Re: Reclaims Ques

[Walker, Lesley R]

Lindsay Morris wrote:
> How long does it usually take for the reclamation process to
> actually stop,
> and release the tape drive(s) so the restore can use them?
> I've typically
> seen this be 40 minutes or more, but I'm not sure why,  or if
> something
> could be done to speed it up.

I think it might depend on the size of the file the reclamation is
processing currently and how much of it is left to go.

It just so happens we've been doing some restore testing and reclamation at
the same time on a 2-drive library, so I've looked back and the logs to see
how long it has taken to finish a preempted process.  So here are some
actual real-life examples from here:

ProcessVol dismount   Process ended
---   -
Reclamation 3 min   5 min
Reclamation  n/a9 min
Reclamation<1 min   2 min
Reclamation  n/a   <1 min
Migrationn/a2 min
Move datan/a3 min

The reason for the missing volume dismount times would be because the
restore wanted a volume that was already mounted.

NB: this is on nasty 8mm tapes.

--
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SAN (Shared) Tape libraries and licensing

[Laura Buckley]

Hi all,

If I have a library that requires Advanced Device Support and I share it via
the SAN to another TSM server, is the other server (the library client) also
required to be licensed for Advanced Device Support?  (I'm assuming it does,
I just want to verify.)

TIA

Laura Buckley
SSSI
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ADSM v3.1 (AIX) to TSM 4.1.3 (Solaris) upgrade success story

[Robert Kennedy]

I wrote in a few days ago with a query about upgrading from ADSM v3.1
(AIX) to TSM 4.1.3 (Solaris) and whether or not I had to use LOADDB.  As
it turns out, I did *not* have to use LOADDB.  All fears of platform and
version incompatibilities turned out to be baseless (in this case).
Here's the upgrade procedure that proved successful:

Flush all your disk pools to tape.  You can transfer them between a 3.1
and 4.1 server but I found flushing easier than heaving around gigantic
files.

Old:ADSM> backup db type=full <..etc..>
New:# dsmserv loadformat <..etc..>
New:# dsmserv restore db commit=yes <..etc..>
New:# dsmserv upgradedb
(This will start the server, so halt it as soon as it comes up)
New:# dsmserv auditdb fix=yes

The auditdb was the longest part and it took a paltry ~15 hours for an
11GB database.  Paltry compared to a 60+ hour LOADDB, that is.

Everything came back up like a charm.  The actual device paths of the tape
drives had to be changed and disk pools recreated but that was it for the
post-op.  Another full database backup and we were back on track.

And I owe it all to Tivoli's ..ahem.. "unparalleled" documentation.  Sigh.

Cheers,
Robert Kennedy
University of Texas at Austin
ITS UNIX Services

Re: Macintosh restore problem

[Jonathan Siegle]

Kent,
You will want to upgrade your client to 4.1.2.15. I think the
restore problem that was fixed with this patch is your problem.
You can find this at:
ftp.cac.psu.edu/pub/tivoli-storage-management/patches/client/v4r1/Mac/v412

or on the main site.

Jonathan

On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Kent Johnson wrote:

> We are running TSM server Version 3, Release 7, Level 2.0 on AIX 4.3.2 and
> a Macintosh client Version 4, Release 1, Level 2.0 on MacOS 9.1.0 is having
> a problem with restores.
>
> The client was restoring files, and was stalled, due to a problem with our
> IBM 3494 tape robot.  After fixing the problems with the robot, the restore
> is now failing, with the message that it is attempting to resume a restore
> session.
>
> I have removed all restores from the server, but the Mac client continues
> to fail, attempting to resume a restore.  It seems like it may be a TSM
> server database corruption???
>
> Has anybody seen anything like this?  Has anybody solved a similar problem?
>
>
> - Kent
>

Re: TSM Tuning Guides for AIX

[PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI)]

Here is the what is required for tuning.
on client side  on server side   on AIX side
add these lines to  Pl say dsmadmc  see that
ur n/w speed is not in autonegotiation.
dsm.sys file >set opt for the following its
100mbs/sec.
LARGECOMmbuffers   Yesthese values get updated  See that
ur default gateway does not have n/w
   TCPBuffsize32  in dsmserv.opt file.
congesion.
   TCPNodelay Yes
   TCPWindowsize  64
   compressionyesBUFPoolsize
 LOGPoolsize
-Original Message-   EXPInterval
 MOVEBatchsize
 MAXSessions
 TXNGroupmax
 USELARGEBUFFERS

It may pl be noted that client side tuning is done for network related
tuning.
Another parameter is memoryefficient backup The trade off is TSM client and
CPU overhead.
One more parameter to look at is TXnbytelimit.Pl look at info on web site to
set this.

If still ur data xfer is slow pl mail me I will  be helpful to u to work in
different directions also.

Pl also see that u have patches set to latest maint. level.

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From: Angela Hughes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 11:02 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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go to the Tivoli web site www.tivoli.com and search on
adsm tuning guide or tuning guide.  Support developed
this tuning guide to assist administrators in tuning
and understanding all of the elements involved awhile
back.  It's very good and I've used it at IBM
previously.  The down side is that tuning isn't
covered in support contracts and it's charged on an
hourly basis.  Hope this helps.  If you need anything
else please don't hesitate to yell.
Thanks,
Angela
--- "Forgosh, Seth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We are in the process of preparing to move our
> production TSM from NT to AIX
> and we are looking for recommendations on tuning
> guides specifically related
> to TSM on AIX. If anyone has any links to this type
> of information it would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Seth Forgosh
>
>
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Macintosh restore problem

[Kent Johnson]

We are running TSM server Version 3, Release 7, Level 2.0 on AIX 4.3.2 and
a Macintosh client Version 4, Release 1, Level 2.0 on MacOS 9.1.0 is having
a problem with restores.

The client was restoring files, and was stalled, due to a problem with our
IBM 3494 tape robot.  After fixing the problems with the robot, the restore
is now failing, with the message that it is attempting to resume a restore
session.

I have removed all restores from the server, but the Mac client continues
to fail, attempting to resume a restore.  It seems like it may be a TSM
server database corruption???

Has anybody seen anything like this?  Has anybody solved a similar problem?


- Kent

Re: Reclaims Ques

[Prather, Wanda]

My server is at 3.7.4 on AIX, and it works fine - I've seen it happen
several times in the last few days.
Someone requests a restore, I see the "process being preemted by higher
priority operation" message in ACTLOG, and TSM kills the RECLAIM and mounts
a tape for the RESTORE.

SO it does work, at least some times.



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If all my tape drives are busy during the day doing reclaims and someone
needs to do a restore from a tape will TSM stop a reclaim process and let
the restore take place.

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Re: Reclaims Ques

[Lindsay Morris]

How long does it usually take for the reclamation process to actually stop,
and release the tape drive(s) so the restore can use them?  I've typically
seen this be 40 minutes or more, but I'm not sure why,  or if something
could be done to speed it up.

