes, the " backup stgpool..." command makes the copies and then you
can get them
out of the library using DRM or scripting it yourself.
> Does UNIX Servers require Root or can ADSM be
> configured to be fully functional from a non- root UID
> ?
Hmm, we always have it installed and run the schedule daemon as
root. I have not tried it any other way. Anyone?
>
> Any help and further insight would be highly
> appreciated.
>
>
>
> Rgds
>
> Krishna
>
>
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Re: Guidance

[Malbrough, Demetrius]

-Krishna-

All of your questions can be answered at the following site, which contains
all of the documentation for TSM! But, here is  an attempt to answer the
majority of your questions.

http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/pubs/admanual.htm

How are NFS mount points backed up with ADSM?

A. When TSM connects a backup-archive client to an NFS file system, you can
use either a hard mount or a soft mount. TSM uses the nfstimeout option
setting to determine how long to wait for an NFS system call to respond
before timing out, this applies to hard and soft mounts. The default is 10
seconds.

You should be aware of the consequences of hard and soft mounts if the mount
becomes stale (for example, if the server for the file system is not
available).


Hard mount
-- If the NFS file system is hard mounted, the NFS daemons will try
repeatedly to contact the server. The NFS daemon retries will not time out,
will affect system performance, and you cannot interrupt them, but control
will return to TSM when the nfstimeout value is reached.

Soft mount
-- If the NFS file system is soft mounted, NFS will try repeatedly to
contact the server until either:
A connection is established
The NFS retry threshold is met
The nfstimeout value is reached
When one of these events occurs, control returns to the calling program.

How many client backups can run concurrently ?

A. You are limited by the number of tape drives, the size of your disk
storage pools, network infrastructure, etc...

Can ADSM back up open files ?

A. Yes, but it might result in a fuzzy copy which does not accurately
reflect the correct data that was backed up. TSM looks for files that have
changed between the start and the completion of the file's backup. Some
files on your system may be in use, or open, when you try to back them up.
Because an open file may change, a backup action might not reflect the
correct contents of the file at a given time.

Does ADSM support data compression ? If so, What is
the compression ratio ?

A. Yes, but is not recommended! Tape drive compression would give you a
better result depending on the type of drives that you have. The compression
ratio is dependant on the type of tape drives that you have, i.e 3590 gives
3:1 compression ratio.

Can more than one tape be written to at the same time
? ie. Can full dumps and
incremental be writing to two different tapes on
different drive, simultaneously ?

A. Yes

How are SYMBOLIC LINKs handled ?

A. TSM handles symbolic links differently than it does regular files and
directories. In some operations, such as a backup, only the path information
that the symbolic link contains is backed up. In other operations, such as
archive, the file to which the symbolic link points is archived, but under
the name of the symbolic link. For more information on how symbolic links
are handled during an archive operation, see Archsymlinkasfile

http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/pubs/v4pubs/v1_html/aix/unixc/ans5
tfrm.htm !

The remainder of your answers will be in the documentation from the above
link!

Thanks,
Demetrius Malbrough
TSM Consultant

-Original Message-
From: Krishna Shastry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 9:41 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Guidance


Hi Gurus,

Our datacenter (Not yet productional) has ADSM Server
(3.1.2.0) and Client (3.1.20.7) versions installed on
an IBM RS6000 SP. None of our staff are experienced in

handling ADSM.

I have a set of general queries, the answers to which
might give further insight in planning our
infrastructure and scheduling our activities. Your
expertise is solicited.


Does ADSM provide data encryption capability ?

How many client backups can run concurrently ?

Can ADSM back up open files ?

Does ADSM support data compression ? If so, What is
the compression ratio ?

Can more than one tape be written to at the same time
? ie. Can full dumps and
incremental be writing to two different tapes on
different drive, simultaneously ?

How are SYMBOLIC LINKs handled ?

How does ADSM handle media I/O errors during backup
processing ?

How is security handled? Can users just recover their
own files ?

Can labelling be done at the same time that backups
are running ?

Is there a procedure for making duplicate backups for
offsite storage ?

Does UNIX Servers require Root or can ADSM be
configured to be fully functional from a non- root UID
?


Any help and further insight would be highly
appreciated.



Rgds

Krishna


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Re: RSM, 3583, W2K and SAN LAN free backups + DRM

[Kelly J. Lipp]

First, run get a glass of scotch.

Second, reinstall using NT as your OS.

Third, throw away your W2K disks so you won't be tempted to use them again
for a while.

I don't believe that you will be able to make LAN free backups work with
this configuration.  If you can't share an RSM library, you can't make TSM
work the way it's supposed to.  Same problem with ACSLS libraries.  I posted
a not last week about ACSLS and was met with deafening silence so who knows
when this gets fixed.

You don't do checkins with RSM.  You put the tape in the library and magic
happens.  Actually, it isn't magic.  You put the tape in and then using RSM
move it to an RSM pool.  Then TSM can see it again.  You don't do audit
library either.

The good news is your customer has a really nice library!

Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313
(719) 531-5926
Fax: (240) 539-7175
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.storsol.com
www.storserver.com


-Original Message-
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Norback, Jan
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 9:37 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RSM, 3583, W2K and SAN LAN free backups + DRM


Hi,
One of our customers have got a 3583 tape library with W2K and RSM that we
got working thanks to some of the previous input (we are on TSM 4.1.1,
awaiting 4.1.2 to come back soon for W2K).
Now I only need to get LAN free backups and DRM working...

Some question marks:
-DRM is usually easy with 3494 libraries and AIX but here on a 3583 accessed
through W2K RSM the information about tapes seems to a large degree be
outside of TSM, I can't see how the checkin's are to be done?
-Implementing LAN free backup by following the TSM Manage systems for SAN
Storage Agent seems to indicate that I need to define a shared SCSI library
which is not the same as a RSM library?

Has anyone done this before that can give me some info on how it is to be
done?

IBM: I really look forward to the patch that removes RSM from the control of
the Library. Is it coming soon or will you at least improve the
documentation for RSM usage?

Regards,
Jan Norback

Atos Origin-IT (MS/DS/OSS Unix)
VA-173, PO-box 218, 5600 MD Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Groenewoudseweg 1 5621 BA Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Re: ANS1074I *** User Abort ***

[George Lesho]

Dominic, The info you provided is kind of thin... does the subject line client
error have any bearing on the archiving problem? What is your dsmerror.log say?
Are you using the management class and copy group associated with the failing
schedule for any other schedules that are working? The error code you gave is
probably not the only one associated with the failure. ANS1512E is just a notice
that the archive failed and provides no info... Has the schedule in question
ever run sucessfully?

More details would likely get more specific replies to your question... Sorry I
couldn't be more helpful

George Lesho
Storage/System Admin
AFC Enterprises





"Wilson, Dominic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/21/2001 10:35:02 AM

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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Subject:  ANS1074I *** User Abort ***



When running archives they are continually failing with the above error and .

ANS1512E Scheduled event 'ARCH_13' failed.  Return code = 4.

Does anyone know what is causing these errors? I've checked the Tivoli website
and adsm.org but haven't been able to solve my problem. I'm running TSM 4.1
server on AIX with HP clients running version 4.1.2.11.

Any advice would be appreciated.
TIA

DOM
Dominic Wilson
ADC Software Systems Division
123 Commerce Valley Drive, Thornhill,
Ontario, L3T 7W7
Tel : +1 905-944-6934
Fax : +1 905-944-9430
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL: http://www.adc-oss.com

DSMCUTIL

[WEYMAN, STANLEY J]

  In testing a new version of the TSM 4.1 client I removed the ADSM Central
Scheduler Service from an NT machine and installed the new version.  When
testing was complete I removed the TSM Service and then attempted to
reinstall the old Service.  When I attempt to run the DSMCUTIL to install
the service I get an error.  The command I am executing is as follows:

This is done from within the baclient directory for ADSM v3.1
DSMCUTIL INSTALL /NAME:'ADSM Central Scheduler Service'  /NODE:ECOMMDEV02
/PASSWORD:ECOMMDEV02 /AUTOSTART:YES /CLIENTDIR:d:\progra~1\ibm\adsm\baclient

What I get in return is

"The ADSM Message Repository is corrupt"
"Password Authentification Failed"
"The Registry Password was not updated"

I then tried

DSMCUTIL UPDATEPW /NODE:ECOMMDEV02 /PASSWORD:GARBAGE5 /VALIDATE:YES
/UPDATEONSERVER:YES /OLDPASSWORD:ECOMMDEV02

I received pretty much the same error.  This is preventing me from
reinstalling scheduling services for this node to allow automated backups to
run in the middle of the night.  Does anyone have any idea of how I can fix
this ?

   thanks ahead of time for your help and patience

   Stan



Stan Weyman
System Administration Specialist II

Amica Insurance
25 Amica Way, Lincoln, Rhode Island 02865-1167
Telephone:  (401) 334-6000 x2679
Fax:(401) 334-1634
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Admin Web Client Event Viewing

[WEYMAN, STANLEY J]

   Hi,  I'm new to ADSM and TSM and have been given the task of upgrading
our existing ADSM v3.1 MVS server system to TSM v4.1 from both a server and
client point of view.  I have been having a few problems and am hoping this
list server group may be a way for me to solve some of them and learn a few
things at the same time.

  I am having trouble viewing events using TSM v410 with the Web Client.  We
have ADSM 3.1 running one one MVS system here and using the Web Client and
turning on 'Show Events' I can track what is happening on the Server_Console
as I do things within the Web Client for ADSM.  With the Web Client for TSM,
however, when I turn on 'Show Events' I get an error message in the box
where events should be listed saying "ERROR - Server Parameters are missing.
See Java Console for more information.".  When I click on this box I see Web
Console on one line and the above error message on the other with no events
listed.  I've checked the server parameters between ADSM and TSM and they
are the same.  By Java Console, do they mean the MVS Job Log for the running
TSM started Task ?  I've done 'QUERY STATUS' on both sides and and active
receivers on ADSM show as CONSOLE, ACTLOG and NETVIEW.  On TSM, they show as
CONSOLE, ACTLOG, NETVIEW, and EVENTSERVER.