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> Prather, Wanda
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>
> My server is at 3.7.4 on AIX, and it works fine - I've seen it happen
> several times in the last few days.
> Someone requests a restore, I see the "process being preemted by higher
> priority operation" message in ACTLOG, and TSM kills the RECLAIM
> and mounts
> a tape for the RESTORE.
>
> SO it does work, at least some times.
>
>
>
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>
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> If all my tape drives are busy during the day doing reclaims and someone
> needs to do a restore from a tape will TSM stop a reclaim process and let
> the restore take place.
>
> Thanks
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Re: dsm.sys file not being read in aix

[Lindsay Morris]

Did this thread mention the use of cloptsets? using them, you CAN change
include-exclude options, and the changes ARE picked up dynamically, with no
restart of the client needed.

> -Original Message-
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Michael Oski
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 11:53 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: dsm.sys file not being read in aix
>
>
> Richard,
>
> I'll give it a try, I was basically stating my understanding of the
> documentation. It seemed that the point of the scheduler need to be
> restarted after changing the dsm.opt or dsm.sys files is made, but no
> mention that the same was true for the inclexcl file. I assumed that
> this was by design and would work this way. I HAVE mis-assumed before,
> however (grin), so I wouldn't be surprised if this is not the case.
>
> If my assumption is incorrect, then the only true benefit I can see in
> separating the include/exclude statements from the dsm.opt file would be
> purely cosmetic - and quite disappointing. I have junior admin's that
> have the authority to update the config files since I set the file
> permissions to allow them write access. They don't have Unix-level
> authority to kill the dsmc sched command running as root though. So a
> restart of the scheduler would involve a page to a senior admin in the
> event an update was needed. Hmmm.. I WILL play with this! (don't
> like being paged at 2am because someone 11 time-zones away needs
> something included/excluded)
>
> I'll let you all know what I find.
> MO
>
> On Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at 06:08 AM, Richard Sims wrote:
>
> >> Having include/excludes in the dsm.sys file works, it's just not the
> >> preferred method. If you need to adjust your includes/excludes, and a
> >> "dsmc sched" process is running, the process will not pick up the
> >> changes to dsm.sys since it is read only upon startup. By placing the
> >> list in an inclexcl file, you can update that file while the scheduler
> >> is running and the updated file will be re-read when a backup actually
> >> kicks off.
> >
> > Michael - Under what client and level have you observed this to be true?
> >
> > This is not the behavior I would expect, given that the client absorbs
> > and retains its options specifications in total when it starts.
> > I tried this under the 3.7.2 AIX client, by invoking 'dsmc' to conduct
> > an interactive session, and then doing 'show inclexcl' thereunder.
> > It did not "see" changes made to the include-exclude file while the
> > dsmc process continued: only a fresh start picked up the changes.
> > Could you try the same test under your client/level and verify?
> >
> >   thanks, Richard Sims, BU
> >
>

Re: TSM Tuning Guides for AIX

[Richard Sims]

>We are in the process of preparing to move our production TSM from NT to AIX
>and we are looking for recommendations on tuning guides specifically related
>to TSM on AIX. If anyone has any links to this type of information it would
>be greatly appreciated.

Seth - I don't think you'll find much formal documentation.
   The old ADSM tuning guide hasn't been carried forward per se:
aspects of it can be found in the redbook:
 Getting Started with Tivoli Storage Manager: Implementation Guide

Less related is the redbook:  Tivoli Enterprise Performance Tuning Guide
which talks of AIX and NT tuning.  The AIX portion is very generic and not
of much help.

The most detailed help can be found in our ADSM-L mailing list.  I recall
some excellent AIX memory and network tuning tips being posted in the past.
I have some performance info in the QuickFacts, but doing justice to the
subject would require a publication unto itself, and we'd really like to
see that coming from Tivoli.  Hmmm... another requirement we can post to
the Oxford TSM Symposium site Requirements section.

   Richard Sims, BU

Re: TSM Tuning Guides for AIX

[Angela Hughes]

go to the Tivoli web site www.tivoli.com and search on
adsm tuning guide or tuning guide.  Support developed
this tuning guide to assist administrators in tuning
and understanding all of the elements involved awhile
back.  It's very good and I've used it at IBM
previously.  The down side is that tuning isn't
covered in support contracts and it's charged on an
hourly basis.  Hope this helps.  If you need anything
else please don't hesitate to yell.
Thanks,
Angela
--- "Forgosh, Seth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We are in the process of preparing to move our
> production TSM from NT to AIX
> and we are looking for recommendations on tuning
> guides specifically related
> to TSM on AIX. If anyone has any links to this type
> of information it would
> be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Seth Forgosh
>
>
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Re: Domino TDP Woes

[Del Hoobler]

Radha,

If it is the log file problem, then something must be corrupting
the log file to make this happen.  I am still not sure if
it is related to the log file GPF APAR.
I suggest that you call IBM/Tivoli service so that proper
diagnosis can be done.

Thanks,

Del



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Del,

If I rename the log files, it seemed to work for a day or two and then back
to the same problem.  This morning I tried to run the archivelog command
from a  command line prompt.  But as you can see, the system couldn't login
to the TSM Server, it stopped after Initializing Domino connection.

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Can this happen if my Domino server is very busy?  Currently my Notes data
files and the transaction logs share the same Raid/SAN  controller, though
they are on different volumes.

Thanks
Radha

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Radha,

I think this is a different problem.
(Vint solved his problem with my suggestion of
renaming the log file name.)

The "hang" problem you are experiencing will probably
require some tracing. If this continues for you, please call
IBM/Tivoli support.

Thanks,

Del



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(Embedded image moved to file: pic10113.pcx)
I have a very similar problem.  I have setup the logfiles to be archived at
certain set time throughout the day.  For example this morning, the 5:00 am
schedule worked fine and it archived some log files.  But at noon, though
the backup started, it hung up.  If you look at the log file on the domino
server, this is what you see.

Tivoli Storage Manager
Tivoli Data Protection for Lotus Domino - Version 1, Release 1, Level 1.0
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1999, 2000. All rights reserved.

License file exists and contains valid license data.

ACD5221I The d:\PROGRA~1\IBM\ADSM\domino\domasch.log log file has been
pruned successfully.

Starting Domino transaction log archive...
Initializing Domino connection...

The only way to fix the problem is to reboot the server.  I do not get any
Dr.Watson error.






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Hello All,

We have been troubleshooting problems with three of our Domino servers
without luck.  At one point all was well but gradually the backups began
failing.  Nothing has changed on the TSM server side so the thinking is it
must be a client problem.  Various schedules are failing with no apparent
reason. We are running TSM 3.7.3.0 on Solaris 2.7.  The clients are
running NT 4.0, Lotus Domino R5, and Domino TDP 1.0.