  What am I missing.  Any help would be greatly appreciated!

   thanks ahead of time


Stan Weyman
System Administration Specialist II

Amica Insurance
25 Amica Way, Lincoln, Rhode Island 02865-1167
Telephone:  (401) 334-6000 x2679
Fax:(401) 334-1634
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Re: 3583-L36 drive

[Joerg Pohlmann/CanWest/IBM]

Yes, a slot is used when you check in a cleaning cartridge. Make sure you
have the correct bar code on it (CLNInn - as described in the 3583 book). I
to have set drives to ASNEEDED.

Joerg Pohlmann



Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 2001-02-21 07:02:50 AM

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cc:
Subject:  3583-L36 drive


Hello *SM'ers...

Anyone familiar with the 3583 LTO drive?  I just installed the L36 model
(36 tapes) yesterday.  There is an extra slot at the top of each column of
18 tapes that seems to be the perfect spot for a cleaning tape.  But i
cannot find documentation to support this.  Can this drive hold a cleaning
tape internally (as the 3570 does) or must i give up one of the 36 tape
slots for a cleaning tape.

Also the options for cleaning in the docs are manual, or "host based"
meaning the software decides when to clean it.  I'm guessing i set it to
"host based" and set the drives to ASNEEDED. Is this a correct setup for
automatic cleaning?  Thanks for any info...

-Ray
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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Systems Administrator   Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist  AIX Administration, AIX Support
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Re: TDP for Exchange 2000 - Where are we?

[Cris Robinson]

Thanks Del!

CR

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Storage Engineering
Liberty Mutual Group
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]


-Original Message-
From: Del Hoobler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 10:36 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TDP for Exchange 2000 - Where are we?


This is not correct.  It is Q1... Specifically 3/30.

Thanks,

Del



Del Hoobler
IBM Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Jager Frederic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 02/21/2001
10:10:25 AM

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The TDP E2k is schedulded for Q2 and is in beta test for the moment.

> -Original Message-
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> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:  TDP for Exchange 2000 - Where are we?
>
> It's been awhile since there was discussion on the rollout of the TDP
> agent
> for Exchange 2000.
>
> Any word on a release date? Del?
>
> Thanks -
> CR
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Re: ANS1074I *** User Abort ***

[Rushforth, Tim]

The 4.12 Client has a bug, instead of reporting the proper error, it
displays the User Abort message.  APAR IC29368 addresses this.

You have to check any other error logs on the client and server to try to
determine what the real error is.  The problem can range from no space on
storage pool on server to no NTFS permissions on a drive ...

Tim Rushforth
City of Winnipeg
-Original Message-
From: Wilson, Dominic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 10:35 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ANS1074I *** User Abort ***


When running archives they are continually failing with the above error and
.

ANS1512E Scheduled event 'ARCH_13' failed.  Return code = 4.

Does anyone know what is causing these errors? I've checked the Tivoli
website and adsm.org but haven't been able to solve my problem. I'm running
TSM 4.1 server on AIX with HP clients running version 4.1.2.11.

Any advice would be appreciated.
TIA

DOM
Dominic Wilson
ADC Software Systems Division
123 Commerce Valley Drive, Thornhill,
Ontario, L3T 7W7
Tel : +1 905-944-6934
Fax : +1 905-944-9430
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL: http://www.adc-oss.com

HELP: server "client option set" ignored by clients....why?

[Keith Kwiatek]

Hello,

I have a bunch of includes and excludes in a client option set on my v4 TSM server.

When the schedule runs, the clients backup the files even if they are excluded in the 
client option set they are not over-riding the client option set.

I am sure the clients have the client option set assigned to them.

Any ideas on why this is happening, and how to trouble shoot?


  Optionset WIN32_INCLEXCL 
  Option INCLEXCL 
  Sequence number 18 
  Option Value Exclude '*:\...\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES\...\*' 
  Override NO 

ANS1074I *** User Abort ***

[Wilson, Dominic]

When running archives they are continually failing with the above error and .

ANS1512E Scheduled event 'ARCH_13' failed.  Return code = 4.

Does anyone know what is causing these errors? I've checked the Tivoli website and 
adsm.org but haven't been able to solve my problem. I'm running TSM 4.1 server on AIX 
with HP clients running version 4.1.2.11.

Any advice would be appreciated.
TIA

DOM
Dominic Wilson
ADC Software Systems Division
123 Commerce Valley Drive, Thornhill,
Ontario, L3T 7W7
Tel : +1 905-944-6934
Fax : +1 905-944-9430
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL: http://www.adc-oss.com

Guidance

[Krishna Shastry]

Hi Gurus,

Our datacenter (Not yet productional) has ADSM Server
(3.1.2.0) and Client (3.1.20.7) versions installed on
an IBM RS6000 SP. None of our staff are experienced in

handling ADSM.

I have a set of general queries, the answers to which
might give further insight in planning our
infrastructure and scheduling our activities. Your
expertise is solicited.