Prior to this morning, schedules were failing, though not the same
schedules.  On one server the daily incremental schedule is failing while
on others the hourly archive is failing.  As a work aro

Re: dsm.sys file not being read in aix

[Michael Oski]

Richard,

I'll give it a try, I was basically stating my understanding of the
documentation. It seemed that the point of the scheduler need to be
restarted after changing the dsm.opt or dsm.sys files is made, but no
mention that the same was true for the inclexcl file. I assumed that
this was by design and would work this way. I HAVE mis-assumed before,
however (grin), so I wouldn't be surprised if this is not the case.

If my assumption is incorrect, then the only true benefit I can see in
separating the include/exclude statements from the dsm.opt file would be
purely cosmetic - and quite disappointing. I have junior admin's that
have the authority to update the config files since I set the file
permissions to allow them write access. They don't have Unix-level
authority to kill the dsmc sched command running as root though. So a
restart of the scheduler would involve a page to a senior admin in the
event an update was needed. Hmmm.. I WILL play with this! (don't
like being paged at 2am because someone 11 time-zones away needs
something included/excluded)

I'll let you all know what I find.
MO

On Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at 06:08 AM, Richard Sims wrote:

>> Having include/excludes in the dsm.sys file works, it's just not the
>> preferred method. If you need to adjust your includes/excludes, and a
>> "dsmc sched" process is running, the process will not pick up the
>> changes to dsm.sys since it is read only upon startup. By placing the
>> list in an inclexcl file, you can update that file while the scheduler
>> is running and the updated file will be re-read when a backup actually
>> kicks off.
>
> Michael - Under what client and level have you observed this to be true?
>
> This is not the behavior I would expect, given that the client absorbs
> and retains its options specifications in total when it starts.
> I tried this under the 3.7.2 AIX client, by invoking 'dsmc' to conduct
> an interactive session, and then doing 'show inclexcl' thereunder.
> It did not "see" changes made to the include-exclude file while the
> dsmc process continued: only a fresh start picked up the changes.
> Could you try the same test under your client/level and verify?
>
>   thanks, Richard Sims, BU
>

Re: Space reclamation processes

[Michael Oski]

Richard,

Wow! You have "advantageous times" - emphasis on the plural?!?!  hehe

Seriously, I recently "lucked out" and got my DBA group to schedule
backups around a daily maintenance schedule - it only took 7 months of
pleading and the implementation of a new DR process (thankfully mandated
from "above") to force the issue. I now have a single "advantageous
time" and things are running well.

MO

On Tuesday, June 19, 2001, at 05:11 AM, Richard Sims wrote:

>> we have a library with four DLT drives. During the expire inventory,
>> several space reclamation processes start, using all drives in the
>> library.
>> I'd like to keep two drives free for migration.
>> Is there a way of limiting the number of drives used by space
>> reclamation?
>
> Stefano - You are letting your reclamations have their way with your
> server
>   by virtue of not controlling the Reclamation Threshold value.
> Keep it at 100% until you want Reclamation to occur, by storage pool,
> which will then use two drives at a time.  Many of us use Admin
> Schedules
> to let reclamation run at advantageous times.
>
>   Richard Sims, BU
>

TSM Tuning Guides for AIX

[Forgosh, Seth]

We are in the process of preparing to move our production TSM from NT to AIX
and we are looking for recommendations on tuning guides specifically related
to TSM on AIX. If anyone has any links to this type of information it would
be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Seth Forgosh


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Sun Solaris and 9840

[Andreas Rensch]

Hi TSMers,

we want to use a Storage 9840 drive at a Sun Solaris V8 machine over a
brocade switch. Is there anything to pay attention for? Where we will get
the drivers? For both the host and the drive is quickloop enabled.

When we connected the drive direct to the HBA at the Solaris it was detected
as fd (floppydisk?). Over the switch we could not recognize any reaction.

mfg / regards

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Re: core dump AIX 4.3.2 dsmc

[Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM]

Hi Thomas!
Glad to be at help!!!
As a matter of fact... you can't know. I also was puzzled when had this
problem. Another user on the list gave me this suggestion.
Request to Richard Sims:
Hi Richard! 
Would you like to add this solution to your VERY useful FAQ page under the
header "Trace/BPT trap(coredump)"?
Kindest regards,
Eric van Loon
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines


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Eric,
thanks for this tip! It solved our problem!
How do you know that a password file is corrupted?
We had two on this machine (for the old and the new TSM server)
and both were 81 bytes in length.
But I'm glad the problem is solved anyway!

Thanks and greetings from Australia .. ehm .. Austria
Thomas Rupp

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> Gesendet am:  Dienstag, 19. Juni 2001 14:56
> An:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Betreff:  Re: core dump AIX 4.3.2 dsmc
> 
> Hi Robert!
> I have seen core dumps when the TSM password file is corrupted. This was
> on
> a Sun however.
> You could try to remove /etc/security/adsm/ on AIX (or
> /etc/adsm/ on other UNIX systems). The next time you start dsmc,
> TSM will prompt you for the password an a new password file will be
> created.
> Hope this helps!
> Kindest regards,
> Eric van Loon
> KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
> 



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Re: corrupt Active Directories with restore of Win2K

[John Monahan]

I'm thinking this is the same issue that is fixed by SP2.  Check this out:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q295/9/32.ASP



John Monahan
Senior Consultant Enterprise Solutions
Computech Resources, Inc.
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Cell: 952-484-5435
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Has anyone encountered this problem?  I assume that TSM also uses the same
native Win2K API?

If not, then maybe this should be a heads up?


http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21351

The AD Backup Bug: Monster in the Closet?
As we all know, making reliable backups is one of the most important tasks
a network administrator faces daily. With that in mind, I want to share
some rather disturbing information I've come across--information that
directly affects those of you who run Windows 2000 networks based on
Active Directory (AD).
At a recent conference, I spoke to a senior engineer for Aelita, an
independent software vendor (ISV) that produces Win2K and Windows NT
administration and migration tools. During that conversation, the engineer
asked whether I had encountered or heard about a major bug related to
backing up AD. I told him I had run into a few puzzling situations on my
lab network when I ran AD backups and subsequently had problems restoring
them, but I hadn't heard about any specific bugs related to the problem.
The engineer told me that during Aelita's development of ERDisk for Active
Directory (ERDisk/AD), the company's new AD backup product, engineers
discovered that roughly half of all AD backups resulted in corrupt backup
copies that, if restored, caused the directory services on the restored
domain controller to be unstartable. Upon further investigation, they
discovered that the bug wasn't unique to Aelita's software and seemed to
involve a bug in the native API Win2K provides for performing AD backups
and restores. Thus, this problem affects all software that uses this
native API, which includes Win2K's built-in NT Backup utility and most, if
not all, third-party backup software (e.g., Computer
Associates's--CA's--ARCserve, VERITAS's BackupExec, and Aelita's
ERDisk/AD).

AW: core dump AIX 4.3.2 dsmc

[Rupp Thomas (Illwerke)]

Eric,
thanks for this tip! It solved our problem!
How do you know that a password file is corrupted?
We had two on this machine (for the old and the new TSM server)
and both were 81 bytes in length.
But I'm glad the problem is solved anyway!