How are NFS mount points backed up with ADSM?

Does ADSM provide data encryption capability ?

How many client backups can run concurrently ?

Can ADSM back up open files ?

Does ADSM support data compression ? If so, What is
the compression ratio ?

Can more than one tape be written to at the same time
? ie. Can full dumps and
incremental be writing to two different tapes on
different drive, simultaneously ?

How are SYMBOLIC LINKs handled ?

How does ADSM handle media I/O errors during backup
processing ?

How is security handled? Can users just recover their
own files ?

Can labelling be done at the same time that backups
are running ?

Is there a procedure for making duplicate backups for
offsite storage ?

Does UNIX Servers require Root or can ADSM be
configured to be fully functional from a non- root UID
?


Any help and further insight would be highly
appreciated.



Rgds

Krishna


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Re: Auto reply to request

[George Lesho]

The fellow who did this job before me was a scripting kind of guy... I think he
wrote this perl script. You might be able to adapt it or part of it to your
environment - George Lesho:

~
#!/usr/local/bin/perl

#--
# Find out which libraries exist
# Then display menu
#--
$count=0;
$slotcount=0;
$labeled=0;
system("tput clear");
print "\n\tPlease Choose a Library\n\n";
push(@libs, "dummy");
open(libraries, 'dsmadmc -commadelimited -id=query -pass=query q libr |grep
SCSI|');

while () {
$l=$_; chomp($l);
 @record=split(/,/, $l);

$libname=$record[0];
push(@libs, $libname);
}
for ($i=1; $i <= $#libs; $i++) {
print "\t";print $i;print "\t$libs[$i]\n";

  }
print "\nMake a  Choice or Press Enter to Quit --> ";

#--
# Get users choice, if empty the exit
#--
$choice = ;
chomp($choice);
if ($choice eq "") { exit}

$library = "$libs[$choice]";
print "lib = $library\n";
system("tput clear");
print "About to label New ADSM Scratch Tapes, please wait a moment ...\n";
system("dsmadmc -id=query -pass=query label libv $library search=bulk
labels=barcode checkin=scr overwrite=no >> /dev/null") ;
sleep 3;
print "\n";
open(libraries, 'dsmadmc -consolemode -commadelimited -outfile -id=query
-pass=query |');
while () {
$l=$_; chomp($l);
 @actlog=split(/ /, $l);
if (($actlog[0] eq "ANR8373I") and ($actlog[9] eq $library))   {
 $replyid=$actlog[1];
$replyid=~tr/://d;
system("dsmadmc -id=query -pass=query reply $replyid >> /dev/null");
}

if ($l =~ /^ANR(8810|8806|0985|0986)/) {
print "$l\n";
}
if ($l =~ /^ANR8801/) {
print "$l\n";
exit;
   }
~~






"Forgosh, Seth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 02/20/2001 04:13:24 PM

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:(bcc: George Lesho/Partners/AFC)
Fax to:
Subject:  Auto reply to request



We have an admin schedule that runs a script to lable and checkin scratch
tapes from the bulk loader on our tape library. The only problem is that
when the script runs, it generates a request to fill the bulk loader and
reply. Since this happens after hours, someone has to either dial-in or let
the job fail. Does anyone know of a way to auto-reply to this request or
even better suppress the request? Any help would be appreciated.

Seth Forgosh


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Re: 3583-L36 drive

[Richard Sims]

>There is an extra slot at the top of each column of
>18 tapes that seems to be the perfect spot for a cleaning tape.

The 3583 Operator manual on page 6 defines that slot:

The nonaddressable slot located at the top of storage columns 2, 4, and 5
is reserved for future use. The bar code reader cannot read the label on
the cartridge if it is stored in the nonaddressable slot.

Page 53 says:

The cleaning cartridge must be stored in one of the available storage
slots within the library.

It identifies the cleaning cartridge by virtue of its "CLNI" volser prefix
(page 114).

 Richard Sims, BU

Re: TDP for Exchange 2000 - Where are we?

[Del Hoobler]

This is not correct.  It is Q1... Specifically 3/30.

Thanks,

Del



Del Hoobler
IBM Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Jager Frederic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 02/21/2001
10:10:25 AM

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Sent by:  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject:  Re: TDP for Exchange 2000 - Where are we?



The TDP E2k is schedulded for Q2 and is in beta test for the moment.

> -Original Message-
> From: Cris Robinson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 4:02 PM
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:  TDP for Exchange 2000 - Where are we?
>
> It's been awhile since there was discussion on the rollout of the TDP
> agent
> for Exchange 2000.
>
> Any word on a release date? Del?
>
> Thanks -
> CR
>
> _
> Cris Robinson
> Storage Engineering
> Liberty Mutual Group
> Portsmouth, New Hampshire
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> -
>
> Un courrier électronique n'engage pas son émetteur. Tout message
> susceptible de comporter un engagement doit être confirmé par un écrit
> dûment signé.
>
> An electronic message is not binding on its sender. Any message referring
> to a binding engagement must be confirmed in writing and duly signed.
>
> Ein elektronischer Brief bzw. eine elektronische Nachricht ist für den
> Absender nicht verbindlich. Jede Nachricht,  welche eine Verpflichtung
> beinhaltet, muß schriftlich bestätigt und ordnungsgemäß unterzeichnet
> werden.
>
> -
>

-

Un courrier ilectronique n'engage pas son imetteur. Tout message
susceptible de comporter un engagement doit jtre confirmi par un icrit
d{ment signi.