Thanks and greetings from Australia .. ehm .. Austria
Thomas Rupp

> -Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
> Von:  Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Gesendet am:  Dienstag, 19. Juni 2001 14:56
> An:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Betreff:  Re: core dump AIX 4.3.2 dsmc
> 
> Hi Robert!
> I have seen core dumps when the TSM password file is corrupted. This was
> on
> a Sun however.
> You could try to remove /etc/security/adsm/ on AIX (or
> /etc/adsm/ on other UNIX systems). The next time you start dsmc,
> TSM will prompt you for the password an a new password file will be
> created.
> Hope this helps!
> Kindest regards,
> Eric van Loon
> KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
> 


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Re: number of versions

[Angela Hughes]

execute q po and q mgmt.  Depending upon what mgmt
class you're using for certain data it could be
different.  Which you can find out how mnay versions
are associated with each mgmt class via q po and their
retentions.
Thanks,
Angela
--- Ofer Nachom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I would like to know  how many  version I have, for
> sum files on the TSM
> Server.
>
> Regard Ofer Nachom.
> Triple C.
>
>
> > begin:vcard
> n:Nachom;Ofer
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Re: Database Backup with multiple drives

[James Thompson]

  TDP for SQL ver 2.2 does support multiple sessions backing up to the tsm
server.  The term they use in the manual for this is data striping.
  Have a management class in the domain that your node belongs to that goes
to your tape pool.  You will want to send your data objects to this
managmentclass and your meta objects to a disk managementclass.
You will need to modify your options file to do this.
include \...\meta \...\* diskmgmtclass
include \...\data \...\* tapemgmtclass
Update your node so that it can use 4 tape drives (update 
maxnummp=4)

When you run your backup you will need to set the number of stripes equal to
the number of drives that you wish to use.  Also use this value when
performing restores.

James Thompson


>From: Diego N Fabani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Database Backup with multiple drives
>Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 10:39:39 -0300
>
>Hi! I'm trying to perform a database backup ( ms-sql ) with TDP for SQL. I
>want to do it directly to a storage pool using 4 tape drives. Do you know
>how can i do to backup a big database using my 4 drives at the same time?
>
>Thank you very much, Diego.
>
>  Diego Nicolas Fabani
>  Distributed Services
>  E-mail :  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Tel. #: 54-11-4319-7063.  Tie Line #: 840-7063
>  CTSI Martinez. IBM Argentina S.A.

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Re: full backup question.

[Angela Hughes]

collocation is what will reduce your restore time but
also seems that your system could use some performance
tuning @ 1 GB per 3 hrs.
Thanks,
Angela
--- Ofer Nachom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Will I am restoring a big amount of data the restore
> take allot of time
> ( 1 GB per 3 hour ).
> I assume it's because of the incremental backup
> which store the data on
> several tape.
> If I will make in every  Tuesday a full backup, is
> that will improve my
> restore time ?
> or the only solution for a good restore time in tsm
> is collocation ?
>
> Thanks
> ofer nachom
>
> > begin:vcard
> n:Nachom;Ofer
> tel;fax:972-3-6080667
> tel;home:
> tel;work:972-3-6080643
> x-mozilla-html:TRUE
> url:www.ccc.co.il
> org:Triple C ;Triple C Technical Department
> adr:;;Shaol Ha Melek 37.;Tell-Aviv;Israel;x;
> version:2.1
> email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> title:Aix & TSM System support
> fn:Ofer Nachom
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Re: core dump AIX 4.3.2 dsmc

[Robert Wielinga]

Hello Richard,

Thanks for your hint, it seems very plausible. For some silly reason, this
server has no active paging space. Later this week we have a downslot and
will try and fix this thing.

(We do monitor the usage of paging spaces (in percentage), but not whether
the paging spaces are active, it seemed like a safe assumption that at least
one paging space is active at any time...)

Regards, Robert


> >I run dsmc sched >>> core dump
> >I run dsmc ->>> core dump
>...
> >Trace/BPT trap(coredump)
>
>Robert - The following from my notes at
>http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts
>  may apply to your situation:
>
> Trace/BPT trap(coredump)
> Has been seen when swap space was not active on an AIX system.
> Also, assure that the file system in which server resources are
>located
> is not full, and has sufficient elbow room for any additional
>space
> that it needs.
>
>  Richard Sims, BU

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Database Backup with multiple drives

[Diego N Fabani]

Hi! I'm trying to perform a database backup ( ms-sql ) with TDP for SQL. I
want to do it directly to a storage pool using 4 tape drives. Do you know
how can i do to backup a big database using my 4 drives at the same time?

Thank you very much, Diego.

 Diego Nicolás Fabani
 Distributed Services
 E-mail :  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Tel. #: 54-11-4319-7063.  Tie Line #: 840-7063
 CTSI Martinez. IBM Argentina S.A.

Re: AW: core dump AIX 4.3.2 dsmc

[PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI)]

FYI
I had this problem on client side and found that client stopped scheduling.
Use crush command to free memory for time being and see if problem
disappears
and also u can edit  crontab for every 30 min crush to run.
Check vmstat virtual  mem before doing crush.
BALANAND PINNI.
PHONE 314-206-5911.
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>I had the same problem and have asked the list as well.
>As the proposition by Richard Sims didn't solve the problem
>I have forwarded the problem to our IBM SE.

Thomas - Have you tried invoking the command under the watch of an AIX
 system monitor, or turned on client tracing?  I'm wondering
if the process is running out of some resource in its environment,
perhaps virtual memory.

  Richard Sims, BU

Re: Domino TDP Woes

[Del Hoobler]

Radha,

I think this is a different problem.
(Vint solved his problem with my suggestion of
renaming the log file name.)

The "hang" problem you are experiencing will probably
require some tracing. If this continues for you, please call
IBM/Tivoli support.

Thanks,

Del



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I have a very similar problem.  I have setup the logfiles to be archived at
certain set time throughout the day.  For example this morning, the 5:00 am
schedule worked fine and it archived some log files.  But at noon, though
the backup started, it hung up.  If you look at the log file on the domino
server, this is what you see.

Tivoli Storage Manager
Tivoli Data Protection for Lotus Domino - Version 1, Release 1, Level 1.0
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1999, 2000. All rights reserved.

License file exists and contains valid license data.

ACD5221I The d:\PROGRA~1\IBM\ADSM\domino\domasch.log log file has been
pruned successfully.

Starting Domino transaction log archive...
Initializing Domino connection...

The only way to fix the problem is to reboot the server.  I do not get any
Dr.Watson error.






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Hello All,

We have been troubleshooting problems with three of our Domino servers
without luck.  At one point all was well but gradually the backups began
failing.  Nothing has changed on the TSM server side so the thinking is it
must be a client problem.  Various schedules are failing with no apparent
reason. We are running TSM 3.7.3.0 on Solaris 2.7.  The clients are
running NT 4.0, Lotus Domino R5, and Domino TDP 1.0.

Prior to this morning, schedules were failing, though not the same
schedules.  On one server the daily incremental schedule is failing while
on others the hourly archive is failing.  As a work around we could run a
backup from the gui and it worked.

This morning, we broke down what occurs when the scheduled backup runs and
realized that it kicks off the domarc.cmd at the required interval.  All
commands (domarc, dominc, domina) use the same .cfg and .opt file for the
specific node. I executed the domarc.cmd file for SERVER A from a DOS
window and the Dr. Watson appeared.  I then tried just the statement that
runs the job (start /B domdsmc archivelog... excluding the log locations)
and it ran fine. So this backed me into the log files. I changed the log
file name and paths and when executing the domarc.cmd file it ran as
expected.  I duplicated this scenario on SERVER B (which has also been a
problem child) and again it fixed the problem as well. I then went to
SERVER C and did the same for the dominc.cmd that has been failing. Before
making the changes the Dr. Watson appeared. After making the changes and
executing the command in a DOS window it ran without the error on all
three servers.

So with all of that discourse, what gives with the .log files? The Dr
Watson is usually an access violation error.  Is the log file in an open
state from an earlier failure, thus since it can't write it just stops
goes no further?  If this were the case, why does it right some of the
information (i.e. Valid License File) before the Dr. Watson error
occurs?

Anyone else experience this?

Thanks,
Vint

Lotus backup

[Lawrence Clark]

We're adding a Lotusnotes based application to our environment that includes:
Lotus Notes Application Server R5
30 Client and developer licenses
Domino

Are there separate TSM agents for Domino and the Application Server?





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NYS Thruway Authority
(518)-471-4202
Certified: 
Aix 4.3 System Administration
Aix 4.3 System Support
Tivoli ADSM/TSM V 3 Consultant

Re: Oracle restore error

[Nicholas Cassimatis]

I've seen similar (can't remember if it was the exact same error) errors
restoring databases at DR Tests, and it's been because the filesystem being
restored to isn't large file enabled.  If you're restoring to a
different/newly built system, that may be the problem.

Nick Cassimatis
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Re: Archiving vs Backups

[Kauffman, Tom]

If you have *any* file or directory content you want to keep a copy of for
some number of days -- archiving is the way to do it.

We use archiving for all our Oracle database 'backups' because we tend to
keep them for 14 to 21 days and will sometimes make multiple backups in one
day. I also archive on a weekly basis several filesystems in our production
SAP environment for faster restore at our D/R hotsite. I've been tempted to
look at 'backupsets' to replace these, but don't see how I can improve the
speed with them.

Tom Kauffman
NIBCO, Inc.

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>
>
> Is there any real difference between archiving and running a
> regular backup.
> I currently just run backups and do no archiving.  Although
> to do keep data
> for years in some cases.  What are your opinions?  Should I
> change my backup
> strategy and create archive storage pools.
>
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Recovery Log Size

[Gill, Geoffrey L.]

Hello all,

Last week I attended the 2 day DRM class in L.A.. In one the discussions we
had it was mentioned by the instructor that the size of the recovery log
could be over the 5.5gb current limit. I questioned him on this since there
has been much discussion on it, quite recently in fact. According to him
anyone with this size problem could get a special fix from Tivoli.

Has anyone else heard of this? Has anyone had this problem and got this
special fix?

Geoff Gill
TSM Administrator
NT Systems Support Engineer
SAIC
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Phone:  (858) 826-4062
Pager:   (888) 997-9614

Re: Oracle restore error

[Neil Rasmussen]

Eric,

errno 2505 is TDP for Oracle's return code for end-of-file reached.
oer7061 is Oracle/Rman's code for end-of-file reached (we actually send
that to Oracle to let them know we are done restoring).

If you are sure that you are getting a failure - check the Rman restore log
upon this failure and set DSMO_DEBUG=49 (this will turn on tracing in TDP
for Oracle and produce an orcagent.log) in your restore script. Review that
script to see what the error is. If you want, you may send the orcagent.log
and I can review it.

Thanks,

Neil




Date:Mon, 18 Jun 2001 16:02:46 +0200
From:"Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Oracle restore error

Hi *SM-ers!
One of our Oracle people is trying to restore a database (on Solaris).
After
some processing the restore fails with the following message in the
sbtio.log:

(2651) OBK-sbt:<06/18/2001:15:10:22> odsmSess():  # of dsmInit retries = 1
(2650) OBK-sbt:<06/18/2001:15:10:22> sbtread(): End of file reached. oer =
7061, errno = 2505.

I know that 7061 and 2505 are return codes, but I don't know from which
component (TSM, TDP or Oracle?), nor do I know where to find what they
mean.
Can anybody help me with solving this problem?
Thanks in advance for any reply!
Kindest regards,
Eric van Loon
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines


Regards,

Neil G. Rasmussen
TDP for Oracle

Re: dsm.sys file not being read in aix

[Richard Sims]

>Having include/excludes in the dsm.sys file works, it's just not the
>preferred method. If you need to adjust your includes/excludes, and a
>"dsmc sched" process is running, the process will not pick up the
>changes to dsm.sys since it is read only upon startup. By placing the
>list in an inclexcl file, you can update that file while the scheduler
>is running and the updated file will be re-read when a backup actually
>kicks off.

Michael - Under what client and level have you observed this to be true?

This is not the behavior I would expect, given that the client absorbs
and retains its options specifications in total when it starts.
I tried this under the 3.7.2 AIX client, by invoking 'dsmc' to conduct
an interactive session, and then doing 'show inclexcl' thereunder.
It did not "see" changes made to the include-exclude file while the
dsmc process continued: only a fresh start picked up the changes.
Could you try the same test under your client/level and verify?

  thanks, Richard Sims, BU

Re: AW: AW: core dump AIX 4.3.2 dsmc

[Gary C Sutherland]

I had a problem with dsmc core dumping immediately on AIX and the problem
was having DSM_CONFIG environment variable set, but the userid wasn't in
the dsm.sys file

Gary



   
  
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Hi Richard,

no I haven't.
I'm familiar with VM/ESA, VSE/ESA, Windows NT and ADSM/TSM -
but unfortunately not with AIX.
I thought I would let the IBM SE investigate his databases and then
do what he orders me to do.