An electronic message is not binding on its sender. Any message referring
to a binding engagement must be confirmed in writing and duly signed.

Ein elektronischer Brief bzw. eine elektronische Nachricht ist f|r den
Absender nicht verbindlich. Jede Nachricht,  welche eine Verpflichtung
beinhaltet, mu_ schriftlich bestdtigt und ordnungsgemd_ unterzeichnet
werden.

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Re: TDP for Exchange 2000 - Where are we?

[Del Hoobler]

Cris,

See an append that I made to this list on 1/23:
(The GA date for Exchange is 3/30).

=

Attention SQL server and Exchange server administrators:

Please look for the announcement today of the new
versions of TDP for Exchange 2.2 and TDP for SQL 2.2.

To view the official announcement go to:

   http://www.ibmlink.ibm.com/usalets

Look for the announcement:  201-003

It discusses the new versions of TDP for Exchange
and TDP for SQL. As it states, the planned availability
dates for the new products are:

   Tivoli Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server - January 26, 2001

   Tivoli Data Protection for Microsoft Exchange Server - March 30, 2001

=



Thanks,

Del



Del Hoobler
IBM Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]



Thanks,

Del



Del Hoobler
IBM Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Cris Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on
02/21/2001 10:02:17 AM

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Sent by:  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject:  TDP for Exchange 2000 - Where are we?



It's been awhile since there was discussion on the rollout of the TDP agent
for Exchange 2000.

Any word on a release date? Del?

Thanks -
CR

_
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Storage Engineering
Liberty Mutual Group
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

3583-L36 drive

[Ray]

Hello *SM'ers...

Anyone familiar with the 3583 LTO drive?  I just installed the L36 model
(36 tapes) yesterday.  There is an extra slot at the top of each column of
18 tapes that seems to be the perfect spot for a cleaning tape.  But i
cannot find documentation to support this.  Can this drive hold a cleaning
tape internally (as the 3570 does) or must i give up one of the 36 tape
slots for a cleaning tape.

Also the options for cleaning in the docs are manual, or "host based"
meaning the software decides when to clean it.  I'm guessing i set it to
"host based" and set the drives to ASNEEDED. Is this a correct setup for
automatic cleaning?  Thanks for any info...

-Ray
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IBM Certified Specialist  AIX Administration, AIX Support
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TDP for Exchange 2000 - Where are we?

[Cris Robinson]

It's been awhile since there was discussion on the rollout of the TDP agent
for Exchange 2000.

Any word on a release date? Del?

Thanks -
CR

_
Cris Robinson
Storage Engineering
Liberty Mutual Group
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: TDP for Exchange 2000 - Where are we?

[Jager Frederic]

The TDP E2k is schedulded for Q2 and is in beta test for the moment.

> -Original Message-
> From: Cris Robinson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 4:02 PM
> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:  TDP for Exchange 2000 - Where are we?
> 
> It's been awhile since there was discussion on the rollout of the TDP
> agent
> for Exchange 2000.
> 
> Any word on a release date? Del?
> 
> Thanks -
> CR
> 
> _
> Cris Robinson
> Storage Engineering
> Liberty Mutual Group
> Portsmouth, New Hampshire
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> -
> 
> Un courrier électronique n'engage pas son émetteur. Tout message
> susceptible de comporter un engagement doit être confirmé par un écrit
> dûment signé.
> 
> An electronic message is not binding on its sender. Any message referring
> to a binding engagement must be confirmed in writing and duly signed.
> 
> Ein elektronischer Brief bzw. eine elektronische Nachricht ist für den
> Absender nicht verbindlich. Jede Nachricht,  welche eine Verpflichtung
> beinhaltet, muß schriftlich bestätigt und ordnungsgemäß unterzeichnet
> werden.
> 
> -
> 

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Un courrier ilectronique n'engage pas son imetteur. Tout message susceptible de 
comporter un engagement doit jtre confirmi par un icrit d{ment signi.

An electronic message is not binding on its sender. Any message referring to a binding 
engagement must be confirmed in writing and duly signed.

Ein elektronischer Brief bzw. eine elektronische Nachricht ist f|r den Absender nicht 
verbindlich. Jede Nachricht,  welche eine Verpflichtung beinhaltet, mu_ schriftlich 
bestdtigt und ordnungsgemd_ unterzeichnet werden.

-

ATTN: All Windows 4.1.2 Client Users

[Andy Raibeck]

IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

A problem with the way the TSM 4.1.2 client for Windows handles certain
international characters in file and directory names has recently been
discovered. APAR IC29552 has been opened for the problem, and the client
has been removed from the Web site and anonymous FTP server.

Fixtest 4.1.2.12 will correct the problem, and will be available soon from
the Tivoli web page http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/clients.html.
The "Tivoli Storage Manager - Open Problems" page,
http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/open_problem.html, will contain
more information on the fixtest and its utility as it becomes available.


BACKGROUND

Microsoft Windows allows file names to be created that contain any
combination of upper- and lower-case characters, and the file system will
maintain the given casing for a file. This is known as "case preserving".
However, the casing of a file name by itself does not distinguish one file
from another. This is known as "case insensitive". For example, MYFILE.TXT,
MyFile.txt, and myfile.TXT are all considered to be the same file. This is
as opposed to UNIX, where these would be considered three separate files.

In order to facilitate TSM support for case preserving, case insensitive
file names, all Windows file backups are stored on the TSM server with the
file names converted to upper case. This is done in order for the TSM
server to recognize that MYFILE.TXT, myfile.txt, and MyFile.txt all refer
to the same file name. The information necessary to restore the files with
their correct casing is kept elsewhere in the database.



THE PROBLEM

A problem in the TSM 4.1.2 client for Windows has recently been discovered
that can cause files with certain international characters in their names
(such as a 'u' with an umlaut: ü) to be stored incorrectly on the TSM
server. That is, the problem characters are not converted to uppercase
(i.e. ü is not properly converted to Ü). As a result, incremental backup
operations may not handle these files properly. Symptoms are varied, but
may include the following:

- Backup versions of files with these international characters that were
created with a client version prior to 4.1.2 will be expired. Because this
will cause the VERDELETED setting of the management class's copygroup to go
into effect, older backup versions may be deleted from the server. These
versions can no longer be recovered.

- The existing files with these characters in their names will be backed up
during each incremental backup cycle, regardless of whether the file has
changed. Prior versions of the file will be deleted from the TSM server
based on the VEREXISTS setting. As a result, the server may have multiple
backup copies of the same state of the file, and truly different versions
of the file may have been deleted.

- The following messages will be displayed during backups, and logged to
dsmerror.log:

ANS1228E Sending of object  failed
ANS1304W Active object not found

- If a directory name contains one of these characters, files and
subdirectories within that directory will also be expired and may not be
restorable.



WHAT IBM/TIVOLI IS DOING ABOUT THIS

Here are the actions that we are taking or have taken to date:

1) We have opened a severity 1 APAR, IC29552, to address this problem.

2) We have removed the TSM 4.1.2 Windows client from the FTP site. If you
have downloaded, but not installed the 4.1.2 client, we strongly urge you
to not install this code; rather, you should delete the downloaded image
from your systems.

3) The TSM 4.1.2 Windows client was originally included in the TSM 4.1.2
Windows server installation package. That server package has been removed
from the FTP site, and replaced with a TSM 4.1.2 server package that has
the client install disabled. Due to the complexities involved in removing
the files that comprise the client, those files have not been physically
removed from the server install package. However, using the SETUP.EXE
program, the client will not be installable. We strongly urge you to not
attempt to use any means external to the SETUP.EXE program to install the
client files.

4) A fixtest is being developed and tested that will resolve this problem
such that new backup versions of files will be properly converted to upper
case when stored on the TSM server. The www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr
web page sections for Flashes and for Downloads will be posted when the
fixtest is actually available for download.

5) A special utility is being developed that will expire all the
incorrectly cased versions of the files. The
www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr web page sections for Flashes and for
Downloads will be posted when the special utility client is actually
available for download. Note that the details for using the utility will be
included in a README file that accompanies the utility.

6) We are working on notifying all of our customers in the most expedient
manner possible.

7) We are contin

APAR IC29552

[Kleynerman, Arthur]

Hello all!

Does anyone know why the TSM 4.1.2 client for NT is not available for
download and what the below message means:

(NOTE: The V 4.1.2 backup archive client has been temporarily removed while
APAR IC29552 is investigated)

We're in the process of distributing version (TSM 4.1.2) to all of our NT
clients!!!

Thanks!

Arthur.


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Re: TDP for Domino

[Del Hoobler]

Steve,

Is this with the TDP for Domino GUI on Windows NT/2000?
...or is this with the command-line client?  What operating system?
Are you showing active and inactive?
Have you tried using the command-line client?

You really need to call IBM/Tivoli service to pursue this further.
We may need to get a trace to see what is happening.

Thanks,

Del



Del Hoobler
IBM Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]


Steve Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 02/20/2001 05:08:47 PM

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Sent by:  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc:
Subject:  TDP for Domino



My database restore list in the TDP for Domino is cutting of on the DBs
available for restore that start with "R", even though we have many that
follow that. Is this a result of TSM DB corruption? What do I need to do to
fix this?

--Steve

Re: Auto reply to request

[Suad Musovich]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 05:13:24PM -0500, Forgosh, Seth wrote:
> We have an admin schedule that runs a script to lable and checkin scratch
> tapes from the bulk loader on our tape library. The only problem is that
> when the script runs, it generates a request to fill the bulk loader and
> reply. Since this happens after hours, someone has to either dial-in or let
> the job fail. Does anyone know of a way to auto-reply to this request or
> even better suppress the request? Any help would be appreciated.