Thomas Rupp

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> An:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> >I had the same problem and have asked the list as well.
> >As the proposition by Richard Sims didn't solve the problem
> >I have forwarded the problem to our IBM SE.
>
> Thomas - Have you tried invoking the command under the watch of an AIX
>  system monitor, or turned on client tracing?  I'm wondering
> if the process is running out of some resource in its environment,
> perhaps virtual memory.
>
>   Richard Sims, BU


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Re: SCHEDULER ACTUAL EXECUTION TIME

[Jolley, Bill]

Also, check the randomization percentage. I believe the default is 25. If
you want the schedule
to execute at it's actual starttime, set this value to 0.
q sys
Schedule Randomization Percentage: value
set random 0

-Original Message-
From: Angela Hughes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 6:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SCHEDULER ACTUAL EXECUTION TIME


a scheduled backup starts depending upon what time the
backup schedule on the TSM server is defined.  If
you're using sched mode prompted and the schedule for
example is defined as a weekd (weekday) schedule @
05:00 then the TSM server will prompt the client to
being a backup @ 05:00 Mon-Fri. as long as the
scheduler daemon is active on the client.  The
schedlog only details the activities and events that
take place in reference to the scheduler and backup
and archive processes.
Thanks,
Angela
--- Gerardo Zapata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> A question,
> Does anybody know what determines the actual start
> of an scheduled backup?
> At the end of the sched.log file there is a message
> that says: 'Command will
> be executed in X minutes'. The X value varies, we
> ran some tests for one node
> and the value went from 2 minutes to 70 minutes.
> What causes this variance?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Regards,
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Re: core dump AIX 4.3.2 dsmc

[Loon, E.J. van - SPLXM]

Hi Robert!
I have seen core dumps when the TSM password file is corrupted. This was on
a Sun however.
You could try to remove /etc/security/adsm/ on AIX (or
/etc/adsm/ on other UNIX systems). The next time you start dsmc,
TSM will prompt you for the password an a new password file will be created.
Hope this helps!
Kindest regards,
Eric van Loon
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

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From: Robert Wielinga [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 13:23
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: core dump AIX 4.3.2 dsmc


Dear Listers,

I have a problem concerning a core dump on AIX 4.3.2.0 with TSM client level
4.1.2.0.

I am running the code on a RS/6000 S7A running hacmp and oracle.

The Cluster consists of two identical machines, on one system the client
runs, on the other the client dumps.

This is what happens:

I run dsmc sched >>> core dump
I run dsmc ->>> core dump

here is the output have fun ;-)

# dsmc sched
Trace/BPT trap(coredump)

And:

# dsmc
Trace/BPT trap(coredump)

Below the errpt entry:

# errpt -a | more
---
LABEL:  CORE_DUMP
IDENTIFIER: C60BB505

Date/Time:   Tue Jun 19 13:17:59
Sequence Number: 6648
Machine Id:  0040602A4C00
Node Id: splu0097
Class:   S
Type:PERM
Resource Name:   SYSPROC

Description
SOFTWARE PROGRAM ABNORMALLY TERMINATED

Probable Causes
SOFTWARE PROGRAM

User Causes
USER GENERATED SIGNAL

Recommended Actions
CORRECT THEN RETRY

Failure Causes
SOFTWARE PROGRAM

Recommended Actions
RERUN THE APPLICATION PROGRAM
IF PROBLEM PERSISTS THEN DO THE FOLLOWING
CONTACT APPROPRIATE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Detail Data
SIGNAL NUMBER
   5
USER'S PROCESS ID:
   67102
FILE SYSTEM SERIAL NUMBER
   8
INODE NUMBER
   2
PROGRAM NAME
dsmc
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
_pthread_ 7C
??
_spin_loc 134
_pthread_ 120
sigwait 2A8
??
??
??
??
??
_pthread_ C4
??

Symptom Data
REPORTABLE
1
INTERNAL ERROR
0
SYMPTOM CODE
PCSS/SPI2 FLDS/dsmc SIG/5 FLDS/_pthread_ VALU/7c
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Re: Reuse of DB backup volumes

[Lambelet,Rene,VEVEY,FC-SIL/INF.]

Hi,

you can force tapes to be scratch again using the TMS tool (for instance
with CA1 you can update expiration date and flags).

BUT if you are really talking of the TSM DB backup tapes, you should both
keep the full ones AND the incremental ones !

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> To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject:  Reuse of DB backup volumes
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am using TSM 4.1 and TDP for SAP R/3. We are taking daily online
> backup(Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday)  and
> weekly offline backup (Sunday). We have 6 sets of online/daily backup and
> 4 sets of offline/weekly backup. After every days backup we take TSM DB
> backup and VOLHISTORY and DEVCONFIG backup.
> 
> Now to reuse the tapes used for TSM DB backup we have to issue the command
> DELETE VOLhistory  with option TYPE=DBBACKUP and TODATE=mm/dd/. But
> this command deletes all DBbackup info prior to date mm/dd/. I want to
> delete volhistory info only for one perticuler day. Can anyone guide me
> how to do this?  Because on every online backup day (say Monday), if i
> delete volhistory info for last Monday, it deletes volhistory info for
> last Sunday/offline backup as well. Where as i want to retain offline
> backup volhistory info for one month.
> 
> Please guide me how to delete DB backup volhistory info only for one
> perticuler day, so that i can retain volhistory info prior to that day as
> well.
> 
> All suggestions are most welcome.
> 
>  
> 
> Regards
> 
> Praveen
> 
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Re: Help, log space problem

[AMRHAR Brahim]

Thanks lot for 'details'. Say, I am oracle DBA and TSM is not 'my cap of
tea' but I must work around the TSM serbver parameter file to correct this.
So. 'Merci encore'


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Objet : Re: Help, log space problem

Hello,

it does exactly mean what it says:

Your TSM server has no more space in the storage pool where your Oracle
database is supposed to be stored. And the storage pool is defined in the
backup and archive copy groups of the management class that is  used to
backup the data.

If you are backing up to tape check if the number of tapes that is used by
the storage pool has reached the maximum number of scratch volumes (and
there is not enough space left on them). If this is the case increase this
maximum by updating the storage pool. If you are using private instead of
scratch volumes define a new volume for that storage pool.

If you are backing up to disk then you should query the "percentage
utilized" value of the storage pool. Maybe you have to migrate some (or
all) of the data in it to another storage pool in your storage hierarchy
(e.g. to a tape storage pool).

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Met vriendelijke groeten,
With best regards,
Bien amicalement,

CU/2,
Dirk Billerbeck


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Could someone tell me why do I get this error ?: I use rman trough TDP for
oracle to backup my database.

 (64830) OBK-sbt:<06/19/2001:12:39:56> odsmSess():  # of dsmInit retries =
1
(60448) OBK-sbt:<06/19/2001:12:40:21> sbtwrite():  ANS0278S (RC157)  The
transac
tion will be aborted.

(60448) OBK-sbt:<06/19/2001:12:40:22> sbtwrite():  ANS1329S (RC29)   Server
out
of data storage space.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Space reclamation processes

[Richard Sims]

>we have a library with four DLT drives. During the expire inventory,
>several space reclamation processes start, using all drives in the library.
>I'd like to keep two drives free for migration.
>Is there a way of limiting the number of drives used by space reclamation?

Stefano - You are letting your reclamations have their way with your server
  by virtue of not controlling the Reclamation Threshold value.
Keep it at 100% until you want Reclamation to occur, by storage pool,
which will then use two drives at a time.  Many of us use Admin Schedules
to let reclamation run at advantageous times.

  Richard Sims, BU

AW: AW: core dump AIX 4.3.2 dsmc

[Rupp Thomas (Illwerke)]

Hi Richard,

no I haven't.
I'm familiar with VM/ESA, VSE/ESA, Windows NT and ADSM/TSM -
but unfortunately not with AIX.
I thought I would let the IBM SE investigate his databases and then
do what he orders me to do.

Thomas Rupp

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> 
> >I had the same problem and have asked the list as well.
> >As the proposition by Richard Sims didn't solve the problem
> >I have forwarded the problem to our IBM SE.
> 
> Thomas - Have you tried invoking the command under the watch of an AIX
>  system monitor, or turned on client tracing?  I'm wondering
> if the process is running out of some resource in its environment,
> perhaps virtual memory.
> 
>   Richard Sims, BU


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Re: AW: core dump AIX 4.3.2 dsmc

[Richard Sims]

>I had the same problem and have asked the list as well.
>As the proposition by Richard Sims didn't solve the problem
>I have forwarded the problem to our IBM SE.

Thomas - Have you tried invoking the command under the watch of an AIX
 system monitor, or turned on client tracing?  I'm wondering
if the process is running out of some resource in its environment,
perhaps virtual memory.

  Richard Sims, BU

Re: Space reclamation processes

[John Naylor]

Stefano
You must have reclamation processes going against more than one storage pool.
So the answer is during the time you want to reserve 2 drives for migration
update "your pool" recl=100 for all except one tape pool at a time.
John





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Subject:  Space reclamation processes



Hi all,
we have a library with four DLT drives. During the expire inventory,
several space reclamation processes start, using all drives in the library.
I'd like to keep two drives free for migration.
Is there a way of limiting the number of drives used by space reclamation?
I know there's a device class MOUNTLIMIT parameter, but it affects also
other processes such as migration...

Thanks in advance,
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Re: Help, log space problem

[Dirk Billerbeck]

Hello,

it does exactly mean what it says:

Your TSM server has no more space in the storage pool where your Oracle
database is supposed to be stored. And the storage pool is defined in the
backup and archive copy groups of the management class that is  used to
backup the data.

If you are backing up to tape check if the number of tapes that is used by
the storage pool has reached the maximum number of scratch volumes (and
there is not enough space left on them). If this is the case increase this
maximum by updating the storage pool. If you are using private instead of
scratch volumes define a new volume for that storage pool.

If you are backing up to disk then you should query the "percentage
utilized" value of the storage pool. Maybe you have to migrate some (or
all) of the data in it to another storage pool in your storage hierarchy
(e.g. to a tape storage pool).

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
Met vriendelijke groeten,
With best regards,
Bien amicalement,

CU/2,
Dirk Billerbeck


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Could someone tell me why do I get this error ?: I use rman trough TDP for
oracle to backup my database.

 (64830) OBK-sbt:<06/19/2001:12:39:56> odsmSess():  # of dsmInit retries =
1
(60448) OBK-sbt:<06/19/2001:12:40:21> sbtwrite():  ANS0278S (RC157)  The
transac
tion will be aborted.

(60448) OBK-sbt:<06/19/2001:12:40:22> sbtwrite():  ANS1329S (RC29)   Server
out
of data storage space.

Thanks in advance.

Re: Space Reclamation Processes

[Neil Schofield]

Stefano

Reclamation processing starts whenever a storage pool contains volumes
which are eligible for migration. That is to say volumes whose 'Percent
Reclaimable Space' exceeds the 'Reclamation Threshold' parameter for the
storage pool. You will get one process for each storage pool containing
eligible volumes.

Since the expiration processing will potentially create volumes eligible
for reclamation in all storage pools, you are seeing multiple reclamation
processes starting as a result.

In order to limit your TSM server to one reclamation process at a time, you
must ensure that only one storage pool contains eligible volumes. Setting
the reclamation threshold for a storage pool to 100% will inhibit all
reclamation processing for that storage pool.

By scheduling adjustments to reclamation thresholds throughout the
day/week/month, you can ensure only one reclamation process.

For example:
Script scheduled on Monday:
UPDATE STGPOOL TAPEPOOL_1 RECLAMATION=60
UPDATE STGPOOL TAPEPOOL_2 RECLAMATION=100
UPDATE STGPOOL TAPEPOOL_3 RECLAMATION=100

Script scheduled on Wednesday:
UPDATE STGPOOL TAPEPOOL_1 RECLAMATION=100
UPDATE STGPOOL TAPEPOOL_2 RECLAMATION=60
UPDATE STGPOOL TAPEPOOL_3 RECLAMATION=100

Script scheduled on Friday:
UPDATE STGPOOL TAPEPOOL_1 RECLAMATION=100
UPDATE STGPOOL TAPEPOOL_2 RECLAMATION=100
UPDATE STGPOOL TAPEPOOL_3 RECLAMATION=60

You may also wish to consider running your expiration processing at set
times of the day, too. To do this, create an admin schedule to run an
EXPIRE INVENTORY daily at a given time. You can then set the server option
EXPINTERVAL to 0 to inhibit automatic expiration.

Hope this helps.

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Re: core dump AIX 4.3.2 dsmc

[Richard Sims]

...
>I run dsmc sched >>> core dump
>I run dsmc ->>> core dump
...
>Trace/BPT trap(coredump)

Robert - The following from my notes at http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts
 may apply to your situation:

Trace/BPT trap(coredump)
Has been seen when swap space was not active on an AIX system.
Also, assure that the file system in which server resources are located
is not full, and has sufficient elbow room for any additional space
that it needs.

 Richard Sims, BU

AW: core dump AIX 4.3.2 dsmc

[Rupp Thomas (Illwerke)]

Robert,

I had the same problem and have asked the list as well.
As the proposition by Richard Sims didn't solve the problem
I have forwarded the problem to our IBM SE.
Up to now I haven't received an answer.

I will keep you informed.

Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Thomas Rupp
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Re: Reuse of DB backup volumes

[MUSTAFA BAYTAR]

if your SAP R/3 database is db2 you can use db2adutl tool for deactivating db backups.



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Stor Manager"






Hi all,


I am using TSM 4.1 and TDP for SAP R/3. We are taking daily online backup(Monday, 
Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday)  and weekly offline backup (Sunday). We have 
6 sets of
online/daily backup and 4 sets of offline/weekly backup. After every days backup we 
take TSM DB
backup and VOLHISTORY and DEVCONFIG backup.


Now to reuse the tapes used for TSM DB backup we have to issue the command DELETE 
VOLhistory  with
option TYPE=DBBACKUP and TODATE=mm/dd/. But this command deletes all DBbackup info 
prior to date
mm/dd/. I want to delete volhistory info only for one perticuler day. Can anyone 
guide me how to
do this?  Because on every online backup day (say Monday), if i delete volhistory info 
for last
Monday, it deletes volhistory info for last Sunday/offline backup as well. Where as i 
want to retain
offline backup volhistory info for one month.


Please guide me how to delete DB backup volhistory info only for one perticuler day, 
so that i can
retain volhistory info prior to that day as well.


All suggestions are most welcome.