We have a Perl script which sets up a console session in comma delimited mode
and parses the activity log. It would be easy to add a subroutine to recognise
the reply message code during a certain time and perform the desired command.

You can get the script at http://nix.itss.auckland.ac.nz/adsm/ in the Perl
scripts area. The particular script you want is called tsm-watcher.

Cheers, Suad
--

A technique for handling tape contention

[Richard Sims]

TSM really likes to fill a storage pool tape before starting on
a new one, and sometimes this can result in contention.
For example, I had an Archiving user whose session was waiting
on a tape that was busy as input to a Backup Stgpool that would
be reading from that tape for some time.  To keep the user from
waiting further, I did an Update Volume ... Access=Readonly
which TSM immediately recognized to allow the archive session
to proceed with another output volume.  I then did
Update Volume ... Access=Readwrite to put the contended volume
back into its original state, and everyone was happy.
One of the various little tricks we TSM admins can perform.

   Richard Sims, BU

Netware clients and DSM threads

[Mark S.]

I don't know what others' experiences have been, but I have run across
something interesting.

It appears that Netware does not tolerate more than 3 concurrent DSM
threads. I can reproduce Netware abends when there are 4 or more DSM
processes. As near as I can tell, the Netware modules that chokes is
FILESYS.NLM. I discover this while the Netware client had the following
processes going: DSMC SCHED, a web-based backup with DSMCAD going, a
regular DSMC session (which was not doing anything), and a restore
coming from another Netware node. I also could abend the node while
running a backup from its console with RESOURCEUTILIZATION set to 5,
which set up four sessions with the TSM server.

The environment is:

Netware 5.1 with the latest service packs
TSM client 4.1.2
TSM server 4.1.2 (Windows NT)

--
Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Primary Archivepool tapes

[Henrik Hansson]

Hi,

I do archiving  some critical data. For this purpose I have created a primary
tape archvepool and a copytape pool for the backup of the archived data.

The tapes in the primare pool are checked out after they have been updated with
status set to unavailiable. The archive last for 365 days. This leaves me with a
box of tapes that isn't used really.

My question is,
is it recommended to reuse the tapes for other purposes that origin from the
primary tape pool for my archivation.
Like relabelling and then use them in my daily backups.

I assume that the tapes that I will be use for a retrieve will be the ones in
the copy pool.

In addition DRM is handling the copytape pool for my archives

Any tips is appreciated.

Best Regards
Henrik Hansson
Nomafa AB

"I'm one cookie away from happy." - Snoopy (Charles Schulz)

Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files

[Suad Musovich]

On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 03:21:34PM -0700, bbullock wrote:
...
> How many files? Well, I have one Solaris-based host that generates
> 500,000 new files a day in a deeply nested directory structure (about 10
> levels deep with only about 5 files per directory). Before I am asked, "no,
> they are not able to change the directory of file structure on the host. It
> runs proprietary applications that can't be altered". They are currently
> keeping these files on the host for about 30 days and then deleting them.
>
> I have no problem moving the files to TSM on a nightly basis, we
> have a nice big network pipe and the files are small. The problem is with
> the TSM database growth, and the number of files per filesystem (stored in
> TSM). Unfortunately, the directories are not shown when you do a 'q occ' on
> a node, so there is actually a "hidden" number of database entries that are
> taking up space in my TSM database that are not readily apparent when
> looking at the output of "q node".

Why not put a TSM server on the Solaris box and back it up to one of the other
servers as a virtual volume.
It would redistribute the database to the Solaris host and the data is kept
as a large object on the tape-attached TSM server.

I also remember reading about grouping files together as a single object. I can't
remember if it did selective groups of files or just whole filesystems.

Cheers, Suad
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Re: TSM-Client for Compaq True 64 Rel 5.1

[Petr Prerost]

Hello ,
check http://www.tivoli.com/support/storage_mgr/ptf3_flash.html#clients -
True64 V5 is supported with client 4.1.2 -
you can try it on 5.1.

Regards
 Petr

- Puvodní zpráva -
Od: "Winfried Heilmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Komu: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Odesláno: 21. února 2001 10:01
Predmet: TSM-Client for Compaq True 64 Rel 5.1


> Hi,
>
> does anybody know when Compaq UNIX True64  Rel 5.1 will be supported by
the
> TSM Client?
>
>
>
> It's very important, because we cannot backup our new clients.
>
> Regards Winfried

TSM-Client for Compaq True 64 Rel 5.1

[Winfried Heilmann]

Hi,

does anybody know when Compaq UNIX True64  Rel 5.1 will be supported by the
TSM Client?



It's very important, because we cannot backup our new clients.

Regards Winfried

upgrade from tsm3.7 to tsm4.1 on os/390

[Van Ruler, Ruud R SSI-ISES-31]

Hi guru's

some questions on the subject of upgrading from tsm3.7 to tsm4.1:
*   do I need to re-register all current clients/licenses ?
*   i have some clients using tdp. do I need to register these clients
twice ? once for "the number of managed system for LAN licensed" and also
for  "number of TDP for Oracle licensed" ?
*   are there any other issues I have to consider ??

many thanks in advance.