Regards


Praveen



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Re: TDPO V2.2

[Christo Heuër]

Michel,

Changes was made to the functionality on the code level 3.7.3 and again 4.1.
These changes does not relate to anything in the Tdp code as far as the
redbook is concerned (Tsm3.7 and 4.1 Technical guide). SG24-6110-00.

It is mostly San related/backupsets and new clients.

You will find that IBM will give the supported levels but it is not to say
other levels will not work - it has just not been tested and certified -
(Whatever that means in terms of bug-free code lately).

Cheers
Christo

> This is my environment
>
> TSM Server on OS/390: V3.7.1
> TSM Client on SUN: V3.7.1
> Oracle on SUN: V8.1.6
>
> According to the readme's and manuals I need to use V2.2 of the TDPO. Now
they
> mention also V3.7.4 for the server next to V4.1.2.12 for the API. This
last one
> is no problem because it is on the CD for the TDPO. The problem for the
moment
> is V3.7.4 for the TSM Server. Is it really necessary to have this
configuration
> or is there another combination of software versions that can backup
Oracle
> V8.1.6 via RMAN to TSM? What novelties in V3.7.4 does the API interface
use that
> are not possible with V3.7.1?
>
> Any info is welcome.
>
> M Engels
> TSM Consultant
> Devoteam Belgium

Re: Help, log space problem

[AMRHAR Brahim]

Could someone tell me why do I get this error ?: I use rman trough TDP for
oracle to backup my database.

 (64830) OBK-sbt:<06/19/2001:12:39:56> odsmSess():  # of dsmInit retries = 1
(60448) OBK-sbt:<06/19/2001:12:40:21> sbtwrite():  ANS0278S (RC157)  The
transac
tion will be aborted.

(60448) OBK-sbt:<06/19/2001:12:40:22> sbtwrite():  ANS1329S (RC29)   Server
out
of data storage space.

Thanks in advance.

core dump AIX 4.3.2 dsmc

[Robert Wielinga]

Dear Listers,

I have a problem concerning a core dump on AIX 4.3.2.0 with TSM client level
4.1.2.0.

I am running the code on a RS/6000 S7A running hacmp and oracle.

The Cluster consists of two identical machines, on one system the client
runs, on the other the client dumps.

This is what happens:

I run dsmc sched >>> core dump
I run dsmc ->>> core dump

here is the output have fun ;-)

# dsmc sched
Trace/BPT trap(coredump)

And:

# dsmc
Trace/BPT trap(coredump)

Below the errpt entry:

# errpt -a | more
---
LABEL:  CORE_DUMP
IDENTIFIER: C60BB505

Date/Time:   Tue Jun 19 13:17:59
Sequence Number: 6648
Machine Id:  0040602A4C00
Node Id: splu0097
Class:   S
Type:PERM
Resource Name:   SYSPROC

Description
SOFTWARE PROGRAM ABNORMALLY TERMINATED

Probable Causes
SOFTWARE PROGRAM

User Causes
USER GENERATED SIGNAL

Recommended Actions
CORRECT THEN RETRY

Failure Causes
SOFTWARE PROGRAM

Recommended Actions
RERUN THE APPLICATION PROGRAM
IF PROBLEM PERSISTS THEN DO THE FOLLOWING
CONTACT APPROPRIATE SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE

Detail Data
SIGNAL NUMBER
   5
USER'S PROCESS ID:
   67102
FILE SYSTEM SERIAL NUMBER
   8
INODE NUMBER
   2
PROGRAM NAME
dsmc
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
_pthread_ 7C
??
_spin_loc 134
_pthread_ 120
sigwait 2A8
??
??
??
??
??
_pthread_ C4
??

Symptom Data
REPORTABLE
1
INTERNAL ERROR
0
SYMPTOM CODE
PCSS/SPI2 FLDS/dsmc SIG/5 FLDS/_pthread_ VALU/7c
---
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TDPO V2.2

[Michel Engels]

This is my environment

TSM Server on OS/390: V3.7.1
TSM Client on SUN: V3.7.1
Oracle on SUN: V8.1.6

According to the readme's and manuals I need to use V2.2 of the TDPO. Now they
mention also V3.7.4 for the server next to V4.1.2.12 for the API. This last one
is no problem because it is on the CD for the TDPO. The problem for the moment
is V3.7.4 for the TSM Server. Is it really necessary to have this configuration
or is there another combination of software versions that can backup Oracle
V8.1.6 via RMAN to TSM? What novelties in V3.7.4 does the API interface use that
are not possible with V3.7.1?

Any info is welcome.

M Engels
TSM Consultant
Devoteam Belgium

Reuse of DB backup volumes

[Praveen Kumar]

Hi all,
I am using TSM 4.1 and TDP for SAP R/3. We are taking daily online backup(Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday)  and weekly offline backup (Sunday). We have 6 sets of online/daily backup and 4 sets of offline/weekly backup. After every days backup we take TSM DB backup and VOLHISTORY and DEVCONFIG backup.
Now to reuse the tapes used for TSM DB backup we have to issue the command DELETE VOLhistory  with option TYPE=DBBACKUP and TODATE=mm/dd/. But this command deletes all DBbackup info prior to date mm/dd/. I want to delete volhistory info only for one perticuler day. Can anyone guide me how to do this?  Because on every online backup day (say Monday), if i delete volhistory info for last Monday, it deletes volhistory info for last Sunday/offline backup as well. Where as i want to retain offline backup volhistory info for one month.
Please guide me how to delete DB backup volhistory info only for one perticuler day, so that i can retain volhistory info prior to that day as well.
All suggestions are most welcome.
 
Regards
PraveenGet Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Space reclamation processes

[ProtoTipo srl]

Hi all,
we have a library with four DLT drives. During the expire inventory,
several space reclamation processes start, using all drives in the library.
I'd like to keep two drives free for migration.
Is there a way of limiting the number of drives used by space reclamation?
I know there's a device class MOUNTLIMIT parameter, but it affects also
other processes such as migration...

Thanks in advance,
   Stefano

Antwort: Copy-Pool Question

[Gerhard Wolkerstorfer]

Dietmar,
of course it's possible.
I guess your Onsite Primary Pool is collocated and your Copy Pool isn't (As
general!)
So each Migration writes some Data to the collocated Onsite-Volumes and the
BACKUP Process copies the amount of Data to one (or more) Offsite Copy Volumes.
Let's say you need 1 COPY Volume per day.
Than to Restore your Primary Volume you need all the COPY Volumes from the last
105 Days (in your example) , when Data was stored on your Primary Volume and
copied to the Offsite Backup Volume.

Regards
Gerhard Wolkerstorfer





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Hi,

My Problem is, that one of our tapes in the library is destroyed.
I thought, no problem we have a outside copy pool...

restore volume A00xxx preview=yes
shows me about 105 tapes

now I have to checkin 105 tapes..

Is this possible?

We are using TSM 4.1.3 / AIX 4.3.3...

Dietmar Schmid