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Re: Incremental Restore

[Suad Musovich]

Adding to that, why not create an instant archive or a backupset to restore from?

It gives you a snapshotted version of the data. The only drawback is, if
the TSM server is busy enough already, the archive/backupset might take as long
as the restore.

Cheers, Suad
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On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 09:26:12AM -0800, Doug Thorneycroft wrote:
> Try using the -fromdate option, this will only restore objects backed up after
> the date entered
> in fromdate. I've played around with it (Small Scale, not full testing) and the
> restore runs much
> faster than a full restore with -ifnewer.
>
> On Tuesday, February 20, 2001 7:24 AM, Christoph Pilgram
> [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote:
> > Hy all,
> >
> > within the next few days I have to restore some large disk-volumes to new
> > disks on a Netware-Server. Because its in production, I can't stop the
> > server for the whole restore time. The volumes are about 260GB in size. The
> > backup-data are spanned over about 24 tapes (3590E), so restore takes a
> > while.
> > The data can not be mirrored.
> > My idea is to restore the complete data to the new volumes while users work
> > on the old ones. After finishing this restore, I want to do another
> > incremental backup of the old volumes to get the meanwhile changed data.
> >
> > But : how do I get only these data to the new volumes without touching all
> > the other older data on the tapes ???
> >
> > TSM-Server : AIX 4.3  TSM 3.7.4
> > Netware-Version : 5.0   TSM-Client 3.7.2
> >
> > Thanks for help
> > Christoph

Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files

[Petr Prerost]

Hello ,
did you check -fromdate and -fromtime ( and -totime and -todate ) restore
parameters ?

Regards
  Petr

- Puvodní zpráva -
Od: "bbullock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Komu: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Odesláno: 21. února 2001 1:16
Predmet: Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files


> Point well taken Steve. Your classification of the nature of the
> data is basically correct except for a twist. On the day the data is
> written, it is extracted by other programs that analyze the data to spot
> flaws and trends in the manufacturing process. Depending on what it finds,
> they may then need to delve deeper into the data to analyze and fix
> production flaws. So their argument is that without that data online, they
> have no idea if the chips we manufactured a couple of hours ago are good
or
> not.
>
> True, that after a couple of days the data is infrequently
accessed,
> and after about a week, the data is rarely accessed, that's why they
delete
> it after 30 days. But restoring just the files that were newly backed up
the
> night before is not possible... is it? I don't think a point in time
restore
> will do that...
>
> I like the idea of renegotiating the SLA (service level agreement)
> with the customer so that their expectations are set and my butt is
covered.
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> Thanks,
> Ben Bullock
> UNIX Systems Manager
>
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Steve Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 4:43 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Performance Large Files vs. Small Files
> >
> >
> > Ben
> > >>> bbullock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 21/02/2001 8:21:34 >>>
> > >>>Big Snip
> > This one nightmare host now has over 20 million files (and an
> > unknown number of directories) across 10 filesystems. We have
> > found from
> > experience, that any more than about 500,000 files in any
> > filesystem means a
> > full filesystem restore would take many hours. Just to
> > restore the directory
> > structure seems to take a few hours at least. I have told the
> > admins of this
> > host that it is very much unrecoverable in it's current
> > state, and would
> > take on the order of days to restore the whole box.
> >
> > They are disappointed that an "enterprise backup
> > solution" can't
> > handle this number of files any better. They are willing to
> > work with us to
> > get a solution that will both cover the daily "disaster
> > recovery" backup
> > need for the host and the long term retentions they desire.
> > >>> remainder snipped
> >
> > I would debate whether the host is "unrecoverable".  It seems
> > that this data is write once/read seldom in nature.  In that
> > case, in the event of a disaster the priorities are
> > 1. get the server back to the state where it can write more files
> > 2. get back any individual required file in reasonable time
> > TSM can provide both of those objects.  If a full restore is
> > required it *can* be spread over days because most of the
> > data will never be needed.  You will of course need to
> > negotiate wth your users exactly what is urgent and needs to
> > be restored immediately and maybe have some canned macro to
> > do this in the heat of an emergency.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > Steve Harris
> > AIX and ADSM Admin
> > Queensland Health, Brisbane Australia
> >

Re: Auto reply to request

[Bernhard Unold]

I am very carefull when i label tapes in order not to overwrite allready
written tapes in the library. Never i would label tapes via schedule.
For me it's not too much to type in the command and watch what happens.

"Forgosh, Seth" schrieb:
> 
> We have an admin schedule that runs a script to lable and checkin scratch
> tapes from the bulk loader on our tape library. The only problem is that
> when the script runs, it generates a request to fill the bulk loader and
> reply. Since this happens after hours, someone has to either dial-in or let
> the job fail. Does anyone know of a way to auto-reply to this request or
> even better suppress the request? Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Seth Forgosh
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